The Hollis Office Supply Company Ltd enters CVL with CG&Co appointed joint liquidators
The Hollis Office Supply Company Ltd, trading as The Office Options Group, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 18 June 2026. See the appointed liquidators and registered charges.
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Edward M Avery-Gee and Nick Brierley of Manchester firm CG&Co have been appointed joint liquidators to The Hollis Office Supply Company Ltd, the Shropshire office machinery and equipment wholesaler that trades as The Office Options Group. The appointment took effect on 18 June 2026.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. The members and creditors of The Hollis Office Supply Company Ltd made the appointment.
The liquidators
Avery-Gee holds IP number 12410 and Brierley holds IP number 19950. Both practise at CG&Co, 27 Byrom Street, Manchester, M3 4PF. Enquiries can be directed to Clara Van Biesebroeck on 0161 358 0210.
The company
The Hollis Office Supply Company Ltd is registered at Castle Court, Castle Street, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4DF, which is also its principal trading address. Its Companies House SIC codes cover the wholesale of office machinery and equipment and the renting and leasing of office machinery. The company was incorporated on 28 June 1990.
The directors
At the time of the liquidation, the directors on record were Garry Thompson, who has held the role since 28 October 1998, and Paul James Murrall, appointed on 4 September 2023. Timothy Hines, also appointed on 4 September 2023, had resigned on 18 May 2026, a month before the liquidation date, and was not a director at the time of the appointment. Michael Keith Harris served as both a director and the company secretary before resigning from both roles on 31 August 2023.
Secured lender
Barclays Bank PLC holds an outstanding debenture over The Hollis Office Supply Company Ltd, created on 5 April 2012 and delivered to Companies House on 17 April 2012. The charge covers fixed and floating security over the company's undertaking and all property and assets present and future, including goodwill, book debts, uncalled capital, buildings, fixtures, and fixed plant and machinery. A floating charge covers assets that change from time to time and crystallises on insolvency, fixing over whatever assets exist at that moment. Barclays ranks as a secured creditor and will be paid ahead of unsecured creditors from any realisations.
Common questions
Are you owed money by The Hollis Office Supply Company 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 The Hollis Office Supply Company 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 The Hollis Office Supply Company 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 The Hollis Office Supply Company 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 02516558
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
