4Merit Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation with CG & Co appointed
4Merit Ltd, a Nottingham private security company incorporated in 2021, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with joint liquidators from CG & Co. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Members and creditors of 4Merit Ltd resolved to wind the company up voluntarily on 10 June 2026, with Edward M Avery-Gee and Nick Brierley of CG & Co appointed joint liquidators the same day.
The resolution
The resolution to wind up was passed on 10 June 2026, as both a special resolution and an ordinary resolution. A further resolution confirmed that any act required of the joint liquidators may be carried out by either one or both of them, acting together or alone. Paul Collins, one of the company's directors, signed the resolution notice.
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 single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume.
The liquidator appointment
Avery-Gee holds IP number 12410 and Brierley holds IP number 19950. An IP number is the licence number issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body, identifying the individual practitioner. Both are based at CG & Co, 27 Byrom Street, Manchester, M3 4PF, and can be contacted on 0161 358 0210.
The appointment was made by the members and creditors of 4Merit Ltd. The London Gazette published both the resolution and appointment notices on 12 June 2026.
About the company
4Merit Ltd was incorporated on 23 August 2021 and carried out private security activities, with a secondary SIC code covering other human health activities. Its registered office is at Cumberland Court, 80 Mount Street, Nottingham, NG1 6HH.
Three directors were on record at Companies House at the time of the liquidation. William Bradley Cairns, resident in Scotland, was appointed on 13 September 2021. Paul Michael Collins and Colin Andrew Dobell, both resident in England, were also directors. Dobell joined at incorporation on 23 August 2021; Collins followed on 13 September 2021. None of the three had resigned at the time of the notice.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by 4merit 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 4merit 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 4merit 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 4merit 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 Appointment of Liquidators)
- Companies House record 13579357
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