Notice of intended dividend
The East Coast Group Limited
In short: The East Coast Group Limited (company no. 01848426) was the subject of a formal insolvency notice, according to a Notice of intended dividend notice published in The London Gazette on 03 August 2026. The office holders are Stuart David Morton (IP No. 17432); Matthew Robert Howard (IP No. 9219), appointed 11 March 2026.
The joint liquidators of The East Coast Group Limited intend to declare a first dividend to preferential and non‑preferential unsecured creditors within two months of the final date for proving debts on 27 August 2026.
Notice details
- Company
- The East Coast Group Limited
- Company number
- 01848426
- Registered office
- Anglia House, 6 Central Avenue, St Andrews Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0HR
- Principal trading address
- Devon House, Folgate Road, North Walsham, NR28 0AJ
- Final Date for Proving
- 27 August 2026
- Liquidator(s)
- Stuart David Morton (IP No. 17432); Matthew Robert Howard (IP No. 9219)
- Liquidator address
- Price Bailey LLP, Anglia House, 6 Central Avenue, St Andrews Business Park, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0HR
- Liquidator telephone
- 01603 709330
- Date of Appointment
- 11 March 2026
- Contact
- Rebecca Bloomfield, Price Bailey LLP, 01603 709330, [email protected]
What the last filed accounts showed
As at 30 June 2024 · 25 months before the first insolvency notice
These are consolidated group accounts. The figures cover the company together with its subsidiaries, so they are not all available to creditors of this entity.
These are the company's own figures from Companies House, not from the Gazette notice, and they describe its position at that date rather than what it owes now. Negative net assets means liabilities exceeded assets. The full record is on the The East Coast Group Limited company page.
What this notice means
This is a formal notice published in The London Gazette relating to the company's insolvency, restructuring or closure.
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Frequently asked questions
Has The East Coast Group Limited gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Notice of intended dividend for The East Coast Group Limited (company no. 01848426) on 03 August 2026. This is a formal notice published in The London Gazette relating to the company's insolvency, restructuring or closure.
What does a Notice of intended dividend mean?
This is a formal notice published in The London Gazette relating to the company's insolvency, restructuring or closure.
Who is dealing with the liquidation?
The office holders named in the notice: Stuart David Morton (IP No. 17432); Matthew Robert Howard (IP No. 9219), appointed 11 March 2026. Creditors, employees and anyone holding goods or money belonging to the company should contact them directly, quoting the company number.
How much did the company owe?
The notice does not give a figure. The closest public number is total liabilities of £438k in its last filed group accounts, to 30 June 2024. What was owed when the process began will differ, and is set out in the statement of affairs. These are consolidated accounts covering the whole group, not this company alone.
The company owes me money — what can I do?
You are a creditor in the process. The insolvency practitioner named in the notice will write to known creditors and invite claims; if you have not heard from them, contact them with your invoices. Unsecured creditors rank after fixed-charge holders, the costs of the insolvency, preferential creditors and floating-charge holders, so recovery depends on what is left in the estate.
I worked there — how do I claim what I am owed?
Unpaid wages, holiday pay and statutory redundancy are claimed from the government's Redundancy Payments Service, not from the company or from K2. The insolvency practitioner named in this notice should give you a case reference to claim with.
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