DNS Carpentry Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
DNS Carpentry Limited, a Watford joinery installation company, passed a winding-up resolution on 20 May 2026, appointing Robert Cooksey as liquidator. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Members of DNS Carpentry Limited resolved to wind the company up voluntarily on 20 May 2026, bringing the Watford joinery installation business into a creditors' voluntary liquidation after more than thirteen years of trading.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up initiated by a company's own members rather than by a court order. The company's assets are realised and the proceeds distributed to creditors by a licensed liquidator.
The resolution
The general meeting was held on 20 May 2026. David Stanford, sole director of DNS Carpentry since its incorporation on 4 January 2013, chaired the meeting and signed the notice as chairman. Two resolutions were passed: a special resolution to wind up voluntarily and an ordinary resolution appointing a liquidator.
The company's registered office and principal trading address are both listed as Flat 63, 1 Frogmore Avenue, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 2AW. DNS Carpentry's nature of business is recorded at Companies House under SIC code 43320, which covers joinery installation. The most recent accounts were made up to 31 March 2026 and filed as micro-entity accounts.
The liquidator
Robert Lochmohr Cooksey of Bridgestones Limited has been appointed liquidator, with the appointment taking effect on 20 May 2026. Cooksey holds IP number 9040. Bridgestones Limited is based at 2 Cromwell Court, Oldham, OL1 1ET, and can be contacted at mail@bridgestones.co.uk or on 0161 785 3700.
The liquidator's role is to take control of the company's affairs, realise any remaining assets, and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order of priority set out in insolvency legislation.
The director
Stanford is the only officer recorded at Companies House. He was appointed on 4 January 2013, the date of incorporation, and no resignation has been recorded. He remains the current director.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against DNS Carpentry Limited at Companies House, meaning no secured creditors hold a charge over the company's assets.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Dns Carpentry 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 Dns Carpentry 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 Dns Carpentry 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 Dns Carpentry 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 Resolutions for Winding-up)
- Companies House record 08347021
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
