Frost Rail Services Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Frost Rail Services Limited, a Nelson-based railway construction company incorporated in 2017, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation. 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.
Joint liquidators Christopher Lawton and Paul George of Business Helpline Group Limited were appointed to wind up Frost Rail Services Limited on 20 May 2026, placing the Lancashire railway construction firm into a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by a company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. The appointment was made by both members and creditors.
The company
Frost Rail Services was incorporated on 26 June 2017 and carried out construction of railways and underground railways, the trade description recorded at Companies House under SIC code 42120. The registered office at the time of the notice was Office 038, Northlight Parade, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 5EG, though its Companies House address is listed as 463 Clipsley Lane, Haydock, St Helens.
The company's most recent accounts were made up to 30 June 2024, filed as total-exemption full accounts, a format available to smaller companies.
The liquidators
Lawton holds IP number 23818 and George holds IP number 9361. Both are licensed insolvency practitioners, meaning they are authorised by a recognised professional body to act as office-holders in formal insolvency proceedings. Both are based at the Business Helpline Group Limited office in Nelson, the same address as the company's registered office at the time of the notice.
IP numbers are the licence identifiers issued by an insolvency practitioner's recognised professional body and allow creditors and other parties to verify that an appointment is properly authorised.
The directors
Andrew David Frost and Michelle Marie Frost were both appointed as directors on 26 June 2017, the date of incorporation, and neither had resigned at the time of the notice. Both are recorded as residing in the United Kingdom.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Frost Rail Services at Companies House, so there are no secured creditors with a prior claim over the company's assets ahead of the general body of creditors.
Creditors with claims against the company should contact the joint liquidators at Business Helpline Group Limited, Office 038, Northlight Parade, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 5EG. The appointment was published in the London Gazette on 27 May 2026.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Frost Rail Services 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 Frost Rail Services 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 Frost Rail Services 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 Frost Rail Services 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 10836047
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
