Clarkes Vehicle Service Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation with FTS Recovery appointed
Clarkes Vehicle Service Ltd, a motor vehicle repair business at Lyndean Industrial Estate in south-east London, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation. Full notice and Companies House record.
Information for general guidance, drawn from the public record. Not legal, financial, or insolvency advice. If you are affected by an insolvency, consult a licensed practitioner or qualified solicitor.
Members of Clarkes Vehicle Service Ltd resolved to wind the company up voluntarily on 18 June 2026, with Rachel Elizabeth Ennis and Mark David Charles Hopkins of FTS Recovery Limited appointed joint liquidators the same day.
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. It is the single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume.
The resolution
The special resolution to wind up Clarkes Vehicle Service Ltd was passed at a general meeting held at Unit 1 Lyndean Industrial Estate, Felixstowe Road, London, SE2 9SG, the company's registered office and principal trading address. An ordinary resolution appointing the joint liquidators was passed at the same meeting. Both the resolution and the appointment are dated 18 June 2026.
The appointment was authorised and signed on 19 June 2026, with both notices published in the London Gazette on 24 June 2026. The supplemental appointment notice confirms the liquidators were appointed by both members and creditors.
Clarkes Vehicle Service Ltd was incorporated on 3 October 2011 and carried on business under SIC code 45200, which covers the maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. The company filed its last accounts to 31 December 2024 as a micro-entity.
The liquidator appointment
Ennis holds IP number 32172 and Hopkins holds IP number 8365. Both are licensed insolvency practitioners operating from FTS Recovery Limited, Alma Park, Woodway Lane, Lutterworth, Leicestershire. An IP number is the licence number issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body, identifying the individual practitioner.
Creditors or other parties seeking further information can contact Isha Bumiya at FTS Recovery Limited on 01455 555 444 or at isha.bumiya@ftsrecovery.co.uk.
The director
Dean Clarke has been the sole director of Clarkes Vehicle Service Ltd since incorporation on 3 October 2011. No resignations are recorded at Companies House. Clarke's country of residence is listed as England.
No secured charges are registered against the company, and no prior names appear in the company's name history at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Clarkes Vehicle Service 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 Clarkes Vehicle Service 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 Clarkes Vehicle Service 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 Clarkes Vehicle Service 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 07794309
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
