Safeguarding and rebuilding stakeholder value combines financial, operational & management skills. It involves higher skills in the art of influencing, negotiation & professionalism. These spotlights from Galen Partners indicates the level, depth and experience in a variety of sectors & scale of enterprises acting as CRO, Interim FD and board support.
3. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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1 – Aviation – Charter airline – £90m T/O
Role
Cash crisis project leader
Context
Small & niche airline
Driver – VC owner
Servicing the highly competitive holiday market
Key issues
Loss of FD
Fuel & airport suppliers
Lack of capital budget
Headcount
Key actions
Est short term cash flow budget & monitoring
Prioritisation of supplier payments & terms of business
Confidence & communication of numbers
Time frame
4 months
Outcome
Sale to trade buyer
Cash crisis managed & optimised to facilitate sale process
Safeguarding business value at a time of weakness
4. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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2 – Retail – Branded fashion business – £60m T/O
Role
Support to CFO / COO
Context
VC owned fashion brand
Driving agent – VC owners
Est cash crisis management plan
Key issues
Financial restructuring required
Operational cash restricting ability to negotiate
Key actions
Short term cash flow plan priority re suppliers
Working capital management re stocking plans
Time frame
2 months
Outcome
Cash crisis managed through
Debt rescheduling negotiations completed
5. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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3 – Manufacturing – Electronics & tech group – £50m T/O
Role
CRO
Context
UK listed £50m T/O
Driving agents bank & Big 4 IBR on 3rd monitoring visit
Strategic review of a portfolio of business
Key issues
Post acquisition integration not delivering bottom line
Misalignment of management in portfolio businesses
Breach of bank covenants
Key actions
Ops reorganisation into business units with P & L resp
Cost reduction & cash generation via working capital
Time frame
3 months
Outcome
Bank confidence re strategic direction & operational perf Return to within covenants
Expected exit from intensive care
6. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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4 – Food Wholesale – Meat packaging – £16m T/O
Role
CRO & Interim FD
Context
Supplying supermarket & discounters
12 month start up
Driving agent – Shareholder
Key issues
Inadequate financial information
Poor governance
£1.2m black hole in debtors
Key actions
Stabilise governance & confidence in numbers
Est confidence with clearing bank ABL
Disengage with discounters
Time frame
6 months
Outcome
New investor engaged £1.7m, plus new T/O of £44m
New FD & FC recruited
Clearing bank ABL relationship stabilised
7. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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5 – Retail – Soft furnishings – £14m T/O
Role
Interim FD & CRO
Context
50 year brand, formerly £30m T/O
Bought out of Administration by VC driver
160 concessions across UK
Key issues
FD dismissed, poor communication of numbers
Clarity to ST cash flows & remodel business
Inadequate working capital arrangements
Stock lines, supply chain terms and finance cycle
Key actions
Manage down ABL funder
Scale back headcount
Renegotiate concession host contracts
Manage board through insolvency twilight
Time frame
3 months
Outcome
Remodeled on sustainable concessions & stock offering
Business assets sold to trade buyer via pre-pack admin
More equity than debt in new company
8. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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6 – Agriculture – Tenant farm business – £9m T/O
Role
Lead Restructuring Advisor
Context
30 year tenant farmers of 300 year aristocratic farm
Failure of livestock company impacts on family P/ship
Mixed arable / livestock farm
Key issues
Landlord notice to quit received
3 generations lived in 2 farms, prospect of no business, no homes & no income
Local politics affecting livestock movements
Key actions
Restructure business to safeguard assets from Co failure
Restore confidence with landlord & issue new tenancy
Est tactics to nullify local politics
Time frame
5 years
Outcome
New 20 year farm business tenancy issued to a new company with stronger capital, governance & ownership
Business, homes & income safeguarded
9. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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7 – Automotive Services – Chauffeur business – £6m T/O
Role
CRO & Interim FD
Context
Chauffeur to 1st class flight passengers & celebrities
First & second generation business
30 years business experience
Key issues
Massive new flight contract received
Purchase order + finance for 300 new E-Class Mercedes
Icelandic volcano disrupts EU flights = no biz, no finance
Key actions
Renegotiate & refinance purchase order
Improve both car & driver utilisation
Disposal of fleet based upon sound financial formulae
Recruit an FD and stabilise governance of business
Time frame
6 months
Outcome
Reposition & upward revaluation of family business
Performance legacy reinforced by new FD
Rationalised purchase order
10. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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8 – Manufacturing – Injection moulding business – £4.2m T/O
Role
Lead Restructuring Advisor
Context
MBI 10 years previously
Quality & long term contracts with customers
Contracted & own based injected products for wholesale
Key issues
Accumulated Crown debt
Margin & turnover deterioration from Far East comp
Mini group structure compounded by inter-co trans & whitewash process related to MBI purchase
Key actions
Consensual restructuring proposal rejected by HMRC
Engagement with Big 4 practice to est pre-pack admin
Negotiate buyback & finance via beauty parade of ABLs
Recruit Operations Director
Time frame
12 months
Outcome
Simplified group structure & rebranding
Pre-pack admin buy back achieved
Re-banking & new ABL finance
11. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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9 – Services – Property portfolio – £3.6m NAV
Role
CRO & Refinance
Context
10 HMO properties accumulated over 20 years
Sole proprietor landlord
One principal lender
Key issues
Inadequate governance & maintenance of properties
Lack of financial skill sets within business
Main lender given 12 mths notice not to renew facilities
Key actions
Refinance portfolio
Negotiate with lender for time with estimated outcome statements for each scenario
Educate client regarding insolvency implications of Fixed charge receivership & bankruptcy forced by main lender
Time frame
2 months
Outcome
Disengagement of former finance advisor
Credit approved offer of £1.5m achieved w/I 3 weeks
12. DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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10 – Services – 24/7 Drainage business – £1.5m T/O
Role
CRO & Interim FD
Context
Ground works construction and 24/7 emergency drainage services business
10 years established, downturn in construction
Prospect of further emergency drainage contracts
Key issues
2 bad debts from ground works division
Invoice ABL funder & plant & mach funder working out
Hi risk ground works re finance & contractual obligations
Key actions
Consensual restructure accepted by creditors
Cessation of ground works division & redundancies
Paid off invoice & P&M finance via auction of surplus kit
Recruitment of Financial Controller
Time frame
12 months
Outcome
Less debt & lower risk in balance sheet
Recovering net asset position
More profit, more predictable margin (but lower %age)
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DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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Mid-Market / Upper SME Focus
Galen Partners – Spotlights
Wide Sector Experience
Practitioners & Entrepreneurs
Restructure. Refinance. Rebuild.
14. 2014
DAVID HOLE, FEACTP
MARK BLAYNEY, IFT
GALEN PARTNERS LIMITED
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An Alignment of Trust & Interests
Galen Partners – Spotlights
Delay = less options / value
Restructure. Refinance. Rebuild.
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