Packaging-X Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation five years after incorporation
Packaging-X Ltd, a Gloucester-based courier and packaging services company, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation under Section 109(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Packaging-X Ltd, a Gloucester-based courier and packaging services company, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation just over five years after its incorporation in February 2020.
A CVL is a formal insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members without a court order. The appointment was made under Section 109(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 and Rule 6.23 of the Insolvency Rules 2016 as amended. The notice was published in the London Gazette on 4 June 2026.
The company
Packaging-X Ltd was incorporated on 28 February 2020 and carried on business under two registered trade activities: courier operations and packaging services on a contract or fee basis. Its registered office at Companies House is listed at Unit C5, Innsworth Lane, Gloucester, GL3 1DL, though the Gazette notice gives the registered office at the time of the notice as Staverton Court, Staverton, Cheltenham. The company filed its most recent accounts, prepared to 28 February 2025, under the total exemption full regime available to smaller companies.
The liquidators
The appointment is recorded under Section 109(1), though the names of the liquidators were not captured in the structured data extracted from the notice. The London Gazette notice carries the full details of the appointed office-holders.
The directors
Michael John Stephens has been a director of Packaging-X Ltd since its incorporation on 28 February 2020 and held that role at the time of the liquidation notice. Adam Johnstone served as a director from 30 January 2024 until his resignation on 12 January 2026. Ian Smith held the directorship from 8 November 2023 until 30 January 2024, the date on which Johnstone was appointed.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Packaging-X Ltd at Companies House, so there are no secured creditors with a prior claim over the company's assets in any distribution of realisations.
Background
In a creditors' voluntary liquidation, the liquidator realises the company's remaining assets and distributes the proceeds to creditors in the order of priority set out in the Insolvency Act 1986. Unsecured creditors, including trade suppliers and other parties owed money without the backing of a charge, rank after the costs of the liquidation itself and any preferential creditors such as employees owed arrears of wages.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Packaging-X 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 Packaging-X 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 Packaging-X 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 Packaging-X 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 12488888
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
