Heskin Engineering Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Heskin Engineering Ltd, a Leyland steel fabricator trading since 1996, has entered CVL with Zane Collins of Rushtons Insolvency Limited appointed liquidator. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Zane Collins of Rushtons Insolvency Limited was appointed liquidator to Heskin Engineering Ltd, a Leyland-based steel fabricator, on 27 May 2026 after the company's members and creditors resolved to wind it up through a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
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. It is the single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume.
Heskin Engineering is registered at Unit 6 Centurion Court, off Wheelton Lane, Leyland, PR25 3UQ, and is classified under steel fabricators. The company was incorporated on 15 February 1996 and traded under several names during its life. It began as Riverside Garden Centre Limited, became Heskin Engineering Limited in January 1997, then Heskin Fabrications Ltd from March 1997 until 5 May 2026, when it reverted to Heskin Engineering Ltd shortly before the liquidation appointment.
The liquidator
Collins holds IP number 25952 and practises from Rushtons Insolvency Limited, 6 Festival Building, Ashley Lane, Saltaire, BD17 7DQ. An IP number is the licence number issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body, identifying the individual practitioner.
Officers at the time of liquidation
Stephen John Francis Hogan is the sole remaining director, having been appointed on 1 April 2021 with no resignation recorded. Craig Allen served as a director from 31 May 2023 until 1 May 2026, and Casard Holdings Ltd acted as corporate director from 1 February 2026 until the same date. Andrew Paul Makinson was a director from 1 April 2021 until 8 April 2024.
Companies House carries two separate director records for Robert Andrew Davidson, both showing an appointment date of 31 May 2023 but with different resignation dates of 8 April 2024 and 12 August 2024 respectively. Both records are included in the register as filed.
Among the longer-serving officers, Alan Baldwin was a director from 25 February 1997 until 30 January 2019, and Stephen Frank Grand held a directorship from the same date until 26 September 2018. Mary Baldwin served as both a director and the company secretary from 25 February 1997, with both roles ending on 31 May 2023. Peter Baldwin was a director from 25 February 1997 until 31 May 2023.
Secured creditor
One charge remains outstanding against Heskin Engineering. Time Invoice Finance Limited holds a registered charge created on 19 March 2025 and delivered to Companies House on 21 March 2025. The charge covers all present and future freehold and leasehold property, trade fixtures and fixed plant and machinery, as well as intellectual property rights including patents, trade marks, copyrights and know-how.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Heskin Engineering 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 Heskin Engineering 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 Heskin Engineering 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 Heskin Engineering 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 03160006
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
