Adviza creditors have until 21 August to claim final payout

Creditors of Adviza Partnership, the Bracknell based careers and youth support charity that collapsed into administration in 2024, have until 21 August 2026 to lodge their claims before the money left in the insolvency is paid out. The charity’s joint administrators gave notice in The Gazette on 28 July that they intend to declare a first and final dividend, and the notice warns that a distribution may be made without regard to any debt not proved by the deadline. (The Gazette, notice 5180857)

Proofs of debt go to the joint administrators, Philip David Reynolds and Ian James Corfield of FRP Advisory Trading Limited, at 2nd Floor, 110 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6EU. The notice gives 01273 916666 as the contact number for queries. The pair were appointed on 25 September 2024, and the administration is running in the High Court of Justice under court number CR-2024-005586. (The Gazette, notice 5180857)

From Connexions to Adviza

Adviza’s principal trading address was the ninth floor of Ocean House on The Ring, in the middle of Bracknell town centre. The organisation carried a piece of local institutional history with it: it was incorporated on 13 March 2008 as Connexions Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, became Connexions Thames Valley four months later, and took the Adviza Partnership name on 22 May 2012. Anyone who grew up in Berkshire in the 2000s and 2010s will remember Connexions as the careers and advice service for teenagers. Companies House still lists the company, a private company limited by guarantee, with the status “In Administration”. (Companies House, company 06534168)

A charity with £4.2 million income in its last reported year

Adviza is also registered charity 1132201, and the Charity Commission’s register now carries an insolvency marker against it. The register records the charity’s aim as improving the lives of young people and adults who are socially excluded, through advice on careers, education and employment alongside issues such as homelessness. Its last reported figures, for the year to 31 March 2023, show income of £4.23 million, of which £3.77 million came from government contracts and £351,000 from grants, against spending of £5.46 million, a gap of more than £1.2 million. It reported 57 employees that year. (Charity Commission register, charity 1132201)

What it means for you

If Adviza owed you money, as a supplier, landlord, former member of staff or anyone else, you need to prove your debt by Friday 21 August 2026. The administrators intend this to be the first and final dividend, so there is no later round: under the terms of the notice, claims that arrive after a distribution is made can miss out entirely. The notice with the full submission details is on The Gazette’s website.

If you are watching what happens to the building, Ocean House remains one of the larger office blocks on The Ring; the administration covers the charity, not the premises. We list what is trading around the town centre in our Bracknell business directory.