D'Agostino Italy Ltd enters CVL weeks after DHL winding-up petition
D'Agostino Italy Ltd, trading as D'Agostino Roma in Hornchurch, passed a winding-up resolution on 5 June 2026, weeks after DHL filed a court petition. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Members of D'Agostino Italy Ltd, the Hornchurch retail clothing company trading as D'Agostino Roma, resolved on 5 June 2026 to wind the business up voluntarily. A creditors' voluntary liquidation, or CVL, is an insolvent winding-up resolved by a company's members without a court order. The resolution came less than two months after DHL International (UK) Limited filed a winding-up petition against the company in April 2026.
A winding-up petition is a court filing by a creditor asking a judge to impose compulsory liquidation. The CVL resolution was passed before the petition reached a hearing, bringing the company's affairs under the control of licensed insolvency practitioners chosen by its directors rather than by the court.
The liquidators
Nicholas Stratten, holding IP number 22170, and Michelle Breslin, holding IP number 9579, were appointed joint liquidators on 5 June 2026. Both are of Greenfield Recovery Limited, based at Trinity House, 28-30 Blucher Street, Birmingham, B1 1QH. Joint liquidators are two or more insolvency practitioners appointed to act together; either can generally act alone unless the appointment specifies otherwise.
Creditors or other interested parties can contact the firm through Yasmin Khanum on 0121 201 1720 or at yasmin.khanum@greenfieldrecovery.co.uk.
The company
D'Agostino Italy Ltd was incorporated on 3 October 2024 and operated under the trading name D'Agostino Roma from its registered address at 304 Abbs Cross Lane, Hornchurch, RM12 4YD, which also served as the principal trading address. The company's SIC code, 47710, covers retail sale of clothing in specialised stores. Its first accounts were not yet due at the time of the resolution.
The company had no prior names on record at Companies House.
The directors
Oliver Edward Shipp, an England-based director appointed when the company was incorporated in October 2024, remained in post at the time of the resolution and is named in the Gazette notice as director and chairman. He signed the notice.
Two further directors resigned on 20 May 2026, a fortnight before the resolution. Muffadal Abbas had been a director since incorporation in October 2024. Edward Douglas Jefferson joined the board on 20 February 2025. Both left their roles on the same date, shortly before the CVL was put to members.
Background
The winding-up petition filed by DHL International (UK) Limited was listed as active in court records dated 9 April 2026, with Pannone acting for the petitioner. A petition of that kind does not place a company into liquidation on its own; the court must make a formal order at a hearing. The members' resolution to wind up voluntarily pre-empted that outcome, placing the company into a CVL instead.
No secured charges are registered against D'Agostino Italy Ltd at Companies House.
The London Gazette published the CVL resolution notice on 9 June 2026.
Common questions
Are you owed money by D'Agostino Italy 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 D'Agostino Italy 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 D'Agostino Italy 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 D'Agostino Italy 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 Resolutions for Winding-up)
- Companies House record 15996021
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
