Tripsmiths Ltd and TS Travel Ltd enter administration with business and assets sold
Tripsmiths Ltd and TS Travel Ltd, described as operating together with 100 years of combined experience, both entered administration on 14 May 2026. See the appointed administrators and registered charges.
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Two linked travel companies, Tripsmiths Ltd and TS Travel Ltd, fell into administration on 14 May 2026, with joint administrators from Moorfields appointed to handle both cases. The pair are described as operating together as a specialist travel company with 100 years of combined experience in holiday tours and package holidays.
Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners take control of a company to try to rescue it, sell it as a going concern, or realise its assets for creditors. The appointment at Tripsmiths was sealed by the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Insolvency and Companies List, under case number 003737 of 2026.
The administrators
Michael Solomons, IP number 9043, and Andrew Pear, IP number 9016, both of Moorfields at 82 St John Street, London, EC1M 4JN, were appointed joint administrators to Tripsmiths on 14 May 2026. Joint administrators are two or more insolvency practitioners appointed to act together; either can usually act alone unless the appointment specifies otherwise. Solomons and Pear are also handling the sister company TS Travel Ltd.
Anyone seeking further information can contact Tess Mitchell at Moorfields on 020 7186 1182 or at tess.mitchell@moorfieldscr.com.
The company
Tripsmiths Ltd is registered at 4-6 Canfield Place, London, NW6 3BT, which is also its principal trading address. Companies House records the company's nature of business as travel agency activities under SIC code 79110. The company was incorporated on 29 November 2016.
Charles Starmer-Smith is recorded as director, having been appointed on 29 November 2016, the same date as incorporation.
Business and assets sold
The business and assets of both Tripsmiths Ltd and TS Travel Ltd have already been sold following the administration appointments. Existing customer bookings are said to be honoured, which will be of immediate concern to travellers who had arrangements in place with either company at the time of the collapse.
No secured charges are registered against Tripsmiths Ltd at Companies House.
The London Gazette published the formal notice of appointment on 20 May 2026.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Tripsmiths Limited?
You are an unsecured creditor unless you hold a registered charge or retention of title. The administrators will write to known creditors in due course with a proof-of-debt form and timetable for the first meeting. Until that letter arrives, no formal action is required from you. Read more about proof of debt and where you sit in the creditor hierarchy.
Did you work at Tripsmiths Limited?
Wages owed up to a statutory cap, holiday pay, notice pay and redundancy may be claimable from the Redundancy Payments Service if the company is unable to pay. The administrators will normally coordinate the RP1 claim with the affected staff. See gov.uk: your rights if your employer is insolvent.
Do you hold a deposit, gift card or undelivered order from Tripsmiths Limited?
Customers with paid-but-undelivered orders, gift cards or deposits typically rank as unsecured creditors. 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 Tripsmiths Limited?
Watch for Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 if you intend to keep trading under a similar name in a successor company. The rule prohibits a director of a liquidated company from being involved in another company using the same or a similar name for five years, unless one of the statutory exceptions applies. Read more about Section 216.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Appointment of Administrators)
- Companies House record 10502015
- Court: High Court of Justice, Business & Property Courts of England & Wales, Insolvency & Companies List,, case 003737
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
