Company:

A large, well-known UK retailer of books and related products.

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Collateral Valuation of Finished Goods Inventory.

Gross Asset Value:

Inventory totalling £69m at retail price, spread across 44 retail outlets and a distribution centre.

Comments:

Originally engaged on behalf of the company prior to funding, and then since re-engaged for a re-valuation by the lender 12 months later as part of the lender’s on-going monitoring.

Company:

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Gross Asset Value:

Inventory totalling £18m at cost price, spread across 121 retail outlets, and 16 separate bulk and distribution centre locations.

Company:

A medium-sized, UK retailer of home furnishings.

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Collateral Valuation of Finished Goods Inventory.

Gross Asset Value:

Inventory totalling £22m at cost price, spread across 295 retail outlets and a distribution centre.

Company:

A large UK-based food group, comprising of the largest non-refining sugar wholesaler and distributor in the UK, and a manufacturer of cake ingredients.

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Collateral Valuation of Finished Goods Inventory, and a Collateral Valuation of Plant & Machinery.

Gross Asset Value:

Inventory totalling £11m at cost price across both companies, and Plant & Machinery totalling £2m (Market Value).

Comments:

Company:

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Collateral Valuation of Finished Goods Inventory, a Collateral Valuation of Plant & Machinery, a Collateral Review of Accounts Receivable (UK and US companies), and a Lease Premium review.

Gross Asset Value:

Inventory totalling £11m at cost price, Plant & Machinery totalling £1m (open Market Value), and Accounts Receivable totalling £7m (UK and US companies combined).

Company:

A small, UK-based importer and distributor of speciality Italian food products.

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Gross Asset Value:

Inventory totalling £2m at cost price, located across 5 nationwide distribution centres.

Company:

A large logistics company, specialising in the consolidation and haulage of chilled and ambient food products on behalf of manufacturers and supermarkets.

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Collateral Review of Accounts Receivable, and a Collateral Valuation of Freehold Property.

Gross Asset Value:

Accounts Receivable totalling £17m, and property totalling £8m (open Market Value) across 4 separate freehold sites.

Company:

A large, worldwide group of companies involved in the manufacture and supply of interiors for commercial aircraft.

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Gross Asset Value:

Accounts Receivable totalling £11m (UK and USA companies), Inventory totalling £37m (UK and USA companies), and Freehold Property totalling €8m (open Market Value).

Comments:

The instruction involved site visits to the US and German companies, and repeat instructions to undertake the pre-closing update of the reports.

Company:

An alcohol group, comprising a medium-sized UK importer of ‘New World’ wines, an Australian contract winery, and an Australian manufacturer of juice products.

Assets Valued / Reviewed:

Collateral Review of Accounts Receivable, and a Collateral Review of Inventory.

Gross Asset Value:

Accounts Receivable totalling £10m (UK and both Australian companies), Inventory totalling £22m (UK and both Australian companies).

Comments:

The instruction involved site visits to the UK and both Australian companies, and was a repeat instruction from previous work undertaken on this borrower by the team.