Editor at Insolvency News. Editor of Insolvency News. Covers UK administrations, voluntary and compulsory liquidations, moratoriums, prohibited-name notices and secured-lender activity from the official record.
James Waterton is the editor of Insolvency News. He is the named human in the review chain for every article on the site: each draft is generated from public-record data by an automated pipeline (Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6), then reviewed and approved by him before it is published.
His remit is UK corporate insolvency as it appears in the official record: appointments of administrators (Schedule B1, Insolvency Act 1986), creditors' voluntary liquidation resolutions and liquidator appointments, court-ordered winding-up, creditor petitions, standalone moratoriums under Part A1, prohibited-name notices under section 216, and the secured-lender and director context that surrounds each event.
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Coffee 90 Delice Limited, a Manchester café business incorporated in May 2024, has entered liquidation and triggered a prohibited-name notice handled by Beesley Corporate Recovery.
COMM Commercial Contractors Ltd, a Liverpool-based roofing and cladding contractor, has been placed into administration. Mike Dillon and Katy McAndrew of Leonard Curtis were appointed.
Castle Donnington Limited, a fund vehicle formerly managed by ESE Capital Limited, has been placed into administration by the High Court, with joint administrators appointed on 12 May 2026.
Begbies Traynor's Andrew Andronikou and Andrew Hosking were appointed administrators to Devonshire Park Hotel Holdings Limited on 14 May 2026 by the High Court.
Ocean Views Residence Ltd, the property vehicle for the Edgcumbe Hotel in Newquay, has been placed into administration. Find out what this means for creditors and customers.
Milton Keynes scaffolding contractor XL Scaffolding Limited entered administration on 14 May 2026, with Opus Restructuring's Mark Siddall and Colin Wilson appointed as joint administrators.
RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP appointed joint administrators to Leeds brewing equipment supplier Stainless Steel Vessels Limited on 12 May 2026, with NatWest holding an outstanding charge.
Leonard Curtis administrators appointed at North West Precision Limited, the Birkenhead aerospace parts maker, by the High Court on 14 May 2026 - its second insolvency in three years.
Nick Parsk of Oury Clark was appointed administrator to Absolute Post Limited on 14 May 2026 after the High Court sealed the order for the Soho post-production firm.
Private jet charter and aircraft management firm Zenith Aviation Limited collapsed into administration on 15 May 2026, grounding its entire fleet and axing all 41 jobs at London Biggin Hill.
Cornwall PR micro-entity Mance Communications Limited entered insolvent liquidation on 25 March 2025. Director James Sinclair Smith has now filed a second prohibited-name notice in the Gazette.
Envera Telecommunications Limited filed a prohibited-name notice on 18 May 2026, days before an HMRC winding-up petition hearing listed for 20 May 2026.
Zane Collins of Rushtons Insolvency was appointed administrator to The Buckingham Butcher Limited on 11 May 2026 after the High Court in Leeds sealed the order.
FRP Advisory's Mark Hodgett and David Willis were appointed administrators of WordUnited Ltd on 8 May 2026, with alt-lender Uncapped Ltd holding an outstanding charge.
BIOHM Ltd, the London-based biotech startup developing mycelium building materials, entered administration on 13 May 2026 with a Singapore entity holding a fixed charge over its patents.
VR gaming studio Maze Theory Games Limited, formerly SWG Digital UK, entered administration on 8 May 2026 via the Manchester Business and Property Courts, with Cowgill Holloway appointed.
Sussex Bakes Ltd, the Chichester cake factory trading as More Food, entered administration on 11 May 2026 with 120 jobs at risk in the second collapse of the underlying business.
Unity Trust Bank has appointed administrators to Titchfield Festival Theatre Limited, weeks after the Hampshire arts charity lost a High Court planning appeal central to its future.
Hull metal structures and doors manufacturer Commercial Systems International Limited entered administration on 13 May 2026, with Interpath Advisory appointed by the Leeds Business and Property Courts.
Stephen Katz and Paul Appleton of BTG Begbies Traynor appointed administrators to Earthave Bridging Limited on 11 May 2026, one of several linked bridging-finance vehicles in insolvency proceedings.