S M Cars (lancaster) Limited liquidation
Active Company no. 08906797 Incorporated Feb 2014 Retail & Wholesale LA postcode area
14 Clifton Drive, Morecambe, LA4 6SR
The most recent insolvency notice for S M Cars (lancaster) Limited is a Meetings of creditors (CVL), published 19 October 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Zane Collins (Insolvency Practitioner); Scott Mackenzie (Director and Convener). 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.
Last filed balance sheet
Not yet retrieved.
Insolvency notices (1)
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Meetings of creditors (CVL) 19 Oct 2026
A virtual creditors’ meeting for S M CARS (LANCASTER) LTD is scheduled for 10.15 am on 16 October 2026, with details on voting, proofs and contact information provided.
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.
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Frequently asked questions
Is S M Cars (lancaster) Limited in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for S M Cars (lancaster) Limited (company no. 08906797) is a Meetings of creditors (CVL), published 19 October 2026 in The London Gazette. 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 were S M Cars (lancaster) Limited's last filed accounts?
Not yet retrieved for S M Cars (lancaster) Limited at Companies House.
How many insolvency notices does S M Cars (lancaster) Limited have?
S M Cars (lancaster) Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Meetings of creditors (CVL) on 19 October 2026.
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.
Financial figures are taken from the company's own last accounts filed at Companies House. Small and micro-entity accounts are unaudited, and for a company entering an insolvency process the most recent filing frequently predates that process by a year or more. Figures are indicative and are not a valuation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.