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Here you can find CAPA’s latest appointments to undertake forensic audits, as well as instructions for property services from a range of blue-chip clients including retailers, insolvency practitioners, leisure operators, banks and venture capitalists.

  • BONMARCHÉ

    Capa were instructed by private equity business, Sun European Partners, following their acquisition of the ladies-wear retailer Bonmarché.

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  • CLINTON CARDS

    Our clients the Administrators based at Zolfo Cooper sought to sell the business of Clinton Cards as a going concern and in doing so protect as many jobs as possible.

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  • Dreams drafts in Capa to inspect rates

    Dreams, the UK’s largest beds chain, has appointed CAPA to conduct a rates audit.

    Dreams was sold out of administration in March 2013 to private equity firm Sun Capital Partners, in a deal that safeguarded more than 1,600 jobs. Administrators Ernst & Young had previously been appointed to run the company and find a new owner. Headquartered at ‘Bedquarters’ in High Wycombe, Dreams has a store network of 181 sites.

    CAPA has been instructed to audit the rates paid out across a portfolio of Dreams' stores. 

    A team of auditors from CAPA will use bespoke software to audit rates charges to discover any overspend or error. Once discovered, this overspend will be recovered to generate cash across the portfolio.

    The same service around rates management has been provided to various other retail chains in the UK, including JD Sports.


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  • EE calls in CAPA to inspect service charges

    EE, operator of the UK's biggest mobile network, has instructed CAPA to audit and manage its service charges.

    EE has around 553 retail stores, and services more than 31 million connections across its mobile, fixed and wholesale networks. CAPA has been instructed to audit and manage service charges on a portfolio of its properties.

    CAPA's auditors will use bespoke software to audit service charges to discover any overspend or error. Once discovered, this overspend will be recovered and in turn generate cash across the stores.

    CAPA has provided service charge management and audit services to a range of large companies in the telecoms and retail sectors, including Carphone Warehouse and JD Sports. 

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  • 'King of trainers' JD Sports instructs CAPA on nationwide stores

    JD Sports, the retailer marketed as the 'undisputed king of trainers', has appointed CAPA for a rates audit and to manage its service charges.

    Based in Bury, Greater Manchester, JD Sports has a vast portfolio of stores to manage across the UK.

    It has now instructed CAPA to provide service charge management services and to inspect the rates paid across a portfolio of its retail outlets.

    CAPA's auditors will use bespoke software to audit service charges to discover any overspend or error. Once discovered, this overspend will be recovered to generate cash across the portfolio. The same service will be applied to rates paid across the sites.

    CAPA has provided service charge management and audit services to a range of large companies in the retail sector, including Dreams, Austin Reed and Snow+Rock.

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  • CAPA gets the call from Carphone Warehouse

    Carphone Warehouse, the online mobile retailer and comparison site, has instructed CAPA to carry out service charge management across a portfolio of sites.

    The retailer, which compares handsets and network tariffs across providers, has around 1,100 retail stores in the UK and Ireland. It has now instructed CAPA to unearth cash within service charge processes.

    CAPA's auditors will use bespoke software to audit Carphone Warehouse's service charges to discover any overspend or error across a portfolio of sites. Once discovered, this overspend will be recovered to generate extra cash across those sites.

    CAPA has provided service charge management and audit services to a range of large companies in the telecoms and retail sectors, including EE, Phones4u, Austin Reed and JD Sports. 

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