Al Duca - 35 Willow Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Al Duca - 35 Willow Limited, trading as Al Duca at 35 Willow Place, passed a winding-up resolution on 29 June 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Members of Al Duca - 35 Willow Limited passed a special resolution on 29 June 2026 to wind up the company by reason of its liabilities, closing the licensed restaurant trading as Al Duca at 35 Willow Place in Westminster.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. The resolution was passed at an extraordinary general meeting held remotely on that date, with Claudio Pulze in the chair.
The liquidator
Chris Parkman of Purnells, based at Unit 5a, Kernick Industrial Estate, Penryn, Cornwall, was nominated liquidator by ordinary resolution at the same meeting. Parkman holds IP number 9588. Creditors or other parties can contact him at Purnells on 01326 340579 or by email at ceire.warren@purnells.co.uk.
The company
Al Duca - 35 Willow Limited was incorporated on 26 February 2015 and operated under the SIC code for licensed restaurants. Its principal trading address was 35 Willow Place, London SW1P 1JH, with its registered office care of William and Co at 8/10 South Street, Epsom, Surrey.
The company traded under two earlier names before adopting its final style. It was first registered as Lovat Lane Restaurant Limited from incorporation until 11 June 2015, when it became Whitecross 105 Limited. That name remained in place until 17 September 2024, after which the company took the Al Duca - 35 Willow Limited name under which it has now been wound up.
The officers
Claudio Pulze has been a director since incorporation on 26 February 2015 and signed the notice as chairman of the winding-up meeting. Lori Catherine Pulze was also appointed as a director on 26 February 2015 but resigned on 30 November 2025.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
The London Gazette published the notice on 30 June 2026, the day after the resolution was passed.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Al Duca -35 Willow 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 Al Duca -35 Willow 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 Al Duca -35 Willow 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 Al Duca -35 Willow 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 Resolutions for Winding Up)
- Companies House record 09459988
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
