Lovatts Heating Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Members of Lovatts Heating Limited passed a resolution to wind up voluntarily on 11 June 2026, with joint liquidators appointed from The Insolvency Company. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Members of Lovatts Heating Limited passed a written special resolution to wind the company up voluntarily on 11 June 2026, with joint liquidators from The Insolvency Company appointed the same day by members and creditors.
Lovatts Heating is a plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation business whose principal trading address is 2 Toomers Wharf, Canal Walk, Newbury, Berkshire. The company was incorporated on 31 July 2007 and its registered office is at Hermes House, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire.
The resolution
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 most common route into corporate insolvency in the UK.
The members passed two resolutions in writing on 11 June 2026: a special resolution to wind up voluntarily and an ordinary resolution appointing the joint liquidators. The required voting majority was confirmed on the same date. John Lovatt, the company's director, signed the notice dated 11 June 2026.
The liquidator appointment
Gareth Buckley, holding IP number 18032, and Steve Elliott, holding IP number 11110, were appointed joint liquidators. Both practise from The Insolvency Company. Buckley's correspondence address is Suite B, Blackdown House, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton, Somerset. Elliott is based at Hermes House, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon, the same address as the company's registered office.
The appointment was confirmed by the joint liquidators on 16 June 2026. Creditors or other parties seeking further information can contact Craig Nieland at The Insolvency Company on 01793 818373 or at info@theinsolvencycompany.co.uk.
The officers
John Lovatt has been a director of Lovatts Heating since 14 August 2007. Dorothy Irene Teresa Lovatt has served as company secretary since the same date. Brighton Director Limited and Brighton Secretary Limited each held corporate officer roles from the date of incorporation on 31 July 2007 but resigned on 2 August 2007, a standard formation-agent arrangement at incorporation.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House. The last accounts filed covered the period made up to 31 July 2025.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Lovatts Heating 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 Lovatts Heating 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 Lovatts Heating 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 Lovatts Heating 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 06329578
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
