Advent DS Limited passes CVL resolution after winding-up petition from insurer
Advent DS Limited, a Liverpool-registered building development company, passed a creditors' voluntary liquidation resolution on 18 May 2026, with Stuart Rathmell appointed liquidator. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Members of Advent DS Limited voted to wind up the Liverpool-registered building development company voluntarily on 18 May 2026, appointing Stuart Rathmell as liquidator.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by a company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. The resolution was passed at a general meeting held at the offices of Stuart Rathmell Insolvency, Egyptian Mill, Egyptian Street, Bolton BL1 2HS, on the same date.
The liquidator
Stuart Rathmell of Stuart Rathmell Insolvency, based in Bolton, holds IP number 10050 and is the sole appointed liquidator. Creditors and other parties may contact the practice by telephone on 01204 867615, or reach Dena Watkins by email at dena.watkins@stuart-rathmell-insolvency.com.
The company
Advent DS Limited was incorporated on 6 April 2017 and is classified under SIC code 41100, covering the development of building projects. Its registered address at Companies House is 2 Stable Court Business Centre Water Lane Farm, Water Lane, Tarbock Green, Liverpool, L35 1RO.
The notice published in the London Gazette lists a different address, 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, as both the registered office and principal trading address at the time of winding up.
Background
The CVL follows a winding-up petition presented against Advent DS Limited on 26 September 2025 by Accredited Insurance (Europe) Limited. A winding-up petition is a court filing asking the court to place a company into compulsory liquidation; it does not itself put the company into liquidation. The petition, case reference CR-2025-006682, was listed before Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Briggs at the Rolls Building on 17 December 2025. The company subsequently resolved the matter through the voluntary route.
A separate winding-up petition, case reference CR-2023-LDS-001032, was filed against the company in November 2023 but was later withdrawn.
Officers
Sean Creighton has been a director of Advent DS Limited since its incorporation on 6 April 2017. The Gazette notice carries his name as signatory with the designation Chair. Samantha Evans served as company secretary from 18 April 2018 until her resignation on 20 November 2018.
No secured charges appear in the Companies House record for Advent DS Limited.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Advent Ds 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 Advent Ds 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 Advent Ds 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 Advent Ds 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 Resolutions for Winding-up)
- Companies House record 10712023
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
