Stanhill Court Hotel Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Stanhill Court Hotel Limited, a Kent-registered hotel operator, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with joint liquidators appointed on 26 May 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.
Alex Cadwallader and Neil Bennett of Leonard Curtis were appointed joint liquidators to Stanhill Court Hotel Limited on 26 May 2026, after the company's directors resolved to place it into a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by a company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. It is the most common route into corporate insolvency in the UK by volume.
The company
Stanhill Court Hotel Limited was incorporated on 30 January 2018 and operated in the hotels and similar accommodation sector. Its registered office at the time of the notice was given as The Granary Hermitage Court, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, ME16 9NT, though Companies House records show a separate registered address at 41 High Street, Rochester, Kent. The company filed its last accounts to 31 January 2025 on a total-exemption-full basis.
The liquidators
Cadwallader holds IP number 9501 and Bennett holds IP number 9083. An IP number is the licence number issued to an insolvency practitioner by their recognised professional body. Both are based at Leonard Curtis, 5th Floor, Grove House, 248a Marylebone Road, London, NW1 6BB. The appointment was made by the directors.
The directors
David Frederick Mellish and Mark Stephen Rees were both directors of Stanhill Court Hotel Limited at the time of the liquidation. Neither has a resignation date on record at Companies House, meaning both held their positions when the CVL was resolved. Mellish and Rees were each appointed on 30 January 2018, the date the company was incorporated.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Stanhill Court Hotel Limited at Companies House, meaning no secured creditors hold a charge over the company's assets.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Stanhill Court Hotel 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 Stanhill Court Hotel 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 Stanhill Court Hotel 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 Stanhill Court Hotel 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 11176197
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