TT Auto Centres Ltd: Section 216 notice filed as Birmingham repair firm enters insolvent liquidation
TT Auto Centres Ltd entered insolvent liquidation on 22 May 2026, prompting a Rule 22.4 prohibited-name notice from director Derek Fitzguard Arthurs. Full notice and Companies House record.
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TT Auto Centres Ltd entered insolvent liquidation on 22 May 2026. The event prompted a Rule 22.4 prohibited-name notice filed by director Derek Fitzguard Arthurs under Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
Section 216 prohibits a director of a company that has entered insolvent liquidation from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless a statutory exception applies or the court gives permission. Filing a notice under Rule 22.4 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 allows a director to continue trading through a similarly named vehicle without committing a criminal offence or becoming personally liable for the new company's debts.
The prohibited name
Arthurs, of 8 Grove Hill Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, has given notice of his intention to act in connection with carrying on the whole or substantially the whole of the business of TT Auto Centres Ltd through a new company: TT Auto Service Centres Ltd, registered under Companies House number 17164623. The name is similar enough to the liquidated company's trading name to fall within Section 216(3), which is why the notice is required.
The company
TT Auto Centres Ltd was registered at A11 City Industrial Estate, Western Road, Hockley, Birmingham, B18 7QD, and operated in motor vehicle repair and maintenance under SIC code 45200. The company was incorporated on 25 October 2012 and its last filed accounts covered the period to 31 December 2024.
The directors
Three officers appear on the Companies House record at the time of the notice. Arthurs has been a director since 22 February 2021. Maxine Byfield was appointed as a director on 24 March 2023. Carol Robinson has served as both a director and company secretary since incorporation on 25 October 2012. None of the three has a resignation date recorded, so all three remain current officers.
What the notice means
The notice was published in the London Gazette on 29 May 2026. Its purpose, as stated in the notice itself, is to alert creditors of TT Auto Centres Ltd that the business may continue under a similar name with the involvement of a director of the company in insolvent liquidation. Creditors who believe they are owed money by TT Auto Centres Ltd should take note of the new entity, TT Auto Service Centres Ltd, and its connection to the same director.
Common questions
Are you a director of the successor company?
A prohibited-name Gazette notice typically documents one of the three statutory exceptions to Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the rule against re-use of a similar name by a former director of a liquidated company). The exception is only valid if the notice meets the timing and content requirements in the relevant Rule. Read more on prohibited names.
Do you trade with the successor company?
A valid notice does not by itself revive the liabilities of the liquidated company. The successor company is a separate legal entity and the directors are personally exposed only if Section 216 is breached.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Moratoria, Prohibited Names and Other: Re-use of a Prohibited Name)
- Companies House record 08267874
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