Black & White Outsourcing Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Black & White Outsourcing Ltd, a Kings Langley payroll processor, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with Michael Royce appointed liquidator. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Black & White Outsourcing Ltd, a payroll processing company registered at The Old Chapel, 69 Primrose Hill, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 18 June 2026. Members and creditors appointed the liquidator on that date.
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 liquidator
Michael Royce of M. R. Insolvency, Suite One, Peel Mill, Commercial Street, Morley, has been appointed liquidator. Royce holds IP number 9692. Creditors or other parties seeking further information can contact Richard Allen on 01924 663998 or at ra@mrinsolvency.co.uk.
The company
Black & White Outsourcing Ltd was incorporated on 25 May 2005 and traded from its registered address in Kings Langley under SIC code 64205, which covers activities of financial holding companies and related payroll processing services. The company filed its last accounts to 31 March 2025 on a total-exemption-full basis, a filing route available to smaller companies.
The business traded under two earlier names. It was first incorporated as Payflex Limited, a name it held from 25 May 2005 until 4 April 2007, when it became Zebra Group Limited. That name remained in use until 30 January 2014, after which the company traded as Black & White Outsourcing Ltd.
Officers
Sally Parker has been a director since the company's incorporation on 25 May 2005 and remained in post at the time of the liquidation. Sally Overhead has been company secretary since the same date, with no resignation recorded at Companies House.
Two further directors served in earlier years. Mark Robert Evans was appointed on 25 May 2005 and resigned on 17 December 2012. Trudy Murphy held a directorship from 15 May 2006 until 1 January 2008.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Black & White Outsourcing 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 Black & White Outsourcing 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 Black & White Outsourcing 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 Black & White Outsourcing 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 05462661
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
