Rafa Food Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation with Hudson Weir appointed
Rafa Food Limited, a food services and delivery company in Basildon, Essex, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 3 June 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.
Members of Rafa Food Limited resolved to wind the company up voluntarily on 3 June 2026, with Kevin Weir of Hudson Weir Limited appointed liquidator the same day by both creditors and members.
Rafa Food Limited is a food services and delivery company registered at 31 Seaview Avenue, Vange, Basildon, Essex, which is also its principal trading address. The company was incorporated in February 2018 and filed its last accounts as a micro-entity to 28 February 2025.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. It is the most common route into corporate insolvency in the United Kingdom.
The resolution
A general meeting was convened and held by conference call, administered from 56 Leman Street, London, on 3 June 2026 at 10:30 AM. Two resolutions were passed: a special resolution that the company be wound up voluntarily, and an ordinary resolution appointing Kevin Weir as liquidator for the purposes of that winding-up. Rafal Necel, a director of the company, chaired the meeting.
Hudson Weir Limited was previously known as Small Business Rescue Ltd, according to the resolution notice published in the London Gazette.
The liquidator appointment
Weir holds IP number 9332 and is based at Hudson Weir Limited's offices at 56 Leman Street, London, E1 8EU. His appointment was confirmed on 3 June 2026. A liquidator is the licensed insolvency practitioner who realises a company's assets and distributes the proceeds to creditors during a liquidation. Creditors or other parties requiring further information can contact Kaylynn Pekeur at Hudson Weir on +44 (0)20 7099 6086 or at kaylynn@hudsonweir.co.uk.
The directors
Rafal Tomasz Necel has been a director of Rafa Food Limited since the company's incorporation on 6 February 2018 and remained in post at the time of the liquidation. Dominika Necel served as a director from 1 October 2020 until her resignation on 28 February 2025.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House, and no web background material was included in the notice bundle.
Both the resolution and the liquidator appointment notices were published in the London Gazette on 9 June 2026.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Rafa Food 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 Rafa Food 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 Rafa Food 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 Rafa Food 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 11188983
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