In Business Group Limited director files prohibited-name notice to trade on as In Social Group Ltd
In Business Group Limited entered insolvent liquidation on 8 May 2026, prompting director Ian Robert Nicklin to file a Section 216 prohibited-name notice. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Ian Robert Nicklin, the sole current director of In Business Group Limited, has filed a Section 216 prohibited-name notice allowing him to continue trading under a similar name after the Manchester business consultancy entered insolvent liquidation on 8 May 2026.
Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 bars a director of a company that has gone into insolvent liquidation from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless one of the statutory exceptions applies. Breaching the prohibition is a criminal offence. The notice, published in the London Gazette on 27 May 2026, is filed under Rule 22.4 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 and removes that criminal exposure where the required conditions are met.
Nicklin gives notice that he intends to act in connection with carrying on the whole or substantially the whole of the business of the insolvent company through a new vehicle, IN Social Group Ltd, trading as IN Social. That name is similar to both the liquidating company's registered name and its trading name, IN Social, which it used alongside the In Business Group Limited brand.
The company
In Business Group Limited was incorporated on 12 November 2007, originally under the name In Business Coaching Limited. It changed its name to In Business Group Limited on 27 August 2021. The company operated under SIC code 70229, covering management consultancy activities other than financial management, and was registered at Piccadilly Business Centre, Blackett Street, Manchester. Its most recent accounts were made up to 30 November 2024 and were filed as micro-entity accounts.
Nicklin has been a director since incorporation on 12 November 2007. Gareth Fallows served as company secretary from incorporation but resigned on 1 January 2010.
The notice
The notice is addressed to creditors of In Business Group Limited and sets out the statutory framework in full, as required by Rule 22.5 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016. It confirms that Nicklin was a director during the 12 months ending the day before the company went into insolvent liquidation, satisfying the personal scope of Section 216.
By filing the notice, Nicklin is permitted to act as a director of IN Social Group Ltd and to be involved in carrying on the business without committing a criminal offence and without incurring personal liability for the debts of the successor company solely by reason of the name connection. No secured charges are registered against In Business Group Limited, and no administrators have been appointed.
Common questions
Are you a director of the successor company?
A prohibited-name Gazette notice typically documents one of the three statutory exceptions to Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the rule against re-use of a similar name by a former director of a liquidated company). The exception is only valid if the notice meets the timing and content requirements in the relevant Rule. Read more on prohibited names.
Do you trade with the successor company?
A valid notice does not by itself revive the liabilities of the liquidated company. The successor company is a separate legal entity and the directors are personally exposed only if Section 216 is breached.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Moratoria, Prohibited Names and Other: Re-use of a Prohibited Name)
- Companies House record 06424005
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