Oceanium Limited director files prohibited-name notice to carry on business after administration
A former director of Oceanium Limited, a Renfrew seaweed food manufacturer in administration since March 2026, has filed a Rule 22.4 prohibited-name notice. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Karen Scofield Seal, a former director of Oceanium Limited, has filed a notice under Rule 22.4 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016. The notice allows her to continue trading under names that would otherwise be prohibited following the Renfrew company's entry into administration on 27 March 2026.
Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 prohibits a director of a company that has entered insolvent liquidation from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless one of the statutory exceptions applies. Filing a notice under Rule 22.4 is one such exception. It permits the director to act without committing a criminal offence and, where the business is carried on through another company, without incurring personal liability for that company's debts.
The prohibited names
The notice covers a range of trading names used by Oceanium Limited. Seal has given notice that she intends to act in connection with carrying on the whole or substantially the whole of the business under the names Oceanium, Ocean Actives, Ocean Actives C+, Ocean Health, Ocean Health Nutra, Ocean Health Nutra H+, Ocean Ink, Ocean Base, Oceanware, Ocean Ware and Kelp The World.
The notice states that Seal is acting through a company whose address is given as 28D Pembridge Crescent, London W11 3DS.
About Oceanium Limited
Oceanium Limited was incorporated on 20 June 2018 and is registered at Titanium 1, Kings Inch Place, Renfrew, PA4 8WF. The company's SIC code is 10890, covering the manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified. Its last accounts were made up to 31 December 2024.
The officers
At the time of administration, Louisa Jane Cilenti was a current director, having been appointed on 17 February 2023. Seal was a director from incorporation on 20 June 2018 until 14 May 2026. Simon Hugh Verdon Acland served as a director from 23 February 2026 until 14 May 2026. Sybille Buchwald-Werner was a director from 22 January 2026 until 11 May 2026. Stephen John Catling served from 31 October 2023 until 30 June 2025. Andrew George Ross was a director from 1 May 2024 until 28 February 2026. Jeffrey James Davison served from 29 April 2021 until 31 October 2023. Dr Charles Bavington was a director from incorporation until 21 February 2024.
The notice was published in the London Gazette on 9 June 2026. Under the rules, the notice must be given to every creditor of the insolvent company whose name and address is known or reasonably ascertainable, and must be given no later than 28 days after completion of the acquisition of the business under arrangements made by the office holder.
Common questions
Are you a director of the successor company?
A prohibited-name Gazette notice typically documents one of the three statutory exceptions to Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the rule against re-use of a similar name by a former director of a liquidated company). The exception is only valid if the notice meets the timing and content requirements in the relevant Rule. Read more on prohibited names.
Do you trade with the successor company?
A valid notice does not by itself revive the liabilities of the liquidated company. The successor company is a separate legal entity and the directors are personally exposed only if Section 216 is breached.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Moratoria, Prohibited Names and Other: Re-use of a Prohibited Name)
- Companies House record SC600414
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