Upbeat Social Enterprises CIC winds up voluntarily after Bramley café and shop operation
Upbeat Social Enterprises Community Interest Company, which ran a community café and shop in Bramley Shopping Centre, Leeds, has passed a CVL resolution. 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.
Members of Upbeat Social Enterprises Community Interest Company resolved on 27 May 2026 that the West Yorkshire CIC could not continue by reason of its liabilities. A special resolution to wind up voluntarily was passed at an extraordinary general meeting held at Ground Floor Offices, Riverside Mills, Saddleworth Road, Elland.
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 most common route into formal insolvency for UK companies.
The company
Upbeat Social Enterprises Community Interest Company was incorporated on 10 March 2006 and traded from Bramley Community Cafe and Community Shop, Units 18 and 23, Bramley Shopping Centre, Leeds, LS13 2ET. Its registered office is listed at Ground Floor Offices, Riverside Mills, Saddleworth Road, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 0RY. The CIC's SIC codes cover retail sale in non-specialised stores, other retail sale not in stores or markets, and other personal service activities, in line with its community-focused trading model.
The liquidator
Christopher Brooksbank of CB Business Recovery Ltd, based at the same Elland address, was appointed liquidator on 27 May 2026. Brooksbank holds IP number 9658. A liquidator is the licensed insolvency practitioner who realises a company's assets and distributes proceeds to creditors during a liquidation.
Officers
Lee Robert Ingham has served as both director and company secretary since 22 January 2009 and remained in both roles at the time of the resolution. Ingham signed the Gazette notice as director.
Several directors had already stepped down before the winding-up resolution. Brett Jacob, appointed on 23 December 2024, resigned on 8 May 2026. Steve Taylor, also appointed on 23 December 2024, resigned on 6 March 2026. Sally Anne McHale, a director since 10 May 2006, resigned on 16 March 2026. Stewart Paul Firth, a director from 15 August 2014, resigned on 18 April 2025.
Earlier officers whose tenures ended long before the CVL include Edward Joseph Friel, who served as both secretary and director before resigning in June 2013; Edmund Anthony Hanley, a director until December 2017; and Barrie Richard Smith, a director until February 2014.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Upbeat Social Enterprises Community Interest Company at Companies House.
Creditors or other interested parties can contact the liquidator at chris@cb-br.co.uk or on 01422 485690.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Upbeat Social Enterprises Community Interest Company?
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 Upbeat Social Enterprises Community Interest Company?
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 Upbeat Social Enterprises Community Interest Company?
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 Upbeat Social Enterprises Community Interest Company?
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 05738894
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
