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Notice to creditors (CVL)

Thames Water Overseas Limited liquidation

active Company no. 02909020 Published 06 November 2026

In short: Thames Water Overseas Limited (company no. 02909020) went into creditors' voluntary liquidation, according to a Notice to creditors (CVL) notice published in The London Gazette on 06 November 2026. The office holders are Richard Beard (IP No. 15170); Richard Fleming (IP No. 8370), appointed 29 October 2026. The company's business: activities of head offices, trading from Clearwater Court, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8DB.

The notice invites creditors of Thames Water Overseas Limited to submit their claims by 7 December 2026 to the appointed joint liquidators.

Notice details

Company
Thames Water Overseas Limited
Company number
02909020
Registered office
Clearwater Court, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8DB
Principal trading address
Clearwater Court, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8DB
Nature of business
Activities of head offices
Type of liquidation
Creditors' Voluntary
Date of appointment
29 October 2026
Liquidator(s)
Richard Beard (IP No. 15170); Richard Fleming (IP No. 8370)
Liquidator address
Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP, Suite 3, Avery House, 69 North Street, Brighton, BN41 1DH
Liquidator telephone
+44 (0) 20 7715 5200
Final date for submission
7 December 2026
Additional contact
Will Chalmers, Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP, +44 (0)20 7715 5223, [email protected]
Publication date
6 November 2026
Notice ID
5247876

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 Thames Water Overseas Limited

3 Gazette notices on record for company no. 02909020, newest first. The full history, with last filed accounts, is on the Thames Water Overseas Limited company record.

  1. Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 06 Nov 2026
  2. Resolution for winding up (CVL) 06 Nov 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Has Thames Water Overseas Limited gone into liquidation?

The London Gazette published a Notice to creditors (CVL) for Thames Water Overseas Limited (company no. 02909020) on 06 November 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 Notice to creditors (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: Richard Beard (IP No. 15170); Richard Fleming (IP No. 8370), appointed 29 October 2026. Creditors, employees and anyone holding goods or money belonging to the company should contact them directly, quoting the company number.

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.