Lakes Bathrooms Limited enters administration with three Grant Thornton joint administrators appointed
Lakes Bathrooms Limited, a Gloucestershire bathroom products wholesaler, entered administration on 18 May 2026 with three Grant Thornton practitioners appointed. See the appointed administrators and registered charges.
Information for general guidance, drawn from the public record. Not legal, financial, or insolvency advice. If you are affected by an insolvency, consult a licensed practitioner or qualified solicitor.
Jon L Roden, Rob A Parker and Daniel M Timms of Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP were appointed joint administrators to Lakes Bathrooms Limited on 18 May 2026, following a filing at the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts in Birmingham, Insolvency and Companies List.
Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners take control of a company to rescue it, sell it as a going concern, or realise its assets for creditors. The appointment carries case number 000227 of 2026.
The company
Lakes Bathrooms Limited trades as a wholesaler of household goods from its principal trading address at Alexandra Way, Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The company was incorporated in August 1992 and has traded under two previous names: Novellini Bathroom Products Limited, from incorporation until December 2003, and Provex Products Limited from December 2003 until February 2008, when it became Lakes Bathrooms Limited.
The registered office has been updated to care of Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP, 11th Floor, Landmark St Peter's Square, 1 Oxford St, Manchester, as is customary following an administration appointment.
The administrators
Roden holds IP number 21490, Parker holds IP number 29030, and Timms holds IP number 16772. An IP number is the licence number issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body, identifying the individual practitioner. All three are based at the firm's Birmingham office at 17th Floor, 103 Colmore Row. Creditors and other parties can contact the case team through CMU Support on 0161 953 6906 or at cmusupport@uk.gt.com.
Joint administrators are two or more insolvency practitioners appointed to act together; either can usually act alone unless the appointment specifies otherwise.
The directors
The directors of Lakes Bathrooms Limited at the time of the administration appointment were Michael Bone, appointed 20 January 2025; Mike Gahir, appointed 1 October 2020; Timothy Lloyd, appointed 30 October 2025; Christopher Anthony Thain, appointed 4 April 2022; and David Williams, appointed 17 November 2023.
Secured charges
Three outstanding charges are registered against Lakes Bathrooms Limited at Companies House. HSBC Bank PLC holds a debenture, created in April 2007, comprising fixed and floating charges over the undertaking and all property and assets present and future, including goodwill, book debts, uncalled capital, buildings, fixtures, fixed plant and machinery. A floating charge is a type of security over assets that change from time to time, such as stock and debtors; it floats over the asset class until it crystallises on an event such as insolvency.
Praetura Commercial Finance Limited holds a registered charge created in November 2023. David Williams, one of the directors named above, also holds a registered charge created on the same date, 17 November 2023, delivered to Companies House on 22 November 2023.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Lakes Bathrooms Limited?
You are an unsecured creditor unless you hold a registered charge or retention of title. The administrators will write to known creditors in due course with a proof-of-debt form and timetable for the first meeting. Until that letter arrives, no formal action is required from you. Read more about proof of debt and where you sit in the creditor hierarchy.
Did you work at Lakes Bathrooms Limited?
Wages owed up to a statutory cap, holiday pay, notice pay and redundancy may be claimable from the Redundancy Payments Service if the company is unable to pay. The administrators will normally coordinate the RP1 claim with the affected staff. See gov.uk: your rights if your employer is insolvent.
Do you hold a deposit, gift card or undelivered order from Lakes Bathrooms Limited?
Customers with paid-but-undelivered orders, gift cards or deposits typically rank as unsecured creditors. Where you paid by credit card and the amount was over £100, Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 may let you claim from the card issuer for breach of contract or misrepresentation by the supplier; the rules apply per item, not per transaction, and the card must be a regulated credit card. Debit-card payments may be recoverable via chargeback.
Are you a director of a company connected to Lakes Bathrooms Limited?
Watch for Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 if you intend to keep trading under a similar name in a successor company. The rule prohibits a director of a liquidated company from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless one of the statutory exceptions applies. Read more about Section 216.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Appointment of Administrators)
- Companies House record 02739471
- Court: High Court Of Justice, Business & Property Courts In Birmingham, Insolvency & Companies List (chd),, case 000227
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