Timberland Joinery Limited director files prohibited-name notice after insolvent liquidation
Timberland Joinery Limited entered insolvent liquidation on 14 May 2026, and its director has filed a Section 216 notice to trade on as Timberland Joinery SW Ltd. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Stephen Clive Phillips, the sole remaining director of Timberland Joinery Limited, has filed a Section 216 prohibited-name notice stating his intention to carry on the business under the near-identical name Timberland Joinery SW Ltd. The Launceston joinery manufacturer entered insolvent liquidation on 14 May 2026.
Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 prohibits a director of a company that has gone into insolvent liquidation from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless the court grants permission or a statutory exception applies. One such exception, set out in Part 22 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, allows a director to avoid the prohibition by giving advance notice to creditors of the insolvent company. Phillips filed that notice under rule 22.4 of those Rules; it was published in the London Gazette on 21 May 2026.
Without this procedure, Phillips would risk committing a criminal offence and could face personal liability for the debts of any new company through which the business was carried on.
The company
Timberland Joinery Limited was registered at 13 Pennygillam Industrial Estate, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7ED, and its SIC classification covers the manufacture of builders' carpentry and joinery. Companies House records show it was incorporated on 10 June 2011. Its last filed accounts were made up to 30 June 2024, prepared on a micro-entity basis.
Phillips was appointed director on the day of incorporation and remained in post at the time of liquidation. Kelvin Richard Gay was also appointed as a director on incorporation but resigned on 20 June 2011. The two persons with significant control are Jacqueline Ann Gay and Phillips, each holding more than 25 per cent.
The prohibited-name route
The proposed successor vehicle, Timberland Joinery SW Ltd, carries a name that the Rules treat as sufficiently similar to the liquidating company's name to trigger the Section 216 restrictions. By serving the rule 22.4 notice on creditors before acting in connection with the new entity, Phillips is using the prescribed exception to permit his continued involvement without a court application.
The notice was given from Kings Head Hotel, Five Lanes, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7RX, the address Phillips provided in the filing.
Creditors of Timberland Joinery Limited who wish to register a claim in the liquidation should submit a proof of debt, the formal claim form evidencing the amount owed, to the appointed liquidator.
Common questions
Are you a director of the successor company?
A prohibited-name Gazette notice typically documents one of the three statutory exceptions to Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the rule against re-use of a similar name by a former director of a liquidated company). The exception is only valid if the notice meets the timing and content requirements in the relevant Rule. Read more on prohibited names.
Do you trade with the successor company?
A valid notice does not by itself revive the liabilities of the liquidated company. The successor company is a separate legal entity and the directors are personally exposed only if Section 216 is breached.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Moratoria, Prohibited Names and Other: Re-use of a Prohibited Name)
- Companies House record 07665604
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