Manchester hair salon wound up three years after formation files prohibited-name notice

Marina Salon By FKZ Limited, a Manchester hairdressing business registered under SIC code 96020, was voluntarily wound up on 13 May 2026, just over three years after its incorporation on 12 April 2023. A prohibited-name notice followed on 19 May 2026.

The prohibited-name notice arises under section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986, which bars a director of a company that has gone into liquidation from involvement in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless one of the statutory exceptions applies. Publication of such a notice in the Gazette signals that the director intends to rely on one of those exceptions to continue trading under the Marina Salon brand.

The company's registered address at the time of the notice was Unit 1 Mansion House, 3-5 Keepers Quay, Manchester, M4 6GL. Its registered office on record at Companies House is Suite 4C, Manchester International Office Centre, Styal Road, Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, M22 5WB. The sole director throughout the company's life was Fatima Zahra Sbai, appointed on 12 April 2023 and resident in England.

Marina Salon By FKZ Limited filed its last accounts as a micro-entity, made up to 30 April 2024. Beesley Corporate Recovery, based at the Wythenshawe address, handled the winding-up process, with Annette Reeve acting as liquidator.

The Bizcap charge

One outstanding secured charge sits against the company. Bizcap Limited holds a registered charge, created on 17 March 2026 and delivered to Companies House on 30 March 2026, described as an assignment by way of security over all book debts, including all debts, sums or other monetary claims due or from time to time becoming due to the company from any person, including sums held by third parties or intermediaries. A secured creditor is one whose debt is backed by a charge over the company's assets, ranking ahead of unsecured creditors when assets are distributed. The charge remained outstanding at the point of winding-up, so Bizcap's position over any recoverable book debts will form part of the liquidation process.

For creditors and customers

With the company in voluntary liquidation, the liquidator handles the realisation of assets and the distribution of any proceeds to creditors. Known creditors receive statutory communications from the liquidator in due course; correspondence is conducted through the insolvency firm handling the matter.

Creditors wishing to evidence amounts owed do so by submitting a proof of debt, the formal claim form used in UK insolvency proceedings to record what a creditor is owed.

Customers who hold paid-but-undelivered orders or deposits rank as unsecured creditors in the liquidation, sitting behind secured and preferential creditors in the distribution hierarchy.

Employee claims for unpaid wages, notice pay and redundancy are treated as preferential or unsecured depending on their nature. The Redundancy Payments Service handles statutory redundancy and certain other payments where a company cannot meet them, funded by the National Insurance Fund.