Cooper Young

What Cooper Young does

Cooper Young is a UK-based boutique chartered accountancy and insolvency practice headquartered in Woodford Green, founded in 1986. The firm operates across four core service lines: Restructuring and Insolvency (distressed business advisory, formal appointments including Administration, Liquidation and CVAs, Members Voluntary Liquidation, and distressed individual services such as IVAs and Debt Relief Orders); Audit, Accounts and Tax (bespoke risk-based audit, UK GAAP/IFRS reporting, outsourced bookkeeping, payroll, corporate and personal tax, and R&D tax claims); Probate Services (estate administration, inheritance tax planning, and professional executorship); and Deal Advisory (financial and operational due diligence, vendor due diligence, post-deal integration, and startup financial setup).

The firm serves primarily UK small and medium-sized businesses, supplemented by individuals and sole traders facing personal insolvency, accountants and finance directors seeking specialist referral partners, and private equity or corporate clients requiring transaction advisory. Its partners are qualified Chartered Accountants and Fellows of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), with several holding licensed Insolvency Practitioner status and prior tenure at PwC, Deloitte, and Alvarez & Marsal London. The firm is ICAEW-regulated to carry on audit work and is affiliated with R3, the UK trade body for insolvency practitioners.

Cooper Young generates revenue through professional service fees across its four service lines, with pricing described as fixed-fee with city-level expertise and a free initial consultation offered to prospects. Go-to-market is sales-led and partner-driven, supplemented by organic social (LinkedIn, X), email newsletters, content marketing via insolvency guides and news articles, and a referral network built on ICAEW and R3 professional connections. Technology use is limited to standard accounting platforms including QuickBooks and CCH (Wolters Kluwer), with a rules-based online Insolvency Test Tool as the firm's primary digital client-facing asset. No proprietary software, AI/ML capability, or external funding has been disclosed; the firm remains independent and partner-owned.

Name

Cooper Young

Legal name

Cooper Young

Website

https://cyca.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cooper Young is a UK-based boutique chartered accountancy and insolvency practice founded in 1986, serving small and medium-sized businesses, individuals, and corporate clients with restructuring, audit, tax, probate, and deal advisory services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodford Green

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Restructuring & Insolvency Services: Advisory services for distressed businesses and individuals including Company Voluntary Arrangements, Administration, Liquidation, Bankruptcy, and Debt Relief Orders. Revenue generated through professional service fees for advisory and executory work.
2. Audit, Accounts & Tax Services: Outsourcing solutions including audit services, accounts preparation, payroll processing, tax returns filing, and company secretarial services. Revenue from recurring professional service engagements.
3. Probate Services: Estate administration, Inheritance Tax planning, and professional executorship services. Revenue generated through estate handling fees.
4. Deal Advisory Services: Corporate finance advisory including financial due diligence, bid support, vendor due diligence, and transaction advisory. Also supports startup services including pre-funding advice, corporate setup, and pitch deck preparation. Revenue from transaction-based advisory fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cooper Young is a boutique UK chartered accountancy and insolvency practice that delivers four core professional service lines: Restructuring & Insolvency (formal insolvency appointments, distressed business and personal advisory, Members Voluntary Liquidation), Audit/Accounts/Tax (bespoke audit, outsourced bookkeeping, payroll, corporate and personal tax planning), Probate Services (estate administration, inheritance tax planning, professional executorship), and Deal Advisory (financial due diligence, lead advisory, startup support). Services are sold directly to small and medium-sized UK businesses and individuals through partner-led engagements with free initial consultations.

