STONES & CO

What STONES & CO does

Stones & Co is a UK-licensed insolvency practice established in 1988 and headquartered in Swansea, Wales. The firm provides corporate and personal insolvency, liquidation, restructuring, and bankruptcy advisory services to businesses and individuals experiencing financial distress throughout England and Wales. Its core offering comprises six regulated insolvency procedures: Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation (CVL), Compulsory Liquidation, Members' Voluntary Liquidation (MVL), Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), Administration, and Bankruptcy. Delivery is led by fully qualified licensed Insolvency Practitioners, with the firm citing over 160 years of combined specialist experience and more than 2,450 formal appointments completed to date.

The business operates as a professional services practice on a sales-led go-to-market model, generating revenue through professional service fees charged for advisory and execution of insolvency procedures. Specific fee structures are not publicly disclosed; the firm advertises "competitive prices" and offers free, no-obligation initial consultations to attract prospective clients. Service delivery is conducted through direct office consultations at the Swansea headquarters and through remote phone and email consultations for clients across England and Wales. Customer segments span distressed corporate entities, individual debtors, creditors, and partnerships/LLPs, with no disclosed enterprise anchor clients.

The firm is privately held and founder-operated, with Gary Stones identified as the data controller. There are no disclosed institutional investors, parent companies, partnerships, acquisitions, funding rounds, or leadership transitions. The technology stack is essentially absent in the input data, with no proprietary platform, API, AI capabilities, or software products identified — operations rely on traditional professional service delivery rather than technology-driven scale.

Name

STONES & CO

Legal name

Stones & Co.

Website

https://stonesandco.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stones & Co is a UK-licensed insolvency practice founded in 1988 in Swansea, Wales, providing corporate and personal insolvency, liquidation, restructuring, and bankruptcy advisory services to distressed businesses and individuals throughout England and Wales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Insolvency Advisory Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Administration (BPAHABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Law (BPAHAAAH), Insolvency & Turnaround Advisory (SME/Mid-Market Debtor-Side) (FSAEAFAK), Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Servicing (Consumer) (FSAKAJAK)

Keywords

• Corporate insolvency services
• Creditors voluntary liquidation
• Company voluntary arrangement
• Bankruptcy advisory services
• Licensed insolvency practitioner

Headquarters

HQ city

Swansea

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Insolvency Practitioner Services: Professional services firm providing licensed Insolvency Practitioner services for corporate and personal insolvency procedures including CVL, MVL, CVA, Administration, Compulsory Liquidation, and Bankruptcy. Revenue generated through professional service fees charged for advisory and execution of insolvency procedures.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Stones & Co is a licensed insolvency practitioner practice that advises and acts on corporate and personal insolvency procedures including Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation (CVL), Compulsory Liquidation, Members' Voluntary Liquidation (MVL), Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), Administration, and Bankruptcy. Services are delivered on a bespoke basis by qualified Insolvency Practitioners to businesses, directors, partnerships, and individuals experiencing financial difficulty throughout England and Wales, with all initial consultations provided free of charge.

Product overview

Stones & Co is a corporate insolvency and bankruptcy services firm offering a portfolio of six distinct insolvency procedures. The core offerings include Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation (CVL), Compulsory Liquidation, Members' Voluntary Liquidation (MVL), Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), Administration, and Bankruptcy services. These services are provided on a bespoke basis by licensed Insolvency Practitioners to businesses and individuals experiencing financial difficulties throughout England and Wales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation (CVL) A voluntary insolvency procedure for insolvent companies where assets are realised, distributed to creditors after liquidation costs, and the company is subsequently dissolved. Targeted at UK directors of insolvent companies seeking to wind down operations in an orderly manner.
• Compulsory Liquidation A court-based winding-up procedure under which the assets of a company are realised and any surplus distributed to creditors, resulting in the dissolution of the company. Served to companies facing court-ordered liquidation and to creditors seeking to recover debts via winding-up petitions.
• Members' Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) A winding-up procedure for solvent companies where directors swear a statutory declaration of solvency and assets are distributed to shareholders as capital, typically for tax efficiency. Targeted at solvent company directors planning an orderly wind-down.
• Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) An insolvency procedure allowing a company to compromise or arrange debts with creditors under the supervision of an Insolvency Practitioner, binding on unsecured creditors upon approval. Aimed at insolvent companies seeking to rescue the business via a formal compromise with creditors.
• Administration An insolvency process placing an insolvent company under the control of an Insolvency Practitioner as Administrator to achieve statutory objectives, including rescuing the company as a going concern or obtaining a better result for creditors than would be likely in liquidation. Provided to insolvent companies and their directors.
• Bankruptcy An insolvency process for individuals commencing upon a Bankruptcy Order, freeing debtors from qualifying debts and preventing creditors from pursuing legal action against them. Served to individual debtors in England and Wales facing personal insolvency.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2450 formal appointments completed throughout England & Wales

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• CVR Global: UK insolvency, recovery, and forensic accounting firm providing CVL, MVL, Administration, and turnaround services to SMEs and mid-market companies. Direct comparable in scale, service mix, and target client profile.
• Begbies Traynor Group: UK-listed insolvency practitioner and business recovery firm offering CVL, MVL, Administration, and personal bankruptcy services. Direct overlap with Stones & Co across the full UK insolvency procedure stack, with significantly larger scale and national coverage.
• Menzies LLP: UK accountancy and advisory firm with a dedicated restructuring and insolvency practice offering CVL, Administration, IVA, and Bankruptcy services. Comparable mid-market UK insolvency offering with regional office coverage.
• Wilson Field: UK insolvency practitioner firm offering CVL, MVL, Administration, IVA, and Bankruptcy services. Comparable regional-to-national UK insolvency practice with similar service portfolio and target segments.
• Leonard Curtis: UK insolvency, recovery, and advisory firm providing CVL, MVL, Administration, and turnaround services. Direct peer serving similar distressed corporate and personal clients across England and Wales.
• FRP Advisory: National UK restructuring and insolvency advisory firm offering corporate recovery, restructuring, and personal insolvency services. Directly comparable service portfolio and target client base (distressed mid-market companies and individuals).

Broad incumbents

• Kroll (Restructuring): Global advisory firm with a substantial UK restructuring and insolvency practice serving distressed corporates and creditors. Overlaps with Stones & Co's core offering but typically at larger, more complex mid-market and large-cap engagements.
• RSM UK: Mid-tier accounting and advisory network with a UK restructuring practice offering insolvency and turnaround services. Comparable practitioner licensing and SME/mid-market focus, with broader advisory portfolio.
• KPMG UK (Restructuring): Big Four firm with a UK restructuring practice handling corporate recovery, administrations, and creditor-side advisory. Comparable insolvency capability at the upper end of the market that competes for larger mid-market engagements.
• Mazars (UK Restructuring): International accounting and advisory firm with a UK restructuring and insolvency practice serving distressed mid-market clients. Overlapping insolvency procedure offering as part of broader professional services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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