The best time to fix a business is before it breaks.
Turnaround is about acting early — restructuring debt, stabilising cash flow and keeping a viable business trading. The sooner we're involved, the more we can save. It starts with one free, confidential conversation.
The earlier you act, the more options you have
Most directors wait too long — not because they don't see the signs, but because getting advice feels like admitting defeat. It isn't. Acting early is what protects value, jobs and your own position.
If any of these sound familiar, it's worth a conversation now rather than later. There's no cost, and no obligation to go further.
Sometimes the answer is restructuring and saving the business. Sometimes it's an orderly wind-down that reduces risk and anxiety. We help you see which — clearly.
Getting ahead of the problem
The goal of every option we run is the same: to give you control back and the best outcome available.
Protect value
Preserve what's viable — assets, contracts and goodwill — before it erodes further.
Limit personal risk
Address guarantees, insolvent trading and DPN exposure while options remain open.
Support your people
Handle employee entitlements and creditor obligations properly, with care.
A clear plan
Replace uncertainty with a defined path — and the calm that comes with it.
Ways to restructure and recover
Every situation is different. On your first call we'll help you understand which of these fits — in plain English, with no pressure.
Safe Harbour
Keep trading while you turn things around.
Safe Harbour protects directors from personal liability for insolvent trading while you develop and pursue a course of action reasonably likely to lead to a better outcome than immediate administration. It buys a viable business the room to execute a real turnaround plan.
Best if the business is viable and you're actively working a credible recovery plan.
Small Business Restructuring
Stay in control while you restructure debt.
For eligible small companies, SBR lets directors keep running the business while proposing a plan to creditors to pay a portion of debts over time. A genuine lifeline for viable businesses carrying legacy, often ATO, debt.
Best if the business is viable but weighed down by historical debt.
Informal Workout & Refinancing
Restructure debt without a formal appointment.
We negotiate directly with creditors and financiers — repayment arrangements, standstills and refinancing — to ease pressure and give a sound business room to recover, discreetly and outside any formal process.
Best if key creditor relationships are intact and the core business is sound.
What directors get wrong, honestly answered
A lot of the fear around company insolvency comes from things that simply aren't true. Here's the reality.
The opposite. Early advice is often what saves a business — it's the directors who wait who run out of options.
Not at all. Restructuring, administration and informal workouts can all keep a viable business trading.
Personal exposure can often be managed and limited — but only if you act before problems like insolvent trading escalate.
Your enquiry is completely confidential. Formal appointments have statutory notice requirements, but a first conversation is entirely private.
What happens when you get in touch
Reaching out is the hardest part. Here's exactly what to expect, so there's nothing to be anxious about.
A free, confidential call
Tell us what's happening with the business, in your own words. Everything stays private, with no cost and no obligation to go further.
We assess & explain options
We review the company's position and walk you through the paths available — the pros, the trade-offs and what each one really means for you.
We handle it from here
If you decide to proceed, we manage the process and deal with creditors and stakeholders, so you can focus on what comes next.
Deep experience across the sectors under pressure
Every industry fails differently. We've worked through the specific pressures of these sectors — so the advice you get is commercial, not textbook.
Senior people, commercial judgement, on your side
Company distress is stressful and rarely just about the numbers. We've guided directors through some of the hardest moments in their business lives with discretion, genuine care and straight answers.
We won't judge you, and we won't bury you in jargon. We'll tell you where the company stands and give you a clear way forward.
Registered LiquidatorsQualified, independent, and accountable
Corporate insolvency is regulated for good reason. As Registered Liquidators we work to strict statutory standards, which means independent advice you can rely on and a process handled properly, start to finish.
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You'll deal with the people whose name is on the door
Every enquiry is handled personally by one of our founders — Registered Liquidators with decades of experience. No handballing to junior staff.
Mitch Griffiths & Chad Rapsey
Between them, Mitch and Chad bring decades of turnaround and corporate-insolvency experience — and a calm, commercial approach that helps directors understand exactly where they stand. When you get in touch, you'll speak with one of them directly.
As Registered Liquidators, they're accountable for your matter from the first call to the final step. No handballing to junior staff.
What directors ask us first
Straight answers to the questions we hear most. If yours isn't here, just ask on your first call.
What is business turnaround?
Turnaround is the work of stabilising and rebuilding a viable business under financial pressure — restructuring debt, fixing cash flow and addressing the underlying issues — so it can keep trading rather than being wound up. The earlier it starts, the more can be saved.
What is Safe Harbour?
Safe Harbour is a protection that shields directors from personal liability for insolvent trading while they pursue a course of action reasonably likely to lead to a better outcome than immediate administration or liquidation. It gives a viable business room to execute a genuine turnaround plan.
Is my business too far gone to save?
Often not — but the answer depends on how early you act. Many businesses that feel beyond help are viable at their core and simply weighed down by debt or a cash-flow problem that can be restructured. A short, confidential call will tell you honestly where you stand.
What is Small Business Restructuring?
A streamlined process for eligible small companies that lets directors stay in control while proposing a plan to creditors to pay a portion of debts over time. It can be a genuine lifeline for viable businesses carrying legacy debt.
Will I stay in control of my business?
In most turnaround and restructuring paths — Safe Harbour, informal workouts and Small Business Restructuring — directors stay in control and keep running the business. That's the point: to fix things while you keep trading, not to hand the company over.
Read up before you reach out
Can you really negotiate ATO tax debt?
What the ATO can and can't do — and the realistic options for relief.
The Small Business Restructuring Plan explained
How the SBR process works, who qualifies, and why directors stay in control.
Is your business simply limping along?
The early warning signs that it's time to get advice — and act.
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