A.K.H. Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
A.K.H. Limited, a Chorley-based management consultancy registered in 2015, 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.
A Lancashire management consultancy has been wound down through a creditors' voluntary liquidation. A.K.H. Limited's registered office is at 1st Floor, Fairclough House, Church Street, Chorley, PR7 4EX.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. The appointment was published in the London Gazette on 8 June 2026.
The company
A.K.H. Limited was incorporated on 24 July 2015 and operated under SIC code 70229, which covers management consultancy activities other than financial management. The company filed its last accounts to 31 July 2023 on a micro-entity basis, the smallest reporting category available under UK company law.
The company has no recorded name history, trading throughout its existence under A.K.H. Limited.
The director
Mark William Frost has been the sole director of A.K.H. Limited since incorporation on 24 July 2015. He held no resigned roles at the company and remained the current director when the CVL notice was published. No company secretary is recorded at Companies House.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against A.K.H. Limited at Companies House.
The liquidation process
In a CVL, a liquidator is appointed to realise the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order of priority set out in the Insolvency Act 1986. A liquidator is the licensed insolvency practitioner who carries out that work during a liquidation, and is distinct from an administrator, whose statutory duties run wider. The Gazette notice does not name the appointed liquidator or their firm, so those details cannot be reported here.
Unsecured creditors are those whose debts are not backed by a charge over assets. They rank behind any preferential creditors, such as employees owed arrears of wages, when the liquidator distributes whatever is realised from the company's assets. A proof of debt is the formal claim form a creditor submits to the liquidator evidencing the amount owed. The Insolvency Service maintains a public register of licensed insolvency practitioners and their case assignments.
Common questions
Are you owed money by A.k.h. 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 A.k.h. 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 A.k.h. 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 A.k.h. 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 09701634
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
