Advisory
AS Advisory specialises in guiding SMEs through financial challenges with expert solutions for sustainable growth.
We Assist in Complex Situations and Investigations
AS Advisory is an independent boutique corporate advisory firm that specialises in helping SMEs identify and resolve financial and operational issues.
Our goal is to provide effective, real-time solutions that help businesses achieve their goals and overcome financial obstacles. With our expertise and guidance, clients can better understand and monitor their finances, so they can make informed decisions and take their business to the next level.
Our Team's Expertise Includes:
Transactional Advice
- Business Valuation
- Financial Modelling
- Buy and Sell
- Due Diligence reviews
- Capital Raising
- Debt Funding and advisory
Management Advice
- Interim Management
- Dispute resolution and negotiation
- Strategic Planning
- Project strategy and viability reviews
- Directors duties, risks, and governance
- Business Performance Improvement
- Stakeholder Management & Commercial Negotiation
Wealth Transfer and Value Protection
- Shareholder dispute resolution
- Estate planning and management
- Asset transfer and transactional management
- Asset protection
Business Establishment
- Business registrations
- Business planning
- Cash-flow modelling
- System implementation
- Structuring
Webinar: How to Shield Your Business & Clients when the ATO comes knocking
What you will learn:
- What triggers ATO action and how to spot the early warning signs
- The step-by-step ATO escalation process (from letters to legal action)
- Director penalty notices and personal liability what they really mean
- Strategies that work: real-world case studies and what could have been done earlier
- What to do now if you or your clients are already under pressure
Who Should Attend:
About The Host:
Andrew Schwarz, Founder of AS Advisory, is a Liquidator and Forensic Accountant with over 30 years of experience guiding business owners and their advisors through financial crises. His calm, outcome-focused approach is built on integrity, real-world expertise, and a deep passion for helping people turn setbacks into comebacks.
“Our mission is to give business owners their freedom back through clear advice, structured strategies, and unwavering support.” — Andrew Schwarz
Case Studies
Case Study: Saving an Event Hire Business via Administration
It’s been over five years since COVID-19 dramatically reshaped the business landscape. While many companies struggled to survive, some took bold, strategic steps to not just endure but come out stronger. One such example is an event hire business that faced an...
Detail in Numbers
Executive Summary During an insolvent trade claim by a liquidator, AS Advisory operated on behalf of the defendants. The defence concentrated on establishing the liquidator relied on incorrect and inaccurate financial information. To establish that the liquidator did...
When an Informal Restructure is the Answer
Executive Summary Business restructure requires a financially and operationally driven approach that focuses on balance sheets paired with shared effort in all aspects of the business to establish a plan. The best way to protect the value and restructure a company may...
Insights
Business Valuation Explained: What SME Owners Should Really Be Looking At
For most business owners, valuation is only thought about when someone asks the question. Whether it’s when a buyer approaches them. Or a lender requests financial information Or a creditor wants clarity about the position of the business. At that point, the business...
How Weak Governance Quietly Increases Insolvency Risk
Most insolvency risk doesn’t arrive suddenly. Instead, it builds quietly.
Weak governance is rarely obvious at first.
The business keeps trading. Revenue holds. The numbers look “okay”.
But behind the scenes, controls loosen, compliance slips, costs creep and small issues compound.
Q4 2025 reviews tell you what happened. How would it drive your January 2026 business decision?
Your Q4 review told you what happened.
January decides whether it repeats.
Many business owners return from the break with momentum – and a quiet sense that something in the numbers still doesn’t quite add up.
That’s normal.
What matters is whether Q4 insights get translated into action before the year accelerates.
We see the same pattern every year.
Cash tightens. Margins slip. Decisions start feeling urgent – not because the business is failing, but because financial clarity was deferred.
This blog breaks down:
– why January matters more than most realise
– a common post-Q4 cash and margin pattern we see in SMEs
– three practical questions to help you reset financial control early
If your Q4 review raised questions you haven’t yet turned into action, this is worth a read.
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