Welcome

As a friendly Midlands based firm of licensed insolvency practitioners we offer a spectrum of financial solutions to insolvency. Our experienced team are here to help and do understand that financial problems can be stressful. Our aim is to help you through this whilst being straightforward and telling you how it is. Our initial consultation is free, so why no give us a call for free debt advice.

About Us

Bottomley & Co was established in 2004 by the partners. We specialise in insolvency work and only undertake insolvency work, providing advice and support for clients ranging from the man on the street to the multi million pound organisations.


DAVID HALSTEAD BOTTOMLEY - Partner

Qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1971, David joined the Insolvency Department at Thornton Baker [now Grant Thornton] in 1974. In 1976 he moved to Deloitte Haskins and Sells as an Insolvency Manager, and then to Touche Ross [now Deloitte] as a Senior Insolvency Manager in 1987.

David has extensive experience of Receiverships, Administrations, Liquidations and Bankruptcies, dealing with cases large and small, public companies (plc's) to individual insolvencies.

In 1990 David obtained his Insolvency Licence and then in 2000 he moved to The Till Morris Partnership as an appointment taker. Since then he has been appointed on many hundreds of insolvency cases. David is licensed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

In 2004 he established Bottomley & Co with Paul Rogers.

Partners & Staff

PAUL MILES ROGERS - Partner

Paul qualified with an HND in Agriculture from Harper Adams in 1988. He then went onto work in a specialist area of agriculture before changing career to work in light engineering. In 1996 he took a new direction and joined a Warwickshire insolvency practice in an administrative role. He worked his way up in the insolvency business to the position of Senior Manager, a post he held at The Till Morris Partnership for 4 years.

Paul has for his entire insolvency career specialised in setting up and administering Voluntary Arrangements. In 2004, Paul joined with his colleague David Bottomley in establishing Bottomley & Co. In the last three years Paul has expanded his experience managing a number of trading and non-trading Administrations.



TRACEY ELMS - Senior Administrator & Cashier

Tracey left school in 1998 and started working in insolvency. She has progressed amassing a wealth of insolvency knowledge as well as being a trainee Accountancy Technician well on her way to complete her AAT qualification. Since 1998 she has worked closely with Paul Rogers and with David Bottomley for the last 6 years. In 2006 as a trusted colleague she took over the role of cashier at Bottomley & Co.



STEPHEN KING - Head of Marketing

Stephen joined us in 2006 after a 10 year career in Marketing. Coming from a Project Management Consultancy role Stephen brought with him a vast array of marketing and organisational knowledge. He has instigated the creation of this web site and our new corporate image along with many other initiatives. As well as the marketing aspect, Stephen has also taken on other administrative roles in the partnership.



We welcome our new employee
TIM FREEMAN - Trainee Administrator

Tim joined us in 2007 as a trainee Administrator. Since joining he has been quick in picking up knowledge of the insolvency world.

Free debt advice; call 01788 819631 at a stressful time. Free initial consultation with a Licensed Insolvency Practitioners. Experienced and approachable, Bottomley & Co strives to achieve the highest standards in our work to give the best possible service to all concerned. Our services are Individual & company financial solutions throughout the East Midlands and West Midlands. Administrations, Bankruptcy, Voluntary Arrangements (IVA, CVA), Liquidation.

Insolvency Myths Solved HMRC is not preferential.

A common misconception is that tax and VAT are preferential creditors i.e. they are paid after a secured creditor e.g. a bank or lender but before the trade creditors and expense creditors (e.g. accountants). The Enterprise Act 2002 abolished HMRC's preferential status. In the Act only certain elements of employee claims retain a preferential status. If you have any queries on the Insolvency Act or the accompanying Rules, by all means feel free to pick our brains.David Bottomley FCAPartner

Fact Finder What is an IVA

Personal Service for Personal InsolvencyWe have always offered a face to face service for individuals and partners who have financial difficulties. We go that extra mile to negotiate a solution.There are a variety of formal and informal solutions. If you want to see the full list of seven options, email or telephone Paul who will send you an impartial guide describing them all. Our speciality is Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), a recovery plan which is often appropriate for sole-traders and for people whose circumstances differ from the norm. This is where we excel over our competitors. We ask a lot of questions. The more we know about the client's situation and prospects (warts and all) the better the IVA is structured to succeed.It remains that all too often clients have expended a large proportion of their resources paying off those creditors who shout the loudest. An IVA treats all creditors equally. In hindsight, many clients we help could have achieved a higher pence in the £ to perhaps fewer creditors if they had acted earlier and taken advice. Call Paul for further information on his direct line 01788 523 840

Young Enterprise Mentoring for the Future. Your Country Needs You

After Paul's experience as a business advisor to the charity Young Enterprise in Rugby during the 2010/11 school year, he would thoroughly recommend it to anyone in business to take part.Now is the time to consider doing your bit for the business people of tomorrow by signing up to be a Young Enterprise advisor for the 2011/12 school year. If you are interested in taking part visit http://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/.It has proven to be valuable for the students to learn and experience how business works by running a limited company.Paul said he found it rewarding to see the students grow as individuals and come together as a team. Team Element which he and Sheila Bell of Swann Systems mentored, were well deserved winners of the Best Company Award at the Finals of the Rugby Branch of Young Enterprise (YE) on the evening of 6th April 2011 at Rugby High School. Team Element students also scooped four of the individual awards which was a huge achievement as they were one of the smallest teams, comprising only 8 students. They then went forward to represent the Rugby area in the YE Coventry & Warwickshire Finals at Coventry University on the 12th May. Unfortunately they were up against very strong competition; the eventual winners were a team from Stratford-upon-Avon with their Shakespeare themed cookbook ‘Much a do about cooking'. YE brings together business, educators and students into an environment where they can all learn from each others' experience. To spread the word about this volunteer work we submitted and had published an article in Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber May/June magazine.

Specialist Services

Free initial consultation. Specialists in personal IVAs. Specalists in company rescue or liquidation. Experienced team. Friendly approachable people.

Trade Bodies / Associations

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, Insolvency Practitioners Association, The Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3), Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce

Trading Since

2004