Advance Joinery Group Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Advance Joinery Group Ltd, a Herefordshire joinery maker incorporated in 1994, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with joint liquidators from Kirks appointed on 10 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.
Joint liquidators David Gerard Kirk and Daniel Robert Jeeves of Kirks, the Exeter insolvency firm, were appointed over Advance Joinery Group Ltd on 10 June 2026, closing a business that had been on the Companies House register since December 1994.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. The appointment was made by both members and creditors.
The company
Advance Joinery Group Ltd operated from Old Brickyard, Pontrilas, Hereford, in Herefordshire. Its registered activities covered the manufacture of builders' carpentry and joinery alongside the retail sale of new goods. The company traded as Advance Joinery Limited from its incorporation in December 1994 until February 2023, when it adopted its current name.
The liquidators
Kirk holds IP number 8830 and Jeeves holds IP number 26032. Their firm, Kirks, is based at 5 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, EX1 1QT, which is also now the company's registered office. Either liquidator may act alone unless the terms of appointment specify otherwise.
Officers at the time of liquidation
Jack Alexander Alfred Evans was the sole current director at the date of the CVL, having been appointed on 14 October 2022. Jonathan Alfred Evans had served as a director from 14 October 2022 until his resignation on 1 April 2026, shortly before the liquidation was resolved. Aaron Jameson had acted as company secretary from 1 February 2024 until resigning on 6 May 2026.
Among the longer-serving former directors, Andrew Angus Buchanan held the role from April 1995 until April 2024. Lisa Jane Buchanan served as a director from March 2020 until October 2022. Jamie Philip Davies, Dean Powell and David George Bevan all resigned on 1 August 2023. Eira Owen Evans resigned in January 2023 and Christopher Anthony Hayes left the board in July 2021.
Swift Incorporations Limited was appointed and resigned as corporate nominee secretary on the same day in December 1994, a standard incorporation arrangement. Mary Bennett served as secretary from December 1994 until March 1995. Subsequent secretaries included Lesley Meyrick, Mark Anthony Potter, Marian Buchanan, Glyn Jones and Robert Martin Buchanan, each resigning before 2009.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Advance Joinery 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 Advance Joinery 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 Advance Joinery 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 Advance Joinery 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 02998505
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
