IQ Removals Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
IQ Removals Ltd, trading as IQ Removals and IQ Services, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation in 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.
A London removal services company trading under two names has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation, the process by which an insolvent company's members resolve to wind it up without a court order.
IQ Removals Ltd, which operated as IQ Removals and IQ Services, passed into CVL in June 2026. The company was incorporated on 2 January 2020 and registered its office at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ.
The company
IQ Removals Ltd carried on removal services, classified under SIC code 49420. It traded under both the IQ Removals and IQ Services names throughout its existence.
The company has no prior name history on record at Companies House.
The officer
Russell Pountney served as both director and company secretary of IQ Removals Ltd, with both roles dating from incorporation on 2 January 2020. His appointments remained current at the time of the notice; no resignation has been recorded.
The liquidation
A creditors' voluntary liquidation is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. It is the single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume. The Gazette published notice of the CVL appointment on 2 June 2026.
No secured charges are registered against IQ Removals Ltd at Companies House, and the notice bundle records no secured lenders.
No liquidator names appear in the structured appointment data accompanying this notice. The official Gazette notice carries contact details for the liquidation.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Iq Removals 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 Iq Removals 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 Iq Removals 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 Iq Removals 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 12383092
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
