Lula's Crab Shack Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Lula's Crab Shack Ltd, a restaurant company incorporated in September 2019, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with a liquidator appointed on 22 May 2026. 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.
Joylan Sunnassee of BBK Partnership was appointed liquidator to Lula's Crab Shack Ltd on 22 May 2026, after members and creditors resolved to wind up the restaurant company through a creditors' voluntary liquidation. This is the insolvent winding-up process resolved by a company's members at the request of its directors, without a court order.
The London Gazette published the appointment notice on 27 May 2026. Sunnassee holds IP number 10470 and practises from BBK Partnership at 1 Beauchamp Court, Victors Way, Barnet, Hertfordshire. The firm's address is now the registered office of Lula's Crab Shack Ltd.
The company
Lula's Crab Shack Ltd was incorporated on 16 September 2019 and operated as a restaurant, registered under SIC code 56101. The company filed its last accounts to 30 September 2024 on a total-exemption-full basis, the abbreviated filing route available to smaller companies.
The company has no prior trading names on record at Companies House.
The director
Samantha Elizabeth Ann Sheffield-Dunstan has been the sole director since the company's incorporation on 16 September 2019. No other directors or secretaries appear on the Companies House record. Sheffield-Dunstan is resident in England.
The creditors' meeting
A virtual meeting of creditors was held at 12.30 pm on 22 May 2026, accessed via a telephone conferencing platform. A shareholders' meeting was called and held before the creditors' meeting to consider the resolution for voluntary winding up, following the standard procedure for a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against Lula's Crab Shack Ltd at Companies House. There are therefore no secured creditors with a prior claim over the company's assets ahead of unsecured creditors in the distribution.
What happens next
As liquidator, Sunnassee's role is to realise whatever assets the company holds and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the statutory order of priority. Creditors wishing to claim in the liquidation will need to submit a proof of debt, the formal claim form evidencing the amount owed, to BBK Partnership at the Barnet address. The appointment was made jointly by members and creditors, as recorded in the Gazette notice.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Lula’s Crab Shack 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 Lula’s Crab Shack 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 Lula’s Crab Shack 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 Lula’s Crab Shack 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 12209940
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
