Leading UK business rescue and licensed insolvency practitioners

At McTear Williams & Wood, we act for established small businesses, medium enterprises and large corporates across the UK when financial challenges arise. For over 25 years, we have helped directors and boards through cash flow pressures, financial restructuring and insolvency proceedings with sensitivity and professionalism.

Our team of 70 staff is made up of licensed insolvency practitioners, chartered accountants, and insolvency specialists, each bringing deep expertise and practical experience in helping directors and businesses through difficult times. Whether it’s finding a route to recovery or managing an orderly wind-down, we work closely with you to explore all available options and deliver the best possible outcome.

We are proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s leading independent full service specialist insolvency and business rescue firms. We are fully licensed and regulated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales – providing clients with complete confidence in our integrity and the quality of our advice.

We do not run a one-size-fits-all discounted process. Every case is led by our licensed insolvency practitioners and we build the team around the company, its creditors and its people rather than fitting the company into a standard procedure. It is why so much of our work reaches us by word of mouth and referral from local professionals like accountants and solicitors and why only around one in four first meetings ends in a formal insolvency appointment.

Above all, we understand the human side of business. Behind every financial challenge is a  team and a community. That’s why we take a personal, honest and supportive approach to every case we handle.