Overall Building Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Overall Building Limited, a domestic construction firm registered in Swavesey, Cambridge, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation. 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.
A Cambridge-area domestic building contractor incorporated less than a decade ago has been wound up through a creditors' voluntary liquidation, with two practitioners from Business Helpline Group appointed to manage the process.
Overall Building Limited, registered at 2 Station Road, Swavesey, Cambridge, carries out the construction of domestic buildings under SIC code 41202. The company was incorporated on 15 March 2017, initially under the name Overall And Sons Construction Limited, before changing its name to Overall Building Limited five days later on 20 March 2017.
The liquidation
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. It is the single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume. The appointment of liquidators was published in the London Gazette on 2 June 2026.
Paul George and Chris Lawton of Business Helpline Group have been appointed as joint liquidators. Their role is to realise the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors.
The director
Robert Overall has been a director of the company since its incorporation on 15 March 2017. No resignation has been recorded at Companies House, making him the sole current officer on record at the time of the CVL appointment.
Accounts and charges
The company's most recent accounts were made up to 31 March 2024 and filed as micro-entity accounts, the smallest reporting category available to limited companies under UK law. No secured charges are registered against Overall Building Limited at Companies House. Unsecured creditors therefore face no prior claim over the company's assets from a secured creditor in the liquidation.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Overall Building 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 Overall Building 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 Overall Building 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 Overall Building 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 10672462
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