Two North Yorkshire firms enter liquidation with combined debts of £358,000

Summarised from 3 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 7 Nov, 06:10 · Archive

A Harrogate engineering consultancy and a Selby door business have entered liquidation with combined debts exceeding £358,000.

Yorkshire Consulting Engineers, a Harrogate-based engineering consultancy incorporated in 2012, entered creditors voluntary liquidation on 21 October. Leeds-based Clough Corporate Solutions were appointed liquidators. The company was directed by John Charles Grainger, Andrew John Kirkham and Robert James Gill.

According to the statement of affairs filed at Companies House, Yorkshire Consulting Engineers had realisable assets of £10,565. HMRC was owed £9,924 as a secondary preference creditor. Unsecured creditors were owed a total of £71,137, comprising a bank owed £20,811 and three trade creditors owed £702 between them. The statement recorded a final deficit of £70,916.

Separately, NJW Composite Doors of 77 Brooke Street, Selby, entered liquidation on 30 September. The construction installation business was incorporated in 2022 and had Neil Ian Wakemen as its sole director. Smith and Barnes Insolvency Practitioners were appointed liquidator.

NJW Composite Doors had no assets and no preferential creditors. HMRC was owed £30,000 as a secondary preference creditor, comprising £20,000 in VAT and £10,000 in PAYE. Unsecured creditors were owed £257,144.91 in total. Two trade and expense creditors were owed £65,098.96 between them, whilst six banks and financial institutions were owed £172,045.95 between them. The statement recorded a final deficit of £287,244.91.

How it is being reported

• Door business enters liquidation owing almost £300,000A UK construction installation business in Yorkshire has entered liquidation with debts approaching £300,000.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 7 Nov, 05:00
• Door business enters liquidation owing almost £300,000A UK construction installation business in Yorkshire has entered liquidation with debts approaching £300,000.York Press · 7 Nov, 05:00
• North Yorkshire engineering consultancy in liquidation with debts above £70,000A Harrogate-based engineering consultancy has gone into liquidation with debts topping £70,000.The Press (York) · 6 Nov, 05:00
• North Yorkshire engineering consultancy in liquidation with debts above £70,000A Harrogate-based engineering consultancy has gone into liquidation with debts topping £70,000.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 6 Nov, 05:00

In this story: Yorkshire Consulting Engineers · NJW Composite Doors · Harrogate · Selby · Clough Corporate Solutions · Smith and Barnes Insolvency Practitioners

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