Careermap Ltd director files Section 216 notice to trade on as Careermap Media Group

Careermap Ltd, a Manchester-registered recruitment services company, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 4 June 2026. Director Colin Bell has since filed a Rule 22.4 prohibited-name notice stating his intention to carry on the business through NAW Holdco Limited, trading as Careermap Media Group.

A creditors' voluntary liquidation is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. It is the most common route into formal insolvency for UK companies.

The Section 216 notice

Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 prohibits a director of a company that has gone into insolvent liquidation from acting as a director of, or being involved in the management of, another company with the same or a similar name for five years. Breach is a criminal offence and can also make the director personally liable for the debts of the successor company.

Bell filed the notice under Rule 22.4 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016. That rule allows a director to give advance notice to creditors of the insolvent company, which is one of the recognised exceptions permitting continued involvement without a court order. The notice was published in the London Gazette on 11 June 2026.

The successor vehicle named in the notice is NAW Holdco Limited, trading as Careermap Media Group. That name is sufficiently similar to Careermap Ltd to trigger the Section 216 prohibition, which is why the notice was filed.

The company and its officers

Careermap Ltd was incorporated on 26 April 2013 and operated under SIC code 78109, covering other activities of employment placement not elsewhere classified. Its registered office at the time of liquidation was care of Mitchell Charlesworth, 3rd Floor, 44 Peter Street, Manchester, M2 5GP.

The current directors are Colin Bell, appointed 23 February 2015; Grant James Barton, appointed 12 October 2018; Simon Christopher Bell, appointed 1 October 2014; Richard Poskitt, appointed 12 October 2018; and John Edward Spence, appointed 12 October 2018.

Former officers include Jamie Ann Bell, who served as a director from 11 June 2014 until 10 September 2015, and Jamie Anne Bell, who served as company secretary from 10 September 2015 until 21 September 2017. Stephen William Fixter resigned as director on 1 September 2014. David Anthony Kitchen and Ian Terrance Peacock each resigned on 1 December 2014. Ian John Wright resigned on 2 May 2017.

Secured charge

HSBC UK Bank PLC holds an outstanding registered charge over Careermap Ltd, created on 19 September 2019 and delivered to Companies House on 23 September 2019. The charge is a fixed and floating charge over all assets. A floating charge is a form of security over assets that change from time to time, such as stock and debtors; it crystallises on insolvency.