Pincher Ltd, trading as Bauhaus, enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Pincher Ltd, trading as Bauhaus hair salon in Cardiff, passed a resolution to wind up voluntarily on 13 May 2026, with Michelle Williams of Bailams & Co named liquidator. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Members of Pincher Ltd, the Cardiff company that trades as Bauhaus hair salon, resolved to wind up voluntarily on 13 May 2026, appointing Michelle Williams of Bailams & Co as liquidator on the same date.
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. It is the largest single stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume.
The resolution
The resolution was passed at a general meeting of the members of Pincher Ltd on 13 May 2026. Both a special resolution to wind up voluntarily and an ordinary resolution appointing Williams as liquidator were carried at that meeting.
The notice was published in the London Gazette on 27 May 2026.
The liquidator
Williams holds IP number 9388 and practises from Bailams & Co, based at Ty Antur, Navigation Park, Abercynon, CF45 4SN. She can be contacted on 01443 749768 or at michelle@bailams.co.uk.
About the company
Pincher Ltd was incorporated on 6 January 2009 and is classified under SIC code 96020, which covers hairdressing and other beauty treatment. The company's registered office is at 17 The Walk, Roath, Cardiff, CF24 3AF. Its principal trading addresses are listed as Bauhaus, Nickel Yard, Bakers Row, Cardiff, CF10 1AL, and The Friary, Principality Building Society, Cardiff, CF10 3FA.
The most recent accounts filed at Companies House were made up to 31 March 2024 and prepared on a micro-entity basis.
The director
Dr Alison Elizabeth Brewster has been a director of Pincher Ltd since incorporation on 6 January 2009. Brewster signed the notice of resolution.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Pincher Ltd at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Pincher 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 Pincher 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 Pincher 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 Pincher 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 06783162
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
