Our Service

Restructuring & Turnaround

We help businesses facing financial or operational challenges restore stability, regain stakeholder confidence, and build a sustainable path forward.

SERVICES

Guiding Businesses Through Change

Cathro & Partners’ Restructuring & Turnaround team provides practical, results-driven solutions that stabilise distressed businesses and restore long-term viability. We partner with directors, financiers, and stakeholders to assess options, manage risk, and implement strategies that protect enterprise value and position the business for recovery.

Our team brings together deep technical expertise and commercial insight to diagnose problems quickly and act decisively — ensuring that every engagement is fit for purpose.

Key Outcomes:

  • Stabilised trading and improved liquidity
  • Restored stakeholder and financier confidence
  • Protection of enterprise value
  • Pathway to sustainable recovery

Services

Services

Advisory Engagements

Strategic reviews and guidance to preserve value and inform decision-making.

  • Safe Harbour Advisory: Supports directors in developing and implementing plans likely to deliver a better outcome than immediate administration or liquidation.
  • Independent Business & Options Reviews (IBR): Provides stakeholders with a third-party assessment of financial health and a comparison of strategic options.
  • Pre-Lending & Financial Capacity Reviews: Enables financiers to assess borrowers’ ability to meet obligations and fund operations.
  • Monitoring Engagements: Offers ongoing oversight of underperforming businesses to safeguard lender and stakeholder interests.

Operational Engagements

Enhancing capability, performance, and resilience within organisations.

  • Business Transformation: Implements financial and operational improvement initiatives to achieve long-term growth.
  • C-Suite Advisory: Equips senior executives with external insights and practical guidance during transition or distress.
  • Capability & Business Coaching: Builds leadership resilience and strategic discipline across management teams.
  • Working Capital Management: Optimises liquidity through better cash flow, receivables, and inventory management.

Transactional Engagements

Delivering structured solutions for complex or time-critical situations.

  • Special Situation Solutions: Tailored strategies for urgent financial or stakeholder challenges requiring rapid intervention.
  • Distressed Due Diligence: Comprehensive assessment of acquisition targets in distress, identifying opportunities and risks.
  • Corporate Simplification: Streamlines complex structures to reduce costs, improve governance, and resolve legacy issues.
  • Succession Planning: Supports smooth ownership transitions through structured governance and value-preservation planning.
OUR APPROACH

Collaborative, Commercial, and Outcome-Focused

We combine analytical rigour with a commercial mindset, ensuring stakeholders have the clarity and confidence to make informed decisions. Our engagements are built on collaboration, transparency, and a shared focus on achieving the best possible outcome for all parties.

Core values:

LEADERSHIP

Our senior team

Founder & Managing Principal

Director

Natalie Hall

Senior Manager

General Manager - National

SERVICES

Services