Ancora Recruitment Ltd enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Ancora Recruitment Ltd, a Hadleigh-based employment placement agency incorporated in 2016, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation as of June 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Ancora Recruitment Ltd, a Suffolk employment placement agency registered at 89 High Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation. The winding-up was resolved by the company's members without a court order, with the appointment recorded in June 2026.
The company was incorporated on 14 July 2016 and operated under SIC code 78109, which covers other activities of employment placement agencies. Its registered address is in the market town of Hadleigh, on the Suffolk-Essex border.
The officers
Ian Hope has been a director of Ancora Recruitment since incorporation on 14 July 2016, with no resignation recorded at Companies House. David Simon Jaffrey was appointed company secretary on the same date and likewise remains on the register with no resignation recorded.
Secured charges
Two outstanding registered charges are recorded against Ancora Recruitment at Companies House.
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited holds a charge created on 9 February 2017 and delivered to the registrar the following day. The charge remains outstanding.
Recruit Ventures Limited (Company No. 07513276) holds a separate charge created on 3 October 2016 and delivered on 13 October 2016. That charge is described as a first legal mortgage over all land, plant and machinery vested in the company, with further detail set out in clause 3 of the instrument. It too remains outstanding.
In a creditors' voluntary liquidation, secured creditors rank ahead of unsecured creditors when the liquidator distributes the company's assets. The liquidator is the licensed insolvency practitioner responsible for realising those assets and distributing the proceeds.
The company's most recent accounts were made up to 30 March 2025 and filed as small company accounts, with the next set due by 31 December 2026.
No liquidator names were included in the Gazette notice extract available at the time of publication. Creditors seeking further information should refer to the full notice published in the London Gazette or the company's record at Companies House.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Ancora Recruitment 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 Ancora Recruitment 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 Ancora Recruitment 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 Ancora Recruitment 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 10279359
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
