In The Pipeline (South East) Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
In The Pipeline (South East) Ltd, a Southsea plumbing and heating firm, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 26 May 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
Information for general guidance, drawn from the public record. Not legal, financial, or insolvency advice. If you are affected by an insolvency, consult a licensed practitioner or qualified solicitor.
Members of In The Pipeline (South East) Ltd resolved to wind the company up on 26 May 2026, with Helen Whitehouse and Gareth Bishop of McAlister & Co Insolvency Practitioners Limited confirmed as joint liquidators the same day.
The Southsea plumbing and heating contractor is registered at 5 Albert Road. It was incorporated on 28 March 2021 and traded from the same address, filing its last accounts as a micro-entity to 31 March 2025.
The resolution
At a meeting held on 26 May 2026, members passed a resolution that In The Pipeline (South East) Ltd could not, by reason of its current and impending liabilities, continue its business. The resolution placed the company into a creditors' voluntary liquidation, the most common form of insolvent winding-up in the UK, in which the company's members vote to close the business without a court order.
The appointment of Whitehouse and Bishop as joint liquidators was confirmed through a deemed consent process completed on 26 May 2026. Elliot Dawes signed the resolution in his capacity as director.
The liquidator appointment
Whitehouse, holding IP number 9680, and Bishop, holding IP number 17870, are both of McAlister & Co Insolvency Practitioners Limited, based at 10 St Helens Road, Swansea. They were appointed jointly by the members and creditors and are authorised to act jointly and separately.
In a creditors' voluntary liquidation, the joint liquidators take control of the company's affairs, realise its assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order of priority set out in insolvency law.
The officers
Elliot Dawes has been a director of In The Pipeline (South East) Ltd since incorporation on 28 March 2021 and remains in post. Braden Dawes was also appointed director on 28 March 2021 but resigned on 31 March 2024.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
Creditors or other parties seeking further information can contact Daniel Jervis at McAlister & Co on 03300 563600 or at dan@mcalisterco.co.uk.
Common questions
Are you owed money by In the Pipeline (South East) 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 In the Pipeline (South East) 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 In the Pipeline (South East) 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 In the Pipeline (South East) 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 13297200
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
