Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited liquidation
Liquidation Company no. 09074080 Incorporated Jun 2014 Retail & Wholesale IG postcode area
Recovery House, Hainault Business Park, 15-17 Roebuck Road, Ilford, IG6 3TU
The most recent insolvency notice for Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited is a Meetings of creditors (CVL), published 22 October 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Alan J Clark; Paul Higley, appointed 3 September 2026. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 October 2025, showed total assets of £2.4m and net assets of £1.6m. 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
As at 31 October 2025 · unaudited abridged accounts · unaudited · filed 10 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 5
Insolvency notices (4)
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Meetings of creditors (CVL) 22 Oct 2026
The notice announces a virtual creditors' meeting for Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited in its Members' Voluntary Liquidation.
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Appointment of liquidators (MVL) 10 Sep 2026
The members of CRESTLANDS BRAKE & MOT TESTING FACILITY LIMITED have appointed Alan Clark and Paul Anthony Higley as joint liquidators for a members voluntary liquidation.
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Notices to creditors (MVL) 10 Sep 2026
The joint liquidators of Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited have issued a notice to creditors to prove their debts by 9 October 2026 for a solvent voluntary liquidation.
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Resolution for winding up (MVL) 10 Sep 2026
The members of Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited resolved to voluntarily wind up the company and appointed Alan J Clark and Paul Anthony Higley as joint liquidators on 3 September 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.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited (company no. 09074080) is a Meetings of creditors (CVL), published 22 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 Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited's last filed accounts?
Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 October 2025, showed total assets of £2.4m, net assets of £1.6m. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited have?
Crestlands Brake & Mot Testing Facility Limited has 4 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Meetings of creditors (CVL) on 22 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.
Why did the company go into liquidation?
The Gazette notices record the legal steps, not the cause, so they do not say why the company failed. Its last filed accounts, to 31 October 2025, showed net assets of £1.6m, 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 notices do not give a figure. The closest public number is total liabilities of £847k in its last filed accounts, to 31 October 2025. What was owed when the process began will differ, and is set out in the statement of affairs.
How many jobs are affected?
The notices do not say. The last filed accounts recorded an average of 5 employees in the period to 31 October 2025, which is the closest public figure and may be out of date.
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.