Case Studies

Advising the trustees on the financial position of performing arts centre as a result of income not rising in line with expenditure.

Closing theatre charity due to lack of income – we were asked to assist with placing the Trust into Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation.

A controlled closing of a mental health charity based in Essex, to ensure the least disruption for the service users.

Operational and financial difficulties for domestic abuse charity which resulted in them having to cease trading.

A small independent preparatory school was struggling with falling numbers on roll, solvency and cashflow issues.

Restructuring and insolvency advice for historic charity with a view to avoiding liquidation proceedings.

Interim Manager to the community centre to secure and manage the premise whilst agreeing the sales terms.

Academic charity looking to secure additional funding to preserve historical artefacts in a region experiencing the turmoil of war in Middle East.

Operational and funding challenges as a result of COVID for community centre. This led to the winding-down of the London based organisation.

Care centre with funding challenges – securing the safe transfer of all the vulnerable clients before the winding-down.

A humanitarian charity that faced leadership issues with financial challenges arising needed independent support.

A rewilding charity approached us to conduct a financial review and help them implement a successful turnaround strategy and new funding for its operations. 

A dance and theatre school that required a comprehensive turnaround of its finances and operations to continue serving the community. We worked closely with the school to implement a new operational financial model, monitor cashflow forecasts, obtain additional funding and stabilise the senior team.

A performing arts college required the closure of their programme due to sickness and a cashflow crisis. We worked closely with trustees, staff, students and parents to help with their transition and a controlled closure.

With problems on a major contract that would cause heavy losses, additional investment was required to finish it to avoid even more significant penalties for non-delivery of the project. Opus guided the Directors through a restructuring exercise and the approval of a CVA.

IIFX delivers bespoke credit facilities to support hedging. It’s end-to-end solutions have been delivering convenience, value and flexibility for more than 13 years. Focused on results-driven performance, IIFX assist with FX risk management and payment support through deep understanding of each clients’ specific business needs.

With small trading losses eroding the balance sheet, this road haulage business was under immediate threat from unpaid tax bills. Opus worked with the owners to manage the expectations of HMRC, funders and suppliers whilst using its restructuring and M&A expertise to achieve a better outcome.

Cubits used PaySec to overcome the payment restrictions in place in China. PaySec was responsible for the cash settlement of BTC purchased by Cubits’ Chinese customers. The accounts of three Chinese customers were allegedly hacked.

Losses were encountered, sales were lower than anticipated coupled with greater than forecast direct costs due to delays encountered in integrating the businesses and achieving the growth needed.

Due to greater than expected groundwork costs the developer had run out of working capital. The units were structurally complete but required internal finishing. The primary lender was faced with little option than enforcement action.

Opus Restructuring was able to add significant value to a £4m high specification 6 unit residential development project which faced cash flow problems, and on which all work on site had stopped.