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Appointment of liquidators (CVL)

BB Security Ltd goes into liquidation

active Company no. 08024588 Published 02 October 2026

In short: BB Security Ltd (company no. 08024588) went into creditors' voluntary liquidation, according to a Appointment of liquidators (CVL) notice published in The London Gazette on 02 October 2026. The office holders are John Paul Bell; Toyah Marie Poole, appointed 29 September 2026. The company's business: security services.

BB SECURITY LTD has been placed into creditors' liquidation and John Paul Bell and Toyah Marie Poole of Clarke Bell Limited have been appointed as liquidators on 29 September 2026.

Notice details

Company
BB SECURITY LTD
Company number
08024588
Nature of business
Security services
Registered office
134 Interchange Business Centre Howard Way, Interchange Park, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 9PY
Type of liquidation
Creditors
Date of appointment
29 September 2026
Liquidator(s)
John Paul Bell; Toyah Marie Poole
Liquidator number(s)
IP No. 8608; IP No. 9740
Liquidator address
Clarke Bell Limited, 3rd Floor, The Pinnacle, 73 King Street, Manchester, M2 4NG
Appointed by
Members and Creditors

What the last filed accounts showed

As at 30 April 2020 · unaudited · 78 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£144k
Cash at bank
£0
Net assets
£47k
Total liabilities
£98k

Average employees during the period: 2

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 BB Security Ltd company page.

What this notice means

Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.

Read more: What is Liquidation?.

What happens next

The liquidator realises the assets, writes to known creditors inviting claims, reports on the directors' conduct, and distributes what is recovered in the order fixed by law — costs of the liquidation, preferential creditors, secured creditors, then unsecured creditors. Claims go to the liquidator named in the notice, not to the company. The company is dissolved once the liquidation is complete.

All notices for BB Security Ltd

2 Gazette notices on record for company no. 08024588, newest first. The full history, with last filed accounts, is on the BB Security Ltd company record.

  1. Resolution for winding up (CVL) 02 Oct 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Has BB Security Ltd gone into liquidation?

The London Gazette published a Appointment of liquidators (CVL) for BB Security Ltd (company no. 08024588) on 02 October 2026. Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.

What does a Appointment of liquidators (CVL) mean?

Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.

What happens next?

The liquidator realises the assets, writes to known creditors inviting claims, reports on the directors' conduct, and distributes what is recovered in the order fixed by law — costs of the liquidation, preferential creditors, secured creditors, then unsecured creditors. Claims go to the liquidator named in the notice, not to the company. The company is dissolved once the liquidation is complete.

Who is dealing with the liquidation?

The office holders named in the notice: John Paul Bell; Toyah Marie Poole, appointed 29 September 2026. Creditors, employees and anyone holding goods or money belonging to the company should contact them directly, quoting the company number.

Why did the company go into liquidation?

The Gazette notice records the legal step, not the cause, so it does not say why the company failed. Its last filed accounts, to 30 April 2020, showed net assets of £47k, so any deterioration came after those figures or is not visible in them. For a fuller picture, look in the company's filing history at Companies House for the statement of affairs or the office holder's reports, where these have been filed.

How much did the company owe?

The notice does not give a figure. The closest public number is total liabilities of £98k in its last filed accounts, to 30 April 2020. What was owed when the process began will differ, and is set out in the statement of affairs.

How many jobs are affected?

The notice does not say. The last filed accounts recorded an average of 2 employees in the period to 30 April 2020, which is the closest public figure and may be out of date.

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.

Source: The London Gazette and Companies House. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright. This page is provided by K2 Partners for information only and is not legal or financial advice.