On 4 July 2024 Clarke Bell celebrated its 30th birthday.
The firm of Licensed Insolvency Practitioners was formed in 1994 by its senior partner, John Bell, from a room in his Cheshire home. The company is now based in an office in central Manchester; and employs 15 members of staff.
It’s always been an aim of John’s to shake up and modernise the offerings provided by Insolvency Practitioners, and Clarke Bell is certainly doing that now.
John said:
“The mission of this firm is to provide a low cost, speedy and professional liquidation service for company directors – throughout the UK.
For far too long company directors have had to put up with high fees and slow processes when they’ve put their company through a liquidation process.
Clarke Bell have a different approach. When we put a company into liquidation, we charge low fees and process the case as quick as we can, whilst ensuring we are complying with the ICAEW’s insolvency regulations. We can provide this service thanks to our wealth of experience and our investments in staff and IT.
This is all great news for clients – although it’s not good for those Insolvency Practitioners who are still charging high fees and keeping cases open for longer than necessary. Clients no longer accept this.
Thanks to the Internet, directors and their Accountants are shopping around to make sure they aren’t paying more than they have to for liquidating a company. And they’re not restricted by location, as they can use an Insolvency Practitioner anywhere in the county – instead of than having to use a firm local to them.”
Award-winning firm of liquidators
This approach has proved to be very successful, and Clarke Bell have received several awards over recent years for the number of insolvency appointments they have taken.
The next 30 years?
John’s intentions are that the company will continue to grow and grow.
There are likely to be lots of directors / contractors who will want to close down their solvent companies using the Members’ Voluntary Liquidation process.
Also, many experts are expecting the country to go into Recession within the next two years. This means a lot of company owners will be looking for advice on how to deal with their business debts and cashflow problems.
So, it’s going to be a busy time ahead for John and his team.
