Licensed Insolvency Practitioners with over 25 years of experience
Antony Batty & co

Brentwood

Our Team of Brentwood based expert Licensed Insolvency Practitioners and case managers is here for Corporate and Personal Advice. Free Initial Consultation

Our Brentwood office opened its doors in October 2009, and our Licensed Insolvency Practitioners (IPs) offer the following services to businesses and individuals in Brentwood, Essex and beyond:

Why choose us?

When is a business insolvent?

Businesses (and individuals) fall into insolvency all the time and for many different reasons. At its simplest, insolvency means that a business (or individual) does not have sufficient assets to cover its debts and cannot pay its debts when they become due, often due to cash-flow problems.

When a company encounters financial problems and becomes insolvent, our first aim is to see if we can turn things around, informally by recommending debt solutions, or the use of turnaround procedures such as Company Administrations or Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs). However, if there is no other alternative, then a formal insolvency process – a Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation (CVL) – will be used to liquidate the company.

Insolvency is always a stressful time for the company directors (and employees) involved, especially when it comes to recognising that there is a problem that needs addressing. Our experience is that the sooner insolvency practitioners are contacted and instructed the better. This is because there are usually more options available if advice is sought earlier.

What do Licensed Insolvency Practitioners do?

When there is simply no alternative, then Liquidation is the most frequently used insolvency procedure, usually a (CVL). With this procedure, a firm of Licensed Insolvency Practitioners is appointed to be the Liquidator with the goal being to close the insolvent company down whilst realising the greatest possible value for the creditors of the company.

However, our initial objective is always to try to rescue a company in some shape or form so that it can continue to trade, preserving jobs in the process. For this, insolvency procedures including CVAs and Administrations and are used to create time for businesses to restructure and recover. Research by R3 the professional body of the UK restructuring and insolvency community shows that in over 40% of cases businesses survive when an insolvency practitioner is appointed.

If you are concerned that your business is in financial distress and is facing insolvency or is already insolvent, please contact our team of insolvency practitioners and managers in Brentwood for a free initial consultation. We can help.

How do we work?

The ethos of the Brentwood office is that we are a boutique insolvency and business turnaround practice offering the same level of service which clients would expect from a larger competitor.

We have good relationships with lenders but are not on any panels and nor do we seek to be. For this reason, we are truly independent, which means that a work referrer, usually an accountant or a solicitor, can be fully assured that we will always act in the best interests of their clients, subject to our regulatory and ethical constraints.

How we fit into the Antony Batty & Company family

ABc was formed in 1997, and now has 5 offices. It is a well-established firm of insolvency practitioners offering the full range of restructuring and insolvency services to a nationwide client base.

We have a long and continuing history, as an independent Insolvency practice, of providing impartial, expert and fair advice to our clients.

Our formula of offering “Big Four” service levels at sensible prices, with the personalised approach of a smaller firm to customer care, has proven a significant factor in attracting new business and company growth. This led to the decision to open the Brentwood office servicing Essex and the surrounding region.

Swan House
9 Queen’s Rd
Brentwood
CM14 4HE

Brentwood office specialities

Closing your company

Members’ Voluntary Liquidation, Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation and Compulsory Liquidation. Company Liquidation (or ‘winding up’) is the most frequently used type of...

Company turnaround

How can we help if your company is facing insolvency? As Licensed Insolvency Practitioners, our first objective is to see...

Insolvency

What are Directors’ responsibilities at Insolvency? When a company becomes insolvent, an Insolvency Practitioner is normally appointed to look after...

Niche sectors

The Role of the Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in Niche Sectors. At Antony Batty & Co, we have considerable expertise as Licensed...

Meet our Brentwood Team

Steve Marshall

Steve Marshall

Director
John Baalham

John Baalham

Melanie Bishop

Melanie Bishop

Qualified Insolvency Practitioner
Neil Barry

Bill Bufton

Paul McFarlane

Paul McFarlane

Steve Marshall of Anthony Batty was absolutely excellent in the manner in which he dealt with our Voluntary Liquidation. The process was made easy to understand and the communication from him was top rate.
Doug Wilson,

via Google Reviews

I was so lucky to find steve from Antony batty and company. Steve guided me through the whole close down process of my company and all legal insolvency litigation from start to finish. He was so helpful and very professional as well as extremely knowledgeable about everything and may I say so patient!
Cal 1,

via Google Reviews

Case studies

Going the Extra Mile. Testimonial from a Relieved Employee

Insolvency, Redundancy

Members Voluntary Liquidation Testimonial

Members Voluntary Liquidations

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