Appliance Direct (Morecambe) Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Appliance Direct (Morecambe) Limited has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with joint liquidators from Opus Restructuring LLP appointed on 22 May 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.
Joint liquidators Ian McCulloch and Frank Ofonagoro of Opus Restructuring LLP were appointed on 22 May 2026 to wind up Appliance Direct (Morecambe) Limited, a retail seller of electrical household appliances registered at The Old Court House, Clark Street, Morecambe, Lancashire.
The appointment follows a creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL), an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. It is the most common route into corporate insolvency in the UK. The creditors made the appointment, as recorded in the London Gazette notice published on 28 May 2026.
The liquidators
McCulloch holds IP number 18532 and is based at Opus Restructuring LLP's Preston office at Mount Suite, Rational House, 32 Winckley Square. Ofonagoro holds IP number 24412 and operates from the firm's Manchester office at 2nd Floor, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields. An IP number is the licence number issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body, identifying the individual practitioner.
Both are appointed as joint liquidators. In a joint appointment, either practitioner can usually act alone unless the terms of appointment specify otherwise.
The company
Appliance Direct (Morecambe) Limited was incorporated on 26 September 2002, initially under the name Wanda 8 Limited, before adopting its trading name in December 2002. It traded under SIC code 47540, covering the retail sale of electrical household appliances.
The company's most recent accounts were made up to 30 September 2025 and filed as total-exemption-full accounts, a filing category available to smaller companies.
Officers
Paul James Pickering is the sole current officer, serving as both director and company secretary since 18 November 2002. Patricia Anne Pickering, who held the roles of director and secretary from 18 November 2002, resigned from both positions on 30 December 2022. James Pickering served as a director from 24 March 2010 and resigned on 5 October 2023. Kelly Pickering was a director from 31 January 2007 until resigning on 8 February 2022.
David Brown served as secretary from the date of incorporation until 18 November 2002, and Coform Limited held the role of corporate director over the same brief period. Both departed on the date that Paul James Pickering and Patricia Anne Pickering were appointed.
Secured creditor
National Westminster Bank PLC holds an outstanding debenture created on 1 March 2012, registered at Companies House three days later. The charge covers fixed and floating security over the company's undertaking and all property and assets, present and future, including goodwill, uncalled capital, buildings, fixtures, and fixed plant and machinery. A floating charge sits over assets that change from time to time, such as stock and debtors, and crystallises on insolvency.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Appliance Direct (Morecambe) 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 Appliance Direct (Morecambe) 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 Appliance Direct (Morecambe) 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 Appliance Direct (Morecambe) 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 04546333
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
