Acorn Alloy Repairs Ltd director files Section 216 notice to carry on under similar name
The director of Acorn Alloy Repairs Ltd has filed a prohibited-name notice to continue trading via ARepairs Limited after the Dorset firm entered insolvent liquidation. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Acorn Alloy Repairs Ltd, trading as AA Repairs from Unit 10 Canford Business Park, Magna Road, Wimborne, Dorset, entered insolvent liquidation on 9 June 2026. Within days, its director filed a formal notice of his intention to carry on the same business through a new company with a near-identical name.
The notice was published in the London Gazette on 12 June 2026 under Rule 22.4 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 and Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986. Section 216 prohibits a director of a company that has entered insolvent liquidation from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless a statutory exception applies or the court grants permission. Filing a notice under Rule 22.4 is one such exception, allowing the director to continue without committing a criminal offence.
The director and the new vehicle
Adam Cornwell was a director of Acorn Alloy Repairs Ltd on the day it entered liquidation, having held that role since the company's incorporation on 26 January 2012. Cornwell gives notice that he intends to act in connection with carrying on the whole or substantially the whole of the business of Acorn Alloy Repairs Ltd through a new entity, ARepairs Limited, which will trade as Acorn Alloy Repairs.
Without filing the notice, Cornwell would face criminal liability under Section 216 for involvement in a company bearing a prohibited name. The notice also records that filing protects against personal liability for the debts of the successor company in the circumstances described by the legislation.
Penelope Louise Cornwell served as a director of Acorn Alloy Repairs Ltd from 1 February 2016 until her resignation on 31 January 2024 and is not named in the notice.
Background
Acorn Alloy Repairs Ltd was incorporated on 26 January 2012 and carried on business under SIC code 45200, which covers maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. The registered office at the time of liquidation was Unit 10 Canford Business Park, Magna Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3AP. No secured charges were registered against the company at Companies House.
The company's last accounts on record were made up to 31 January 2025, filed as total-exemption-full accounts, the format available to smaller companies.
Creditors of Acorn Alloy Repairs Ltd are put on notice by the Gazette publication that the business will continue through ARepairs Limited under the Acorn Alloy Repairs trading name.
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 07925071
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