Demerger Advisory Services

Demerger Advisory Services
We help optimise your demerger. We put together buyers, sellers and debt/equity financing packages.
Areas in which we frequently assist include:
- Pre-transaction advice
- Restructuring
- Identifying businesses meeting your de-merger needs
- Advising on capital structures – matching assets and liabilities
- Managing disclosures
- Drafting bid documentation
- Optimising tax structures – for buyers and sellers
- Undertaking due diligence.
- Negotiating warranties and guarantees
- Creating management incentive plans – including Employers’ Management Incentive (EMI) schemes
Your Helping Hand
We provide technical/financial advice and help you stay focused on meeting your objectives.
Johnsons – Chartered Accountants Real World Finance Expertise
We‘re more than just UK Chartered Accountants. You can count on our demerger experience.
- We’re a growing, full-service, mid-sized firm of Chartered Accountants – and are small enough to care.
- We’ve currently (May 2025)) the resources and expertise to address your de-merger requirements.
Advisory Team

J Stuart Thomson MA CA FCT ATT MCSI
Group Managing Director
- Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland)
- Associate Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales)
- FCT – Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers
- MCSI – Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments
- ATT – Association of Tax Technicians

Edmund Cartwright FCCA
Managing Director / Audit Partner
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).
- Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) to conduct audits.
- Authorised as a Responsible Individual by the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to conduct Public Interest Entity (PIE) audits.

Rob Wilkes FCA
Audit Director
- Rob has 34 years of audit experience.
- Worked in the UK, Ireland and Australia and at four of the top five global accounting firms.
- Advises and audits clients in the technology, professional services, leisure, hospitality, manufacturing, wholesale and NFP sectors.
- Experienced in leading the delivery of audits for listed companies, large privately owned international companies and Private Equity owned businesses.
Next Step
Contact us to learn how we can help reduce your demerger risks – and negotiate a better deal. You’ll be pleased you did.