Product overview

Cooper Young is a boutique financial advisory firm structured around three core competencies: Restructuring & Insolvency, Audit/Accounts/Tax, and Deal Advisory, supplemented by Probate Services. The firm serves small and medium-sized UK businesses and individuals. The Restructuring & Insolvency division handles distressed business and individual advisory, formal insolvency appointments, and non-distressed asset wind-downs via Members Voluntary Liquidation. The Audit, Accounts & Tax division provides bespoke audit services, outsourced bookkeeping and payroll, and corporate/personal tax planning including R&D claims. Deal Advisory offers transaction leadership, financial and operational due diligence, and startup support. An online Insolvency Test Tool provides self-service guidance. These services are offered as distinct but complementary professional service lines, not as a unified software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restructuring & Insolvency Advisory and executory services for distressed businesses and individuals, including pre-appointment advice, formal insolvency appointments (Administration, Liquidation, Company Voluntary Arrangements), and non-distressed asset wind-downs via Members Voluntary Liquidation. Designed for UK small and medium-sized businesses and individuals facing financial distress or seeking orderly exits.
• Audit, Accounts & Tax Comprehensive audit, bookkeeping, payroll, and tax services covering UK GAAP and IFRS financial statements, management accounts, corporate and personal tax planning, R&D tax claims, VAT and corporation tax filing, and company secretarial services. Targeted at UK small and medium-sized businesses and individuals requiring outsourced finance and compliance support.
• Probate Services Estate administration, inheritance tax planning, and professional executorship services to help families manage tax and broader financial affairs after a death. Designed for UK families and individuals dealing with estate administration and inheritance tax obligations.
• Deal Advisory Corporate finance advisory for buying or selling businesses, including lead advisory, financial due diligence, tax due diligence, EV-to-equity bridge analysis, vendor due diligence, purchase price allocation, sale and purchase agreement advisory, post-deal integration, and startup services (pre-funding advice, corporate setup, pitch decks, financial modelling). Targeted at private equity firms, corporate acquirers/sellers, and growth-stage startups.
• Insolvency Test Tool Online self-assessment tool that evaluates business financial distress based on asset value, employee count, liabilities, and HMRC debts, and guides users toward appropriate insolvency options. Offered as a free top-of-funnel resource for UK business owners exploring insolvency routes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 clients served
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FRP Advisory: UK restructuring and advisory firm offering corporate restructuring, insolvency, forensic accounting, and deal advisory services to mid-market clients. Direct competitor on the same UK SME restructuring and due-diligence mandates that Cooper Young targets.
• Begbies Traynor Group: UK-listed specialist insolvency, restructuring, and advisory firm focused on SME distressed-business and personal insolvency mandates. Most direct comparable to Cooper Young's Restructuring & Insolvency core practice, with a similar licensed-IP practitioner model.
• UHY Hacker Young: UK accountancy network with member firms providing audit, tax, restructuring, and insolvency services to SMEs. Closely matches Cooper Young's boutique size, partner-led model, and SME-segment focus.
• K3 Taxas: UK boutique insolvency, tax, and advisory practice serving SMEs and individuals. Closely comparable to Cooper Young in scale, service mix (insolvency + tax + advisory), and client segmentation.

Broad incumbents

• MHA MacIntyre Hudson: Top-20 UK accountancy network offering audit, tax, advisory, and restructuring to SMEs and mid-market clients. Competes on the same SME audit/tax/restructuring engagements but with materially broader national coverage and service depth.
• Grant Thornton UK: UK mid-tier audit and advisory firm with a dedicated restructuring practice serving mid-market and PE-backed businesses. Competes for SME and mid-market advisory, restructuring, and deal advisory mandates.
• Mazars UK: UK mid-tier audit, tax, and advisory firm with international reach. Overlaps on SME audit, tax compliance, and corporate finance advisory, though at meaningfully larger scale than Cooper Young.
• Crowe UK: UK mid-tier audit, tax, and advisory firm within the global Crowe network. Overlapping in SME audit, accounts, tax, and advisory services; broader scale and international reach than Cooper Young.
• RSM UK: UK member of the RSM global network, providing audit, tax, consulting, and restructuring services to mid-market clients. Competes for SME and mid-market restructuring, due diligence, and audit engagements.
• BDO UK: UK member of the BDO international network, offering audit, tax, advisory, and restructuring services across the mid-market. Competes with Cooper Young for mid-market restructuring and due-diligence mandates, with significantly larger capacity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cooperyoungca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cooper-young

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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