Mercury (MHL) Holdings Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Tom D'Arcy and Jonathan James Beard of BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP were appointed joint liquidators to Mercury (MHL) Holdings Limited on 18 May 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Tom D'Arcy and Jonathan James Beard of BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP were appointed joint liquidators to Mercury (MHL) Holdings Limited on 18 May 2026, placing the financial intermediation holding company into a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. Both members and creditors made the appointment.
The liquidators
D'Arcy holds IP number 10852 and Beard holds IP number 9552, both practising from BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP at 26 Stroudley Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4BH. An IP number is the licence number issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body to identify the individual practitioner.
The Gazette notice lists the company's registered office for liquidation purposes as 2nd Floor, 26 Stroudley Road, Brighton, BN1 4BH, the same address used by the firm.
The company
Mercury (MHL) Holdings Limited was incorporated on 20 August 2020 and is classified under SIC code 64999, which covers financial intermediation not elsewhere classified. Its registered address at Companies House is 2nd Floor, 314 Regents Park Road, Finchley, London, N3 2JX.
The company filed its last accounts, made up to 31 December 2024, on a total exemption full basis, a filing route available to smaller companies.
The director
Paresh Shantilal Raja has been a director of Mercury (MHL) Holdings Limited since its incorporation on 20 August 2020. No resignations are recorded at Companies House, and Raja remains the sole officer on record.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Mercury (MHL) Holdings Limited at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Mercury (Mhl) Holdings 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 Mercury (Mhl) Holdings 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 Mercury (Mhl) Holdings 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 Mercury (Mhl) Holdings 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 12826927
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