Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services Ltd, trading as Mulligans Direct Cremation, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 18 June 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services Ltd, a Stockport-based funeral and direct cremation provider, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 18 June 2026, with members and creditors jointly authorising the appointment.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation 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 UK.
The liquidator
Danny McDowall of Cowgills Limited has been named as the contact for the liquidation. The firm can be reached on 0161 827 1200 or at Danny.McDowall@cowgills.co.uk. The authorisation for the appointment was signed on 23 June 2026, with the notice subsequently published in the London Gazette.
The company
Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services Ltd traded as Mulligans Direct Cremation. Its registered office and principal trading address was 29-31 Gorton Road, Reddish, Stockport, SK5 6AZ. The company also operated from 654 Hyde Road, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7EE. It was incorporated on 1 March 2016 and carried out funeral activities, classified under SIC code 96030. The most recent accounts filed at Companies House were made up to 31 March 2024 and prepared on a micro-entity basis.
The officers
Karen Mulligan-Cowan has been a director since 12 February 2018 and held that role when the liquidation was resolved. Brian Mulligan was a director from the date of incorporation on 1 March 2016 and resigned on 12 February 2018.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House, and no related-party lending arrangements appear in the public record.
Background
Direct cremation, which removes the traditional funeral service in favour of an unattended cremation at lower cost, has grown as a sector in England and Wales over recent years. Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services operated within that market through the Mulligans Direct Cremation trading name alongside its wider funeral and monumental services offer. The company filed its last accounts as a micro-entity, a designation reserved for the smallest companies, which limits the financial detail available on the public register. No further information about the circumstances of the winding-up is contained in the Gazette notice.
Creditors seeking further information about the liquidation should contact Danny McDowall at Cowgills Limited directly.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services 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 Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services 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 Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services 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 Mulligans Funeral & Monumental Services 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 10036224
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
