Alan C. Ford Limited director files Section 216 prohibited-name notice to trade through successor company
Gary Alan Ford, director of Harefield property firm Alan C. Ford Limited, has filed a prohibited-name notice to continue trading through Alan C Ford (Homes) Ltd. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Gary Alan Ford, director of the Harefield property firm Alan C. Ford Limited, has filed a Section 216 prohibited-name notice to carry on substantially the same business through a successor vehicle, Alan C Ford (Homes) Ltd. Alan C. Ford Limited entered administration on 15 June 2026, with Greenfield Recovery Limited appointed to handle the case.
Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 prohibits a director of a company that has entered insolvent liquidation from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless a statutory exception applies. The notice was published in the London Gazette on 1 July 2026 under rule 22.4 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016. It allows Ford to act without committing a criminal offence and, where trading through a company, without incurring personal liability for that company's debts.
The successor trading names
The notice sets out that Alan C Ford (Homes) Ltd will trade as Alan C. Ford (Homes), Alan C. Ford, ACF and alancford. Those names overlap directly with the trading names used by Alan C. Ford Limited, which traded as Alan C. Ford and ACF from its registered office at Primrose Cottage, Hill End Road, Harefield, Uxbridge.
The company in administration
Alan C. Ford Limited was incorporated on 28 October 1966 and is registered under SIC code 68209, which covers letting and operating of owned or leased real estate. Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners take control of a company to rescue it, sell it as a going concern, or realise its assets for creditors. Greenfield Recovery Limited, of Trinity House, 28-30 Blucher Street, Birmingham, is named as administrator in the Gazette notice, and the company's registered address is now listed care of that firm.
Officers
Gary Alan Ford has served as both director and company secretary since 21 September 1999. Alan Charles Ford is a former director, having resigned on 7 February 2019. Shirley Ann Ford is a former officer whose roles as both director and secretary ended on 21 September 1999.
Secured charges
Two outstanding charges are registered at Companies House. National Westminster Bank PLC holds a debenture, created on 14 December 2010, carrying a fixed and floating charge over the undertaking and all property and assets present and future, including goodwill, uncalled capital, buildings, fixtures, and fixed plant and machinery. Paratus Amc Limited holds a registered charge, created on 30 June 2020, over the property at 85 Hilliard Road, Northwood, HA6 1SL.
Common questions
Are you a director of the successor company?
A prohibited-name Gazette notice typically documents one of the three statutory exceptions to Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the rule against re-use of a similar name by a former director of a liquidated company). The exception is only valid if the notice meets the timing and content requirements in the relevant Rule. Read more on prohibited names.
Do you trade with the successor company?
A valid notice does not by itself revive the liabilities of the liquidated company. The successor company is a separate legal entity and the directors are personally exposed only if Section 216 is breached.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Moratoria, Prohibited Names and Other: Re-use of a Prohibited Name)
- Companies House record 00890717
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