Café Ines Ltd enters CVL less than two years after incorporation
Café Ines Ltd, a restaurant on Earls Court Road in London, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 26 June 2026 with Begbies Traynor appointed. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Café Ines Ltd, a restaurant trading from 10A Earls Court Road in London W8, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 26 June 2026, less than 20 months after it was incorporated in October 2024.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. Both the members and creditors of Café Ines made the appointment, as is standard in a CVL.
The liquidators
Yiannis Koumettou and Constantinos Pedhiou of BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP were appointed joint liquidators. Koumettou holds IP number 15676 and Pedhiou holds IP number 14852. Joint liquidators are two or more licensed insolvency practitioners appointed to act together; either can usually act alone unless the appointment specifies otherwise. Both are based at Suite 501, Unit 2, 94A Wycliffe Road, Northampton, NN1 5JF, which is also the company's registered office. Creditors seeking further information can contact Humerah Patel on 0208 370 7250 or at Humerah.Patel@btguk.com.
The company
Café Ines Ltd was incorporated on 22 October 2024 and operated under SIC code 56102, which covers unlicensed restaurants and cafes. Its principal trading address was 10A Earls Court Road, London W8 6EA, though its registered office was recorded at the Northampton address shared by its liquidators. The company had no prior trading names on record at Companies House.
First accounts were not due until 22 July 2026, meaning Café Ines entered liquidation before it had filed a single set of accounts with the registrar.
The director
Farid Mokrani was appointed director on the date of incorporation, 22 October 2024, and remained in post at the time of the liquidation. No other officers appear on the Companies House record.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Café Ines Ltd, so no secured creditors rank ahead of unsecured creditors in the distribution of any assets recovered by Koumettou and Pedhiou.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Cafe Ines 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 Cafe Ines 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 Cafe Ines 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 Cafe Ines 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 16035195
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