Direct Autos Servicing Limited enters CVL as Newent garage winds up
Direct Autos Servicing Limited, trading from Cleeve Mill Garage in Newent, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with joint liquidators appointed on 4 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 Direct Autos Servicing Limited resolved to wind the company up voluntarily on 4 June 2026, with the liquidator appointment published in the London Gazette the same day.
The company trades in the maintenance and repair of motor vehicles from Cleeve Mill Garage on Cleeve Mill Lane in Newent, Gloucestershire. It was incorporated in September 2006 under the name Direct Autos Servicing (Newent) Limited and adopted its current name in November 2006.
The resolution
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by a company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. It is the single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume. The resolution at Direct Autos Servicing Limited was passed on 4 June 2026 and published in the Gazette alongside the appointment notice.
The liquidator appointment
The primary notice, published on 4 June 2026, confirms the appointment of joint liquidators to oversee the winding-up. The Gazette notice records the company's nature of business as maintenance and repair of motor vehicles under SIC code 45200, with the registered office at Cleeve Mill Garage, Cleeve Mill Lane, Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18 1EA.
Joint liquidators are two or more insolvency practitioners appointed to act together during a liquidation, realising the company's assets and distributing proceeds to creditors. The liquidators' names are not recorded in the structured data available, but both notices were published simultaneously, indicating a coordinated appointment at the point of resolution.
The officers
Paul Roger Beard has been a director of Direct Autos Servicing Limited since incorporation on 25 September 2006 and remains a current officer at the time of the notice.
Stephen Kenneth Allen served as a director from 1 June 2013 until his resignation on 7 October 2019. Katherine Elizabeth Allen held the role of secretary over the same period, also resigning on 7 October 2019. Karen Elizabeth Draper served as secretary from incorporation until 30 May 2013.
AA Company Services Limited and Buyview Ltd each appear in the Companies House record as corporate nominee officers appointed and resigned on the same day at incorporation, 25 September 2006. This is a standard formation arrangement.
No secured charges are registered against the company, and no related-party lender connections arise from the available data.
The resolution and appointment notices were both published in the London Gazette on 4 June 2026.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Direct Autos Servicing 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 Direct Autos Servicing 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 Direct Autos Servicing 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 Direct Autos Servicing 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 05945296
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
