Ruby's Hair Studio Limited enters CVL less than three years after incorporation
Ruby's Hair Studio Limited, an Aldershot hairdressing and beauty business, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 20 May 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Ruby's Hair Studio Limited, a hairdressing and beauty treatment business registered in Aldershot, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 20 May 2026, less than three years after it was incorporated in May 2023.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members without a court order. It is the largest single stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume. The liquidators take control of the company, investigate its affairs, and distribute whatever assets exist to creditors in the order set by law.
The liquidators
Lawrence King and Matthew Waghorn, both of Antony Batty & Co, were appointed joint liquidators. King holds IP number 10452 and Waghorn holds IP number 9432. An IP number is the licence number issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body. Either liquidator may generally act alone unless the terms of the appointment specify otherwise.
The company
Ruby's Hair Studio Limited operated under SIC code 96020, which covers hairdressing and other beauty treatment. Its registered office is Hampshire House, 204 Holly Road, Aldershot, GU12 4SE. The company filed its last accounts as a micro-entity, made up to 31 March 2025, and was incorporated on 9 May 2023.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House, meaning no creditor holds security over its assets.
The officer
Ginny Allaway was appointed as both director and secretary on 9 May 2023, the date of incorporation, and remains in post. No resignations are recorded at Companies House.
The London Gazette notice, published on 26 May 2026, is the formal public record of the appointment.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Ruby'S Hair Studio 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 Ruby'S Hair Studio 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 Ruby'S Hair Studio 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 Ruby'S Hair Studio 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 14856940
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