Leeds brewing equipment supplier Stainless Steel Vessels enters administration

Stainless Steel Vessels Limited, trading as SSV Limited and supplying brewing equipment from Leeds since 2014, entered administration on 12 May 2026 after the High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts in Leeds sealed the appointment under court number CR-2026-486.

The company is registered at Unit 8 Swinnow View, Leeds, LS13 4TZ, and describes its business as brewing equipment and installation of industrial machinery and equipment. It was incorporated in July 2014 under the name Brewlogical Ltd, changing to its current name in September 2015.

The administrators

James Miller and Lee Lockwood, both of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP, have been appointed as joint administrators. Joint administrators are two or more licensed insolvency practitioners appointed to act together; either can typically act alone unless the appointment specifies otherwise. Miller holds IP number 21290 and Lockwood holds IP number 13050. 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 officers

Samuel Evan Lawson has served as director since the company's incorporation on 2 July 2014 and remained in post at the time of the administration notice. Howard Smith served as company secretary from July 2017 but resigned in September 2018.

Secured lending

National Westminster Bank PLC holds an outstanding registered charge over the company, created on 18 October 2022 and delivered to Companies House on 25 October 2022. A secured creditor is one whose debt is backed by a charge over the company's assets, giving it priority over unsecured creditors when assets are distributed.

For creditors, suppliers and customers

Conduct of the case now passes to Miller and Lockwood at RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP. Known creditors will receive statutory communications from the administrators in due course, with correspondence handled through the firm's contact address as listed on the appointment notice.

Creditors wishing to evidence amounts owed do so by submitting a proof of debt, which is the formal claim form used in insolvency proceedings to record the sum a creditor says it is owed.

The appointment triggers a moratorium under Schedule B1, paragraph 43 of the Insolvency Act 1986, the part of the Act that governs administration in England and Wales. The moratorium pauses most creditor enforcement action, meaning creditors generally cannot start or continue court proceedings against the company without the court's permission.

Customers who have paid for orders not yet delivered, or who hold deposits, rank as unsecured creditors in the absence of any specific security or retention of title arrangement. Unsecured creditors are those whose debts are not backed by a charge, and they rank behind secured and preferential creditors in any distribution of assets.

Employee claims for unpaid wages, notice pay and statutory redundancy are treated as preferential or unsecured claims depending on their nature and amount. The Redundancy Payments Service, a government body, handles statutory redundancy and certain other payments to employees where a company cannot meet those obligations itself.