Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Ltd, a Bradford gas and electrical installation firm incorporated in October 2022, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation. Full notice and Companies House record.
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.
A Bradford contractor providing gas and electrical installation and maintenance services has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) less than four years after incorporation. A CVL is a formal insolvency process in which a company's members resolve to wind up an insolvent business without a court order.
Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Ltd was registered at Companies House on 11 October 2022 and operated from 129 Windhill Old Road, Bradford. Its registered SIC codes cover electrical installation, plumbing and heating system work, and other building installation activities.
The liquidation
The notice of appointment was published in the London Gazette on 2 June 2026. The company's registered office will transfer to a new address as part of the CVL process, which is standard practice when a liquidator takes control of correspondence and records.
Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Ltd filed micro-entity accounts for the period made up to 31 October 2023. Micro-entity is the smallest reporting category available to limited companies in the UK. No further financial detail is available from the bundle.
The director
Christopher Kwame Afful has been the sole director of Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Ltd since the company was incorporated on 11 October 2022. No other officers appear on the Companies House record and no resignations are recorded.
Liquidator appointment
The notice published in the Gazette confirms a liquidator has been appointed, though full appointment details were not captured in the structured data available. The Companies House record for Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Ltd will carry updated contact details for the appointed liquidator as the process progresses.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Ltd at Companies House, meaning no secured creditor holds a fixed or floating charge over the company's assets.
Background
The company traded for roughly three and a half years before entering the CVL process. It had no prior names and no related supplemental notices appear on the Gazette record. The accounts filed were prepared on a micro-entity basis, covering the period ending 31 October 2023. No accounts for the subsequent period appear to have been filed before the liquidation commenced.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Limited?
In a creditors' voluntary liquidation you are an unsecured creditor unless you hold a registered charge or retention of title. The liquidators will write to known creditors with a proof-of-debt form. A statement of affairs prepared by the directors and the chair of the creditors' decision procedure should be available on request. Read more about proof of debt and where you sit in the creditor hierarchy.
Did you work at Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Limited?
In a CVL, employees are typically dismissed at or shortly after the liquidator's appointment. Wages owed up to a statutory cap, holiday pay, notice pay and redundancy may be claimable from the Redundancy Payments Service. The liquidators will normally provide RP1 case-reference numbers to the affected staff. See gov.uk: your rights if your employer is insolvent.
Do you hold a deposit, gift card or undelivered order from Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Limited?
Customers with paid-but-undelivered orders, gift cards or deposits rank as unsecured creditors in the liquidation. 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 Gas Electric and Maintenance Developments Limited?
Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 applies the moment the company enters liquidation. If you intend to be involved in another company using the same or a similar name within five years, you must rely on one of the three statutory exceptions and file the relevant notice. Acting in breach is a criminal offence and exposes you to personal liability for the successor's debts.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Appointment of Liquidators)
- Companies House record 14412191
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