Kent motor repair firm BBRS Limited publishes prohibited-name notice

BBRS Limited, the motor vehicle repair business registered at Unit 26 Lamberhurst Farm, Dargate, near Faversham in Kent, published a prohibited-name notice in the London Gazette on 20 May 2026.

The notice falls under the re-use of a prohibited name provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986. Section 216 of that Act prohibits a director of a company that has entered liquidation from involvement in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless one of the statutory exceptions applies. Filing a notice of this kind in the Gazette is one route through which a connected person can satisfy those statutory requirements and proceed to trade under a similar name lawfully.

The company

BBRS Limited was incorporated on 1 March 2002 and has operated under SIC code 45200, which covers the maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. The company is registered as active and filed micro-entity accounts made up to 31 December 2024, with the next set due by 30 September 2026. Its registered address has been Unit 26 Lamberhurst Farm throughout its recent history.

The current directors are Simon John Bentley, who has served since incorporation in March 2002, and Paul Martin Bentley, who joined the board in April 2004. David Jacob Bentley has acted as company secretary since November 2015. Martin John Bentley served as both director and secretary at various points before resigning as director on 31 March 2018, and Sarah Gillian Bentley held roles as director and secretary before stepping down in 2013.

Secured charge

National Westminster Bank PLC holds an outstanding debenture over BBRS Limited, created on 1 September 2003 and delivered to Companies House on 6 September 2003. The debenture is a secured creditor arrangement under which the bank holds fixed and floating charges over the company's undertaking and all property and assets, present and future, including goodwill, book debts, uncalled capital, buildings, fixtures, fixed plant and machinery. A floating charge covers assets that change from time to time, such as stock and cash, and crystallises into a fixed charge on insolvency. That charge has remained outstanding for more than 23 years.

For creditors and suppliers

The prohibited-name procedure does not itself trigger a moratorium or formal insolvency process for BBRS Limited. Creditors and suppliers with existing claims against the company retain their usual legal rights. The outstanding NatWest debenture means the bank ranks as a secured creditor over the company's assets, ahead of unsecured creditors such as trade suppliers.

Any creditor seeking to understand their position in relation to a connected successor entity would ordinarily look to the Gazette notice itself and any further filings made under the statutory exceptions to Section 216. The Gazette notice records the company address as Unit 26 Lamberhurst Farm, Dargate, Nr Faversham, Kent, ME13 9EP.