Coots & Boots

What Coots & Boots does

Coots & Boots is an independent insolvency, advisory, and restructuring firm headquartered in Mayfair, London, serving UK-based businesses experiencing financial distress, operational crises, or strategic uncertainty. Its service portfolio spans three main lines — insolvency procedures (CVL, compulsory liquidation, MVL, administration), restructuring advisory (negotiated resolutions, strategy and turnaround, formal procedures, bridging finance, litigation funding), and broader advisory work (consultancy, crisis management, performance improvement) — plus a newer forensic investigations division branded RE10, established in late 2025 in response to rising regulatory scrutiny. The firm also runs a distressed-asset advisory channel ("The Boot" investor newsletter) connecting buyers and investors with opportunities sourced from its restructuring mandates.

The business is delivered by three licensed insolvency practitioners (Duncan Coutts, Rupen Patel, and Nimish Patel), supported by a Head of Finance (Nisha Patel), with senior leadership credentials including 35+ years of IP experience, prior senior roles at Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young, and ICAEW licensing. There is no proprietary technology platform; the offering is a professional-services model with engagement-based fees, free initial consultations, and a multi-channel acquisition strategy combining SEO, LinkedIn content, earned media (City AM, BBC, The Sunday Times), direct phone/email/SMS outreach, and a professional referral network of solicitors, accountants, and banks.

Commercially, Coots & Boots operates as a privately held, bootstrapped UK limited company (Coots & Boots Limited), with no disclosed funding rounds, no external investors, and no parent entity. Customer segments are horizontally defined by use case rather than industry — insolvent businesses, businesses in financial distress, businesses seeking advisory support, and investors/buyers of distressed assets — across sectors including energy, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail, mining, construction, property, fintech, and hospitality.

Name

Coots & Boots

Legal name

Coots & Boots Limited

Website

https://cootsandboots.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Coots & Boots is an independent London-based insolvency, restructuring, and advisory firm serving UK businesses facing financial distress, operational crises, or strategic uncertainty, with a newer RE10 forensic investigations sub-brand and practitioner-led service delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Insolvency Services: Professional fees for handling formal insolvency procedures including CVL, administration, compulsory liquidation, and Members' Voluntary Liquidation. Revenue generated through appointment-based professional services.
2. Business Restructuring Advisory: Fees for restructuring services including negotiated resolutions, strategy & turnaround, operational restructuring, and formal restructuring. Engagement-based professional services.
3. Consultancy Services: Advisory engagements providing strategic consultancy, financial consultancy, and operational excellence advisory to businesses facing challenges or seeking performance improvement.
4. Crisis Management Services: Emergency advisory services for businesses experiencing financial, operational, or reputational crises. 24/7 availability for immediate response.
5. Bridging Finance: Short-term funding solutions provided to support insolvency practitioners and businesses during restructuring processes. Financial services revenue.
6. Distressed Opportunities: Advisory services for investors and buyers interested in acquiring distressed businesses and assets. End-to-end service from sourcing to exit planning.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Coots & Boots is an independent insolvency, advisory, and restructuring firm providing professional services to UK businesses. It delivers formal insolvency procedures (CVL, administration, compulsory liquidation, MVL), corporate restructuring (negotiated resolutions, strategy & turnaround, bridging finance), and advisory services (consultancy, crisis management, performance improvement), supported by licensed insolvency practitioners and an RE10 forensic investigations division.

Product overview

Coots & Boots is an independent insolvency, advisory, and restructuring firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of professional services. The core offerings include Insolvency Services (handling liquidation, CVL, MVL, and insolvency procedures), Business Advisory Services (consultancy, crisis management, and performance improvement), and Restructuring Advisory (negotiated resolutions, strategy & turnaround, and formal procedures). Supporting services include Bridging Finance for short-term funding during restructuring, Litigation Funding for asset recovery, and a Client Portal for client access. The services are delivered through a team of licensed insolvency practitioners and advisors, primarily serving UK businesses across sectors including energy, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail, mining, construction, property, fintech, and hospitality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RE10: A specialist division focused on forensic investigations, established in response to growing regulatory scrutiny and an increase in financially distressed businesses requiring independent investigation services.

Products and services

• Insolvency Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Case study: Managed CVL of CIMC's UK operations (world's largest shipping-container manufacturer)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• BDO UK Restructuring: Mid-tier accountancy network with a substantial UK restructuring and recovery practice. Competes for similar insolvency and advisory mandates as part of a broader audit/tax/advisory portfolio.
• KPMG UK Restructuring: Big 4 firm with a large UK restructuring practice that dominates large and complex insolvency appointments. Represents the upper-scale competitive threat for any UK restructuring boutique seeking to grow into larger mandates.

Direct peers

• Teneo: Global advisory firm with strong UK restructuring and turnaround practice. Competes for the same senior-level, conflict-free advisory and restructuring work and offers overlapping forensic and restructuring capabilities.
• Begbies Traynor: Long-established UK firm specialising in business recovery, restructuring, and insolvency with a national network. Direct peer offering the same formal insolvency procedures (CVL, administration, MVL) plus advisory services to UK SMEs and mid-market companies.
• Interpath Advisory: UK-headquartered restructuring, advisory, and insolvency firm launched in 2021 by former KPMG partners and backed by CVC Capital Partners. Direct competitor across the full restructuring and insolvency continuum, with materially greater scale and capital backing.
• FRP Advisory: Listed UK specialist in restructuring, advisory, and insolvency services with offices nationwide. Directly competes for the same mid-market insolvency appointments and corporate advisory mandates as Coots & Boots, but at substantially greater scale.
• Quantuma: UK-based business advisory and insolvency firm offering restructuring, forensic accounting, and creditor services. Closely comparable in size, geography, and service mix to Coots & Boots.
• Kroll: Global restructuring, forensic, and valuation firm with significant UK practice. Overlaps with Coots & Boots on restructuring, insolvency, and forensic investigation services (RE10's adjacent market).
• Alvarez & Marsal: Global professional services firm with a leading restructuring and turnaround practice operating in the UK. Competes for mid-to-large cap restructuring and insolvency mandates and shares the same Big 4-alternative, conflict-free positioning.
• FTI Consulting: Global advisory firm with a substantial corporate finance and restructuring practice in London. Competes for restructuring, turnaround, and forensic engagements and represents the broader benchmark for independent, conflict-free advisory work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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