Shellmark Textile Agencies Limited passes resolution for creditors' voluntary liquidation
Shellmark Textile Agencies Limited, a Hyde-based commodity and textile agency incorporated in 2000, has passed a resolution to enter creditors' voluntary liquidation. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Shellmark Textile Agencies Limited, a Hyde-based textile and commodities agency, has resolved to wind up voluntarily under a creditors' voluntary liquidation. In this process, an insolvent company's members pass a resolution to wind up without a court order, and a licensed insolvency practitioner is appointed to realise assets for creditors.
The resolution was published in the London Gazette on 8 June 2026. The company's registered office is listed at 30 Key Court, Haughton Green, Denton, M34 7GE, with its principal trading address at Unit 6b, Kingston Mill, Manchester Road, Hyde.
The company
Shellmark Textile Agencies was incorporated on 4 February 2000 and operates under SIC codes covering commodity brokerage and agency trade, including agents involved in the sale of textile, clothing, footwear and leather goods. Its most recent accounts were made up to 31 March 2025 and filed as total-exemption-full accounts, the abbreviated filing route available to smaller companies.
The officers
David Jack Ward has been a director since incorporation on 4 February 2000 and remains in post. Janice Ward has served as both a director and the company secretary since the same date, with both roles current. Michelle Louise Ward was appointed as a director on 15 November 2020 and resigned on 20 September 2024. Waterlow Nominees Limited and Waterlow Secretaries Limited were each appointed and resigned on 4 February 2000, a standard incorporation arrangement.
Secured lender
HSBC Bank PLC holds an outstanding debenture created on 18 February 2004 and delivered to Companies House the following day. The charge covers fixed and floating charges over the undertaking and all property and assets present and future, including goodwill, book debts, uncalled capital, buildings, fixtures, fixed plant and machinery. As a secured creditor, HSBC ranks ahead of unsecured creditors in any distribution of the company's assets.
No administrators have been named in the notice.
Common questions
Are you owed money by Shellmark Textile Agencies 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 Shellmark Textile Agencies 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 Shellmark Textile Agencies 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 Shellmark Textile Agencies 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 Resolutions for Winding-up)
- Companies House record 03920033
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
