Holbrook Engineering Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Holbrook Engineering Limited, a Kent electrical installation services company incorporated in 2003, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 22 May 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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A Kent electrical installation services company has been wound down through a creditors' voluntary liquidation, with the appointment taking effect on 22 May 2026 after more than two decades of trading.
Holbrook Engineering Limited, registered at 2 Lakeview Stables, Lower St Clere, Kemsing, TN15 6NL, carried out electrical installation services under SIC code 43210. The company was incorporated on 25 April 2003 and filed its most recent accounts to 30 September 2025.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. It is the single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume.
The liquidation
The Gazette notice published on 25 May 2026 confirmed the CVL appointment dated three days earlier. No court was involved.
No liquidators are named in the available notice extract, and none appear in the structured data provided.
The company's history
Holbrook Engineering traded under several names after incorporation. It began as Bluelaurel Enterprises Limited, became Holbrook + Revell Fabrications Limited in July 2003, then Holbrook & Revell Limited in August 2005, and Holbrook & Revell Electrical Limited shortly after. The company adopted its current name on 27 April 2017.
Officers at the time of notice
Three directors were in post at the time of the CVL. Raymond Mark Holbrook has served as director and company secretary since 2003 and 2004 respectively. David Stephen Skelton and Stephen Frederick Skelton were both appointed director in October 2013. Robert Harold Holbrook, a director since June 2005, resigned on 16 January 2026, shortly before the liquidation.
No secured charges are registered against the company, so there are no secured creditors to report.
The notice was published in the London Gazette. Creditors wishing to submit a claim should file a proof of debt with the appointed officeholder once confirmed. Details of the appointment are available via Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Holbrook Engineering 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 Holbrook Engineering 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 Holbrook Engineering 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 Holbrook Engineering 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 04744424
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