Channel Facilities Management Limited enters administration at the High Court
Channel Facilities Management Limited, registered in Dover, has been placed into administration under High Court case No 000807 of 2026. See the appointed administrator and registered charges.
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.
Andrew Ryder of JT Maxwell Limited was appointed administrator to Channel Facilities Management Limited on 4 June 2026, following an order sealed by the High Court of Justice Business & Property Court under case number 000807 of 2026.
Administration is a formal insolvency process in which a licensed insolvency practitioner takes control of a company to rescue it, sell it as a going concern, or realise its assets for creditors.
The company
Channel Facilities Management Limited is registered at 117-120 Snargate Street, Dover, Kent, which is also its principal trading address. Companies House records the company's nature of business as other service activities not elsewhere classified, under SIC code 96090. The company was incorporated on 6 August 2014.
The administrator
Ryder holds IP number 17552 and practises through JT Maxwell Limited, a Northern Ireland firm based at Unit 1 Lagan House, 1 Sackville Street, Lisburn, Co Antrim. Creditors and other interested parties can contact the firm by telephone on 02892 448 110 or by email at corporate@jtmaxwell.co.uk.
The directors
Joseph Peter Gregory-Foster has been a director of Channel Facilities Management Limited since 6 August 2014 and remains in post. Darren Gregory-Foster served as a director on two separate occasions: first from incorporation on 6 August 2014 until 5 January 2015, and again from 21 July 2015 until his resignation on 25 February 2019.
Secured lender
Ultimate Finance Limited holds an outstanding registered charge over Channel Facilities Management Limited, created on 16 October 2017 and delivered to Companies House the following day. The charge covers all present and future freehold and leasehold land, all present and future intellectual property, and all present and future aircraft as defined in the accompanying charge instrument. As a secured creditor, Ultimate Finance Limited ranks ahead of unsecured creditors in any distribution of the company's assets.
The Gazette notice was published on 9 June 2026. The company's last filed accounts were made up to 31 August 2024.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Channel Facilities Management Limited?
You are an unsecured creditor unless you hold a registered charge or retention of title. The administrators will write to known creditors in due course with a proof-of-debt form and timetable for the first meeting. Until that letter arrives, no formal action is required from you. Read more about proof of debt and where you sit in the creditor hierarchy.
Did you work at Channel Facilities Management Limited?
Wages owed up to a statutory cap, holiday pay, notice pay and redundancy may be claimable from the Redundancy Payments Service if the company is unable to pay. The administrators will normally coordinate the RP1 claim with the affected staff. See gov.uk: your rights if your employer is insolvent.
Do you hold a deposit, gift card or undelivered order from Channel Facilities Management Limited?
Customers with paid-but-undelivered orders, gift cards or deposits typically rank as unsecured creditors. 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 Channel Facilities Management Limited?
Watch for Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 if you intend to keep trading under a similar name in a successor company. The rule prohibits a director of a liquidated company from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless one of the statutory exceptions applies. Read more about Section 216.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Appointment of Administrators)
- Companies House record 09164202
- Court: High Court of Justice Business & Property Court, case 000807
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