You want to make decisions. Your finances won’t let you
We give you a clear picture of your budget and your municipal companies – and a plan that gets your finances back on track
Situations many municipalities will recognise. And hardly any of them are self-inflicted
Open around the clock, for everyone. Add wage increases and non-staff costs that no flat-rate payment covers, and the deficit follows. Closing is not an option – stability is a must.
Grids, renewables and the heating transition: it all costs money today and only breaks even years from now. That isn’t mismanagement – it’s the price of leading the way.
New routes, more frequent departures, cheaper fares – the remit grows, the revenue doesn’t. No timetable will optimise that gap away. The question is how you keep it under control.
Budget or municipal company: we turn your situation into a plan
We know your business – and we don’t leave you to sort it out alone
Hospital, public baths or housing company: we work on site, do the sums alongside you and stay until the plan is in place and working.
Example of one municipal holding, week by week, in €m
Transparent and measurable, down to the last detail
We work through the finances of the whole municipal group: the budget and every holding. You see the levers, the possible scenarios, where there’s room to improve and where funding is needed – and decide on that basis.
The earlier you come to us, the quieter the solution.
There is a line beyond which the law decides. Until then, you do
Once a company is illiquid or over-indebted, insolvency proceedings follow. Act before that point and you keep more options open.
Quiet
The quietest route. You negotiate with selected stakeholders, with no court involved. Possible as long as the company is funded and everyone comes on board.
Orderly
The lever when individual creditors block the way. These pre-insolvency proceedings make the plan binding even on those who oppose it – controlled, and not played out in public.
Public
The last resort, required by law in the event of illiquidity or over-indebtedness. Plan early enough and a restructuring in debtor-in-possession or protective shield proceedings is still possible.
We don’t arrive with a ready-made plan. We build it with you
Five steps, side by side – and nothing is taken out of your hands. The decisions stay yours; the implementation is ours.
Taking stock
We review the financials, contracts and structures and tell you where the company really stands.
Assessing the measures
We separate what works from what only costs money – and put a number on every option before we recommend it.
Planning
From the measures that hold up, we build a concept – with financials, a timeline and clear responsibilities.
Securing backing
We go through the plan with everyone who has a say – and keep at it until it has their backing.
Implementing and monitoring
We see the implementation through and adjust when reality doesn’t follow the plan.
Your world runs on different rules. We know them
Restructuring a municipal company takes more than arithmetic. None of the following is new to us.
We avoid closures and insolvency, stay within the legal framework – and work through the options in stages.
The plan has to fit the municipality’s development strategy and be politically defensible. Residents should be actively informed and involved.
Whatever we calculate ends up, sooner or later, in the municipal holdings report.
The mission is to keep services running, not to earn a margin.
Even if the financials are still patchy.
Whether we’re the right people for it – and what we’d do next in your shoes.
Who hears about it, and when, is up to you.
