Guides
Guides to buying UK liquidation and distressed assets
Plain English guides for anyone deciding whether to buy assets, or a whole business, from a UK company in an insolvency process. How liquidation and administration work, what the assets are typically worth, who actually sells them, and how to frame an offer.
For buyers
How to buy assets from a company in liquidation
The full process, from finding a company to making an offer to the office holder who controls the sale.
How to find UK companies in liquidation
Where the opportunities are, how to search the market, and how to keep on top of new cases as they appear.
How to buy stock from a company in liquidation
How bulk stock is sold, what it is really worth, and the retention of title trap to avoid.
How to buy a business in administration
Buying a whole business as a going concern, how pre pack sales work, and why speed matters.
UK insolvency and liquidation auctions explained
How the auctions work, what sells at them, and how to bid well against the room.
Where to buy liquidation stock in the UK
The real routes to buy liquidation stock, and how to get closest to the source rather than paying a middleman.
How to buy commercial property from an insolvent company
Who sells it, the charges that sit over it, and the due diligence a limited terms sale demands.
How to value a business or its assets in insolvency
Book value versus realisable value, recovery rates, and what really drives the number.
What do assets sell for in a liquidation
The rule of thumb recovery ranges by asset type that buyers use to frame a number, and why they vary so much.
How to contact a liquidator to buy assets
Who the appointed office holder is, how to find them, and how to approach them the right way.
Understanding the process
What does it mean when a company is in liquidation?
What in liquidation means, what happens if you are owed money, and what it means if you want to buy.
What happens to a company's assets in liquidation
Who takes control, the order creditors are paid in, and what that means for a buyer looking at the assets.
Liquidation, administration, receivership and CVA explained
The main UK insolvency processes set side by side, and what each one means if you want to buy.
What is a pre pack administration?
How a business is sold before the administrator is even appointed, and what it means for a buyer.
Fixed and floating charges, and debentures, explained
How company security works, and why it decides who ranks ahead of a buyer of the assets.
Retention of title explained
Why some stock in a liquidation is not the company's to sell, and how to avoid the trap.
UK insolvency terms explained
A plain English glossary of every term on this site, from CVL to debenture to pre pack.
Start from the live list
Every UK company currently in an insolvency process is on one continuously updated list, free to browse. Open any company for a full asset assessment of what it owns and what those assets could realise.
Company information, not advice. Always speak to the appointed office holder and take professional advice before making an offer.