The IT Guy Group Ltd enters CVL after members resolve company cannot continue
The IT Guy Group Ltd, a Braintree information technology consultancy, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 24 June 2026 after members resolved it could not continue. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Members of The IT Guy Group Ltd resolved to wind up the Braintree IT consultancy on 24 June 2026, with Jamie Playford of Leading appointed liquidator the same day after the company's liabilities made continued trading impossible.
The resolution
A general meeting of the company's members was held at 9 Linfold Close, Braintree, Essex on 24 June 2026. The members passed a special resolution confirming that the company could not, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it was advisable to wind it up voluntarily. An ordinary resolution followed, nominating Playford as liquidator.
This is a creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, an insolvent winding-up resolved by the 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 IT Guy Group Ltd was incorporated on 4 April 2018 and carried on business as an information technology consultancy, operating from a principal trading address at 9 Linfold Close, Braintree, Essex. Its registered office is at Corner House, Market Place, Braintree.
The liquidator appointment
Jamie Playford, holding IP number 9735, was appointed liquidator by the members and creditors on 24 June 2026. Playford practises from Leading, based at Lawrence House, 5 St Andrews Hill, Norwich. The liquidator can be contacted on 01603 552028.
A liquidator is the licensed insolvency practitioner who realises the company's assets and distributes the proceeds to creditors during a liquidation.
The officers
Daniel Mark Freshwater is the current director of The IT Guy Group Ltd, having been appointed on 19 June 2021, and is named as such in the resolution notice. He also held a director role from the company's incorporation on 4 April 2018, though that earlier appointment ended on 14 July 2018.
Nicola Lane served as a director between 1 July 2018 and 19 June 2021, when her appointment ended.
The company's last accounts were made up to 30 April 2025 and filed as total exemption full accounts. No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by The IT Guy Group 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 The IT Guy Group 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 The IT Guy Group 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 The IT Guy Group 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 11289171
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
