Business Restructuring.
Businesses outgrow their structures: the sole trader who should be a company, the company that needs a holding structure, the shareholding that no longer matches reality, the venture that has run its course and should close cleanly. Restructuring done in the right order, with the right clearances, is routine; done casually it creates tax bills that were entirely avoidable.
Business Restructuring one shape into another
01 — Today
The shape you started with
Most structures aren’t designed — they’re inherited from day one and outgrown quietly.
02 — Incorporated
Moved into a company, properly
Incorporation with the reliefs applied and the share structure planned — not the default two shares and hope.
03 — The group
A structure that fits what you now are
Holding companies, separated risk, property ring-fenced — reorganised in the right order, on paper before in life.
04 — Cleared
No surprises afterwards
Reorganisations live or die on sequence and clearances. We do both first, so the tax outcome is known before anything moves.
What's included
- Sole trader and partnership incorporations, with reliefs applied properly
- Share reorganisations — new share classes, transfers between family members, option planning
- Holding company and group structures for growing or diversifying businesses
- Demergers when one business needs to become two
- Solvent company closures and strike-offs done in the tax-efficient order
- Succession and exit planning — passing the business on without dismantling it
Also under this service
Business Valuations
What your company is actually worth — with the working shown.
Business Plans
Plans that banks and investors take seriously. Numbers included.
Business Support Sessions
Regular time with someone who knows your numbers and says it straight.
Common questions
Should I incorporate my sole trader business?
Sometimes. The answer depends on profit levels, how much you draw, liability exposure and admin appetite — not on what worked for someone else. We run your actual numbers both ways and tell you honestly, including when staying as you are is better.
I want to close my company. What's involved?
It depends on what's left in it. Final accounts and returns always; beyond that, the route — strike-off or a members' voluntary liquidation — turns on the reserves and how they're best extracted. Talk to us before taking anything out.