McCormick Tools Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
McCormick Tools Limited, a tools retailer at Trimdon Grange Industrial Estate, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with joint liquidators appointed on 15 June 2026. 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.
Steven Brown and Steve Kenny of KBL Advisory Ltd were appointed joint liquidators to McCormick Tools Limited on 15 June 2026, placing the County Durham tools retailer into a creditors' voluntary liquidation. A CVL is the formal insolvent winding-up process resolved by a company's members without a court order.
McCormick Tools Limited is registered at Unit 3 Trimdon Grange Industrial Estate, Trimdon Grange, TS29 6PA. Incorporated in December 1999, the company is classified under other retail sale in non-specialised stores. Both members and creditors made the appointment.
The liquidators
Brown holds IP number 10930 and Kenny holds IP number 24030. Both practise from KBL Advisory Ltd at Stamford House, Northenden Road, Sale, Cheshire. In a CVL, the liquidators take control of the company, realise its assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order set by insolvency law.
The officers
Austin McCormick has been a director since the company's incorporation on 14 December 1999. Jennifer Lesley McCormick has been both a director and the company secretary since incorporation, with the directorship recorded from 17 December 1999.
Andrew Leslie McCormick and Simon Austin McCormick each served as directors on two separate occasions. Andrew was a director from 1 April 2006 until 6 April 2018, then again from 6 April 2021 until 20 March 2025. Simon served from 1 January 2010 until 1 February 2020, then again from 6 April 2021 until 20 March 2025. Both had resigned before the liquidation appointment.
Britannia Company Formations Limited and Deansgate Company Formations Limited each held nominee roles on the date of incorporation and resigned the same day, a standard incorporation arrangement.
Accounts and charges
The company's most recent accounts were made up to 30 December 2024, with the next filing due by 30 September 2026. No secured charges are registered against McCormick Tools Limited at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Mccormick Tools 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 Mccormick Tools 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 Mccormick Tools 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 Mccormick Tools 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 03894219
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
