The Surrey Butchers Limited enters CVL with WSM Marks Bloom joint liquidators
The Surrey Butchers Limited, formerly S.Thorntons Butchery Limited, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with joint liquidators appointed on 20 May 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Joint liquidators Dermot Coakley and Svetlana Chan of WSM Marks Bloom LLP were appointed on 20 May 2026 to The Surrey Butchers Limited, a Guildford-based retailer of meat and meat products that previously traded as S.Thorntons Butchery Limited.
The appointment follows a creditors' voluntary liquidation, a process in which an insolvent company's members resolve to wind it up without a court order, with a licensed insolvency practitioner then realising assets and distributing any proceeds to creditors. Both members and creditors approved the appointment.
The liquidators
Coakley holds IP number 6824 and Chan holds IP number 16850. Both practise from WSM Marks Bloom LLP at 2nd Floor, Shaw House, 3 Tunsgate, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3QT, which is also the company's registered office. The liquidation is therefore being handled from the same Guildford premises.
The company
The Surrey Butchers Limited was incorporated on 11 June 2012 under the name S.Thorntons Butchery Limited, which it kept until 16 August 2021. The company operated under SIC code 47220, covering the retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores. Its most recent accounts were filed as micro-entity accounts made up to 31 May 2025.
Officers at the time of liquidation
Sarah Jane Lloyd was the sole serving director at the time of the liquidation, having been appointed on 16 July 2021. Jackie Faulkner had served as company secretary from 16 July 2021 but resigned on 1 April 2026, roughly seven weeks before the liquidation date. Two earlier officers are also on record at Companies House. Simon David Thornton was a director from incorporation until 31 May 2018, and Christopher Wickens served as director from 31 May 2018 until 16 July 2021. George Martin Scurry held the secretary role from 25 November 2017 until 31 May 2018.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against The Surrey Butchers Limited, so there are no charge holders with priority claims over the company's assets.
The notice was published in the London Gazette on 28 May 2026. Creditors wishing to submit a claim should contact the joint liquidators at WSM Marks Bloom LLP in Guildford.
Common questions
Are you owed money by The Surrey Butchers 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 The Surrey Butchers 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 The Surrey Butchers 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 The Surrey Butchers 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 08099067
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
