About Us
Overview
Principal
Overview
Over 20 years in corporate turnaround and restructuring with a long and successful track record working with management teams facing challenging situations
When it comes to building relationships with stakeholders, be they business owners and management teams, lenders or shareholders, we don't just talk the talk, we've walked the walk as
Over 20 years in corporate turnaround and restructuring with a long and successful track record working with management teams facing challenging situations
When it comes to building relationships with stakeholders, be they business owners and management teams, lenders or shareholders, we don't just talk the talk, we've walked the walk as company directors, a partner in a leading professional services firm and as interim advisers
Services
Principal
Overview
- Crisis stabilisation
- Stakeholder management
- Cash management
- Cashflow forecasting
- Working capital optimisation
- Financial forecasting
- Financial restructuring
- Profit maximisation
- Finance transformation
Principal
Principal
The Institute for Turnaround
Nick Goldstone founded SFC in 2016
Prior to that he spent:
- four years as CFO/CRO of a multinational automotive component manufacturer and distribution business;
- 15 years in senior restructuring roles with major professional services firms, including as a restructuring partner at BDO LLP
- 2 years seconded to the restructuring team at a major UK
Nick Goldstone founded SFC in 2016
Prior to that he spent:
- four years as CFO/CRO of a multinational automotive component manufacturer and distribution business;
- 15 years in senior restructuring roles with major professional services firms, including as a restructuring partner at BDO LLP
- 2 years seconded to the restructuring team at a major UK clearing bank
Nick is an accredited member of The Institute for Turnaround and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA)
References available on request
The Institute for Turnaround
Endorsed by major professional advisory firms
The Institute for Turnaround
The Institute for Turnaround is the UK's leading membership organisation for turnaround experts. Members are accredited to the highest standards and demonstrate significant experience within the turnaround profession
Endorsed by major professional advisory firms
Endorsed by major professional advisory firms
Endorsed by major professional advisory firms
We are on expert panels of many of the UK's leading turnaround advisory firms.
They introduce us to their clients based on our situational expertise and our credentials across a wide range of industry sectors
Banks and Asset-Based Lenders
Endorsed by major professional advisory firms
Endorsed by major professional advisory firms
We have significant experience working with major Banks and Asset-Based Lenders.
They recognise the value we can add to turnaround situations
Selected Recent Assignments
Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO)
- £120m PE-owned multi-site UK manufacturing business
- Cash management and modelling
- Financial forecasts
- Stakeholder management
- Financial restructure
Interim CFO
- £100m business of internationally renowned artist/art dealer
- Finance function transformation
- Redesign of financial reporting and budgeting
- Successful completion of finance function outsourcing
Board Adviser
- £50m major meat distributor to the catering and restaurant trades
- Cash management and modelling
- Working capital optimisation and cost reduction
- Lender relationship management
- Finance function improvement
- Recruitment of permanent CFO