Ultra Refrigeration Limited enters CVL after more than two decades of trading
Ultra Refrigeration Limited, a Chesterfield installer of refrigeration and cooling equipment, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 20 May 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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A Chesterfield refrigeration engineering firm that had traded for more than two decades passed a resolution to wind up voluntarily on 20 May 2026, with Andrew Davenport of Maxim IP Limited appointed liquidator the same day.
Ultra Refrigeration Limited is registered at Unit 1 Carrwood Road on the Sheepbridge Industrial Estate in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and installs refrigeration and cooling equipment under SIC code 33200. The company was incorporated on 16 January 2004 and has no recorded prior names.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation, known as a CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order. It is the single largest stream of UK corporate insolvency by volume.
The liquidator
Davenport holds IP number 14010 and acts through Maxim IP Limited. His authorisation was signed on 21 May 2026, the day after the appointment took effect. As liquidator, his role is to realise the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors.
The officers
Two directors remain in post at the time of the liquidation. Anthony Lomas was appointed on 16 January 2004, the date of incorporation. Steven David Shipp joined as both secretary and director on 6 July 2004 and continues in both roles. Adrian Stephen Avery served as a director from incorporation but resigned on 23 June 2005. Chesterfield Business Solutions Limited acted as corporate secretary from incorporation until 22 August 2008.
Secured lender
HSBC UK Bank PLC holds an outstanding registered charge over Ultra Refrigeration Limited, created on 11 February 2022 and delivered to Companies House on 14 February 2022. The charge is described as a fixed and floating charge over all assets. A fixed charge gives the holder direct rights over a specific asset; a floating charge covers assets that change over time, such as stock or cash, and crystallises on insolvency. As a secured creditor, HSBC UK Bank ranks ahead of unsecured creditors when assets are distributed.
The company's most recent accounts were made up to 30 September 2025 and filed as total exemption full accounts, a format available to smaller companies that exempts them from certain disclosure requirements.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Ultra Refrigeration 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 Ultra Refrigeration 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 Ultra Refrigeration 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 Ultra Refrigeration 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 05018007
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