Accountant in Bankruptcy

Services

• Business debt advice

  Find out how to get advice about business debt and guidance and where to get information on debt and bankruptcy.

• Check if a person or company is insolvent

  Search for insolvencies, trust deeds and companies in receivership or liquidation.

• Company Voluntary Arrangements

  This is an alternative to liquidation. You reschedule payment to creditors over a fixed period using a Company Voluntary Arrangement to recover from insolvency.

• Contact the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB)

  Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) contact details. Find information on the bankruptcy process in Scotland.

• Corporate insolvency

  Information on the different steps you can take if your business faces financial difficulties.

• Get help with debt and money

  Information and advice on money and debt, including clearing debt, finding a debt adviser and help paying for your home.

• Getting back money owed to your business

  Recover money owed to your business – includes court claims, statutory demands, mediation and bankruptcy.

• Help after a break-up

  Information and support if you're divorcing or separating from your husband, wife or partner.

• Help after splitting up

  Financial help, claiming benefits, savings

• Help with a legal problem

  Who can help you if you need advice about a legal problem, such as debt, housing, benefits, employment, divorce or claims for money.

• How to search for disqualified company directors

  Check if someone is disqualified from being a company director, or search the list of directors banned in the last 3 months.

• If you cannot afford to pay your mortgage

  Get advice and take steps to help you stay in your home.

• Liquidate your limited company

  Liquidating a limited company guidance, including members' voluntary liquidation and creditors' voluntary liquidation.

• Make a court claim for money

  How to take legal action if someone owes you money, how much it will cost and what happens after you make a claim through the courts.

• Protect your limited company from compulsory liquidation

  Defend your company against a statutory demand or a winding up petition - disputing the debt, getting an injunction and challenging the petition in court.

• Register as a creditor in an insolvency case

  If you're owed money in any insolvency case (including bankruptcy or liquidation), contact the Accountant in Bankruptcy or insolvency practitioner to register as a creditor and make a claim for the money you're owed.

• Respond to a court claim for money

  What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself.

• Sheriff court decrees on debt

  A decree is a formal court order saying you must pay back money that you owe. Find out what happens when a decree is issued and where to get advice.

• Wind up a company that owes you money

  You can apply to the court to ‘wind up’ a company if it can’t pay its debts of more than £750. If successful, the company will be put into liquidation.