Our standard charges and pricing

We do as much as we can to be open and transparent about our fees and the costs associated with all the work we do. Like most professionals our normal basis of charging is on time costs based on charge out rates which vary depending on the grade and experience of individuals involved. We believe that our charge out rates are very competitive and we provide a more personal but otherwise similar level of service to the larger national business rescue and insolvency firms but at around half the price.

General advisory work

We don't charge for initial meetings and won't charge until we agree the terms of an engagement with you. The only exception to this is non business related cases (for example consumer credit card problem debt) where we will charge a fixed fee for initial meetings. We always agree a basis for charging before work commences – usually in accordance with the time spent on your case but sometimes on a percentage of results achieved. If we are charging on a time basis we will give you an estimate of the total fee and agree further fees if necessary.

Formal insolvency work

In formal insolvency appointment cases we normally charge on a time basis subject to the law and guidelines laid down by our professional body listed below. Click the download links in the first table to view our charging and expenses policies for appointments pre and post 1 October 2015 and in the second table to view the official creditor guides.

Charging and expenses recovery policies

A creditors' guide to fees

Currently our hourly charge out rates are:

We believe these are very competitive and about half of costs charged by national firms.

Transparency for insolvency fees

New rules laid before Parliament on 4 March 2015 will bring an end to the uncertainty of unlimited hourly charges in insolvency cases by requiring insolvency practitioners to provide upfront estimates of the cost of working on them. Read more here