Stamford, Oakham and Rutland
Insolvency Practitioners for Stamford and Rutland.
We work with a number of accountants and advisers across Stamford, Oakham and Rutland, and Arabella splits her time between here and the practice’s Grimsby office. It is an area we know, not one we cover from a distance.
We are in this part of the county regularly
Arabella Ranby-Gorwood splits her time between the practice’s Grimsby office, the Stamford and Rutland area and London, and we work alongside a number of accountants and advisers here.
That matters for two reasons. Meetings can usually be arranged quickly and locally rather than being fitted around a visit from a regional office. And where your accountant is already advising you, we are used to working with them rather than around them.
If you are an accountant or adviser
We take a good deal of work from accountants, solicitors and finance brokers in this area, on the same terms as everyone else: we neither pay nor accept referral fees.
What that means for you is that your client comes back to you. We are not looking to acquire the relationship, and if the honest answer is that no formal procedure is needed, that is what we will tell them.
A first conversation about a client’s position is free and carries no obligation, and we are happy to have it with or without them present.
“I would not hesitate to recommend Charles and his team at CRG. They are invaluable partners and offer professional, supportive and clear support to us and to our clients. Our clients say what a relief it is to speak to the team at CRG as they can finally see a light at the end of what is often a very dark and daunting tunnel.”
Stamford accountant
Independent, and what that changes for you
We are an independent practice. Charles and Arabella Ranby-Gorwood are both licensed Insolvency Practitioners, with more than eighty years of experience between them, and they are the people you will deal with.
That shapes how the work is done.
- Whoever gives you the initial advice is the one who acts. Charles and Arabella both take appointments, individually or jointly. The first conversation is with the practitioner who would handle the matter.
- The same team stays with you from the first conversation to the last. You will not be handed on, and you will not have to explain the position twice.
- We neither pay nor accept referral or lead-generation fees. Nobody has bought your enquiry before it reaches us, and nobody is paid for passing you on. If we suggest you speak to someone else, it is because you should.
- We will tell you if you do not need a formal procedure. Quite often that is the answer, and it is the advice we give.
None of that changes the statutory work. A liquidation is a liquidation. What it changes is who picks up the phone when you have a question at nine o’clock on a Tuesday, and whether they already know your case. Our office number diverts out of hours, so it is nearly always answered. And after a first enquiry we aim to meet you within a few days — rarely more than a week.
Which court, if it comes to that
Most of what we do never reaches a courtroom. But if a creditor has petitioned, it helps to know where matters would be heard.
For a Stamford company, insolvency proceedings are heard at Peterborough. Larger matters go to the High Court.
The practical point is not the geography. It is that once a petition is presented the timetable stops being yours: the hearing date is set, and the advertisement in the Gazette that follows is usually how your bank finds out. Almost every option that was available before that point is narrower afterwards.
Read first, call later, if you prefer
We have written nine guides and put them on the site with no sign-up, no email address and no gate in front of them. They are free, and they are longer and more direct than most things of their kind. If you would rather understand the options before you speak to anybody, start there.
- Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation: A Guide for Directors
- Company Administration: A Guide for Directors
- Company Voluntary Arrangements: A Guide
- Closing a Solvent Company: An MVL Guide
- Bankruptcy: A Guide for Individuals
- Individual Voluntary Arrangements: A Guide
- Overdrawn Director’s Loan Accounts
- Is Your Business Viable? The Decision Path
- A free 13-week cash-flow forecast template
Next step
Directors rarely regret asking early. They frequently regret asking late.
The first conversation is free of charge, confidential, and commits you to nothing. You do not need to work out which procedure applies before you call.