Vanilla Blue Limited enters creditors' voluntary liquidation with Griffin & King appointed
Vanilla Blue Limited, a Walsall sales and exports business, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with Timothy Frank Corfield of Griffin & King appointed liquidator. 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.
Timothy Frank Corfield of Griffin & King was appointed liquidator over Vanilla Blue Limited, a Walsall sales and exports business, on 26 May 2026 after creditors resolved to wind the company up.
The appointment follows a creditors' voluntary liquidation, an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. Corfield, who holds IP number 8202, was appointed by the creditors. Griffin & King's address for the purposes of the appointment is 26/28 Goodall Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1QL.
The company
Vanilla Blue Limited was incorporated on 1 March 2013 and traded under SIC codes covering non-specialised wholesale trade and management consultancy. The Gazette notice describes its nature of business as sales and exports and gives 26/28 Goodall Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1QL as the registered office at the date of appointment. Its most recent accounts were made up to 31 March 2024 and filed as micro-entity accounts.
The officers
Janice Nicholls has been both a director and the company secretary since incorporation on 1 March 2013, and both roles remain current. Uchenna Donald Nwachukwu was a director from 1 May 2014 until his resignation on 1 October 2025.
The liquidator
Corfield is a licensed insolvency practitioner whose licence has been verified against the IP register. His role as liquidator is to realise the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order of priority set out in insolvency legislation. No secured charges are registered against Vanilla Blue Limited at Companies House, so no secured creditors hold a prior claim over the company's assets ahead of unsecured creditors.
The appointment was published in the London Gazette on 1 June 2026. Creditors wishing to submit a claim should contact Griffin & King at the Walsall address given in the notice.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Vanilla Blue 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 Vanilla Blue 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 Vanilla Blue 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 Vanilla Blue 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 08426726
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
