Laner Living Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation with R2 Advisory appointed
Laner Living Ltd, an Essex property developer and warehousing company incorporated in 1998, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with Robert Horton appointed liquidator. 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.
Robert Horton of R2 Advisory Limited was appointed liquidator of Laner Living Ltd on 26 May 2026, placing the Essex-based property developer and warehousing company into a creditors' voluntary liquidation. The process winds up an insolvent company by resolution of its members without a court order.
The Gazette notice, published on 29 May 2026, records the appointment as made by both members and creditors. Horton holds IP number 8922 and practises from R2 Advisory Limited at 60 Cannon Street, London.
The company
Laner Living Ltd was incorporated on 21 August 1998 and has traded under two earlier names. It was known as Laner Properties Limited from incorporation until June 2007, then as Laner Limited until June 2023, before adopting its current name. Its registered office at the time of the notice was care of R2 Advisory Limited at the Cannon Street address; its prior registered address was at Lord Associates, 9-11 High Beech Road, Loughton, Essex.
Companies House records the company's nature of business as warehousing and storage facilities and building projects, covering both property development and logistics activities.
The director
Kirk Stuart Pickering is the sole current director, appointed on 29 March 2021. He had held an earlier directorship at the company that ended on 6 March 2020. Ernest James Pickering served as company secretary from 16 May 2007 until 28 November 2023, and separately held two directorships: the first from 25 September 1998 until 2 August 2005, and the second from 16 May 2007 until 5 March 2020. Jago Sheldon Pickering served as a director from 5 March 2020 until 12 December 2023.
Secured charges
Four outstanding registered charges are recorded against Laner Living Ltd. All four were created on 31 August 2021 and delivered to Companies House on 1 or 2 September 2021.
Two charges are held by Castle Trust Capital PLC. The first covers a broad range of assets including freehold and leasehold property, goodwill, intellectual property, book debts and equipment, with the Dagenham freehold at BMS House, Oxlow Lane, RM10 8LP specified. The second Castle Trust Capital PLC charge also references that Dagenham freehold, registered under Land Registry title number EGL146715, and extends to rental income and insurance policy rights.
The remaining two charges are held by Capitalstackers Trustees Limited, both referencing the freehold property known as Oxlo, Oxlow Lane, Dagenham, RM10 8LP, registered under the same title number EGL146715. All four charges remain outstanding.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Laner Living 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 Laner Living 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 Laner Living 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 Laner Living 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 03619676
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
