Drainstore.com Limited passes CVL resolution as Belper internet retailer winds up
Drainstore.com Limited, an internet drainage and plumbing retailer based in Belper, Derbyshire, has passed a resolution to enter creditors' voluntary liquidation. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Drainstore.com Limited's members resolved to wind the company up voluntarily on 5 June 2026, with a liquidator appointment published in the Gazette the same day. The closure brings to an end an internet retail business that had traded from Derbyshire since its incorporation in August 2007.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. It is the single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume.
The resolution
The resolution was published in the Gazette on 5 June 2026. Drainstore.com Limited is registered at Unit 6 Heritage Business Centre, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1SW. Its principal trading address is listed as Unit 4-5, 2 Delves Road, Heanor Gate Industrial Estate, also in Derbyshire. The company operates under SIC code 47910, covering retail sales via the internet, and its most recent accounts were made up to 28 February 2025.
The liquidator appointment
Alongside the resolution, a separate notice confirmed the appointment of a liquidator to Drainstore.com Limited. The appointment notice describes the nature of the business as retail sales via the internet, consistent with the company's registered trading activity.
The directors
Kevin John Marshall has been a director of Drainstore.com Limited since the company's incorporation on 8 August 2007 and held that role at the time of the resolution. Paul Anthony Marshall served as both a director and the company secretary from incorporation, with both roles ending on 31 July 2012.
Background
Drainstore.com Limited has no registered secured charges against its assets, and no prior names appear in its Companies House record. The company's last accounts on record were unaudited abridged accounts made up to 28 February 2025, with the next set due by 30 November 2026.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Drainstore.com 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 Drainstore.com 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 Drainstore.com 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 Drainstore.com 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 06337358
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
