Mothership Consultants Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Mothership Consultants Limited, a Bath IT consultancy originally incorporated as Oracle Consultants Limited, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation. 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.
Ryan Holdsworth and Danielle Shore of Leonard Curtis were appointed joint liquidators to Mothership Consultants Limited on 26 May 2026, placing the IT consultancy into creditors' voluntary liquidation. The firm has traded under its current name since late 2007.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, known as a CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. Both the members and creditors made the appointment in this case.
The company
Mothership Consultants Limited carries on information technology consultancy activities and had been registered at 87 Penn Hill Road, Bath, BA1 3RT. The Gazette notice records that the registered office will move to 4th Floor, Fountain Precinct, Leopold Street, Sheffield, S1 2JA, the address of the liquidators' firm.
The company was incorporated on 11 August 1997 under the name Oracle Consultants Limited. It traded under that name until 27 December 2007, when it became Mothership Consultants Limited. Its most recent accounts were made up to 30 September 2024.
The liquidators
Holdsworth holds IP number 23410 and Shore holds IP number 24870. An IP number is the licence number issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body. Both are licensed practitioners at Leonard Curtis, operating from the Sheffield office that now also serves as the company's registered address.
Joint liquidators are two or more insolvency practitioners appointed to act together, though either can usually act alone unless the appointment specifies otherwise.
The director
Shaun David Raper has been a director of the company since 27 August 1997 and remains in post. The Companies House record shows no other current officers.
Katherine Jane Raper served as both secretary and director from 27 August 1997 until 19 November 1998, then returned as secretary from 23 December 2002 before resigning from that role on 9 June 2017. Paul Richard Smith served as secretary from 31 December 1998 until 22 January 2007.
Paramount Company Searches Limited and Paramount Properties (UK) Limited were each appointed and resigned on the same day at incorporation, a standard formation-agent arrangement.
Secured creditor
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC holds an outstanding debenture created on 29 January 2002 and delivered to Companies House on 5 February 2002. The charge covers fixed and floating charges over the undertaking and all property and assets present and future, including goodwill, book debts, uncalled capital, buildings, fixtures, fixed plant and machinery. As a secured creditor, the bank ranks ahead of unsecured creditors when the liquidator distributes the company's assets.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Mothership Consultants 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 Mothership Consultants 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 Mothership Consultants 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 Mothership Consultants 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 03417502
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
