Saint Smokeys BBQ House enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
SLD (Canterbury) Limited, trading as Saint Smokeys BBQ House, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 18 June 2026 with FRP Advisory appointed. Full notice and Companies House record.
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SLD (Canterbury) Limited, the company behind Saint Smokeys BBQ House on Wincheap Industrial Estate in Canterbury, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 18 June 2026 after its members and creditors resolved to wind up the business.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. It is the most common route into formal insolvency for UK companies.
The liquidators
Nedim Ailyan, holding IP number 9072, and Paul Atkinson, holding IP number 9314, were appointed joint liquidators. Both are of FRP Advisory Trading Limited, whose address for this appointment is the fourth floor of Central Court, Knoll Rise, Orpington, Kent. Either liquidator may act alone unless the appointment specifies otherwise.
The company
SLD (Canterbury) Limited was incorporated on 15 January 2015 and traded as Saint Smokeys BBQ House. Its SIC classification describes it as a restaurant and cafe business. The registered office was 34b Simmonds Road, Wincheap Industrial Estate, Canterbury, CT1 3RA, though the Gazette notice records that address as in the process of being changed to the same Orpington address used by FRP Advisory Trading Limited.
The company filed its last accounts, made up to 31 January 2025, on a total-exemption-full basis, the filing route available to smaller companies.
The directors
St.Clair Davis has been a director since incorporation on 15 January 2015 and remained in post at the time of the liquidation. Luke Bradshaw was also a director from incorporation but resigned on 29 December 2025, roughly six months before the winding-up resolution was passed.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
The appointment was published in the London Gazette on 26 June 2026.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Sld (Canterbury) 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 Sld (Canterbury) 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 Sld (Canterbury) 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 Sld (Canterbury) 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 09389957
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