In a tougher trading climate, smart restructuring can unlock cash, reduce tax, and strengthen resilience. The highest-impact areas typically include:

1) Legal & Group Structure

• Use the right vehicle (sole trader vs company vs LLP).
• Create/streamline holding companies and SPVs to ring-fence risk, simplify exits, and enable tax-efficient profit flows.
• Review group relief, loss utilisation, and intra-group charging.

2) Profit Extraction & Reward

• Optimise salary/dividend mix for directors.
• Introduce pension contributions and salary-sacrifice (e.g., pensions, EVs).
• Implement share schemes (EMI/growth shares) to retain talent tax-efficiently.

3) VAT & Indirect Taxes

• Check registration status, partial exemption, and flat-rate vs standard methods.
• Review land/property VAT options and place-of-supply for services.
• Fix errors and reclaim missed input VAT.

4) Capital Investment & Allowances

• Plan timing to maximise capital allowances (AIA, full expensing where available).
• Distinguish capex vs opex; identify intangible and software reliefs.

5) R&D, Creative & Other Reliefs

• Assess eligibility for R&D tax reliefs/credits and relevant sector incentives.
• Capture evidence contemporaneously; tighten governance.

6) Supply Chain & Operating Model

• Renegotiate terms; centralise procurement.
• Near-/re-shore where appropriate; review transfer pricing in groups.
• Outsource non-core finance tasks; automate AP/AR to reduce error and cycle time.

7) Pricing, Working Capital & Cash

• Introduce disciplined pricing reviews and contribution margin tracking.
• Improve billing cadence, credit control, and inventory turns.
• Use rolling 13-week cash-flow with scenario planning.

8) Property & Financing

• Reassess own vs lease; evaluate company vs personal holding for lets.
• Refinance debt; align covenants with forecast reality.

How can we help?

• Diagnose – Rapid health-check across tax, structure, and operations to quantify savings and risks.
• Model – Side-by-side scenarios (today vs restructured), with cash, P&L and tax impacts.
  Implement – Company/LLP setups, share schemes, VAT changes, banking, and robust accounting systems with clean controls.
• Optimise – Capital allowance claims, R&D filings, VAT corrections, and profit-extraction plans.
• Monitor – Management accounts, KPI/KRI dashboards, budgets, and 13-week cash-flows to keep gains locked in.

Outcome: lower recurring costs, improved cash conversion, and a durable, tax-efficient structure—implemented and monitored by a team that partners with you end-to-end.