RSM Restructuring Advisory appointed to Reading technology recruiter
RSM Restructuring Advisory's Lee Lockwood and James Miller were appointed joint administrators to The Tec Recruitment Group Limited on 1 May 2026 by the Leeds Business and Property Courts.
Information for general guidance, drawn from the public record. Not legal, financial, or insolvency advice. If you are affected by an insolvency, consult a licensed practitioner or qualified solicitor.
Lee Lockwood and James Miller of RSM Restructuring Advisory were appointed joint administrators to The Tec Recruitment Group Limited on 1 May 2026. The High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts in Leeds sealed the appointment under court number CR-2026-468.
The Reading-based firm, registered at 9 Greyfriars Road, operates as a management consultancy and technology recruitment business. Its SIC classification covers management consultancy activities other than financial management. The company was incorporated in September 2015 under the name Tec Partners Limited and adopted its current name in August 2017.
Lockwood holds IP number 13050. Both he and Miller practise at RSM Restructuring Advisory, and correspondence is being handled through the firm's Leeds office at Fifth Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, LS1 4DL. Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners take control of a company to rescue it, sell it as a going concern, or realise its assets for creditors.
The directors
The directors at the time of the appointment were Christopher Beech, Leigh Howard and Paul Kitley, all of whom were appointed when the company was incorporated in September 2015.
For creditors, suppliers and employees
Once administrators are appointed, a moratorium takes effect under Schedule B1, paragraph 43 of the Insolvency Act 1986 - the legal pause on most creditor enforcement action. Creditors generally cannot start or continue court proceedings against the company without the court's permission.
Administrators issue statutory communications and payment instructions to known creditors in due course. Creditors wishing to evidence amounts owed to them do so by submitting a proof of debt, which is the formal claim form used in the process to record the sums a creditor says are outstanding.
Customers holding paid-but-undelivered orders or deposits rank as unsecured creditors, meaning their claims are not backed by a charge over the company's assets. Unsecured creditors sit behind secured and preferential creditors in the order of distribution.
Employee claims for unpaid wages, notice pay and redundancy are treated as preferential or unsecured debts depending on their nature. The Redundancy Payments Service, a government body, exists to meet certain statutory entitlements where a company cannot pay them, with the service then recovering what it can from the insolvent estate.
Common questions
Are you owed money by The Tec Recruitment Group 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 The Tec Recruitment Group 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 The Tec Recruitment Group 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 The Tec Recruitment Group 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 09778139
- Court: High Court of Justice
- Editorial standards: how we source and review; five-pass pipeline.
