Bernard Manning's World Famous Embassy Club winds up via creditors' voluntary liquidation
Embassy Club Limited, trading as Bernard Manning's World Famous Embassy Club in Manchester, has passed a resolution for creditors' voluntary liquidation. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Embassy Club Limited, the company trading as Bernard Manning's World Famous Embassy Club on Westbourne Grove in Manchester, has passed a resolution to enter creditors' voluntary liquidation, bringing the formal trading life of the venue to an end.
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 most common route into corporate insolvency in the United Kingdom.
The company
Embassy Club Limited was incorporated on 6 September 2017 and is registered at Embassy Club, Westbourne Grove, Manchester, M9 4XJ. Companies House records the company under SIC code 56302, which covers public houses and bars. The company filed its most recent accounts as a micro-entity, made up to 29 September 2025.
The venue trades under the name Bernard Manning's World Famous Embassy Club, associated with the late Manchester comedian Bernard Manning, who ran the club for decades before his death in 2007.
The officers
Debrorah Siddall has served as both a director and the company secretary since incorporation on 6 September 2017, and both roles remain current. Suzanne Turner was appointed as a director on 6 September 2017 and resigned on 18 November 2025. George Harling held a directorship from 16 February 2018 but resigned on 17 April 2018.
No administrators have been appointed. In a CVL, the members resolve to wind up the company and appoint a liquidator, a licensed insolvency practitioner who realises the company's assets and distributes the proceeds to creditors. The bundle does not name a liquidator at this stage.
No secured charges
The Companies House record shows no registered secured charges against Embassy Club Limited, meaning no secured creditors hold a fixed or floating charge over the company's assets.
Background
The resolution was published in the London Gazette on 8 June 2026. The Gazette notice records the company's principal trading address as Embassy Club, Westbourne Grove, Manchester, M9 4XJ, consistent with the registered office.
The CVL process will now require creditors to submit a proof of debt, the formal claim form evidencing the amount owed to them, if they wish to participate in any distribution from the liquidation estate. Unsecured creditors, those whose debts are not backed by a charge over the company's assets, will rank behind any preferential claims, including certain employee entitlements and some categories of HMRC debt, when the liquidator distributes whatever realisations are made.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Embassy Club 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 Embassy Club 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 Embassy Club 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 Embassy Club 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 10949152
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