Hai Zhong Lao BBQ & Hotpot enters creditors' voluntary liquidation
Hai Zhong Lao BBQ & Hotpot, trading from George Hudson Street in York, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 30 June 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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.
Jasmine Baxter and Rikki Burton of Anderson Brookes Insolvency Practitioners Limited have been appointed joint liquidators to Hai Zhong Lao BBQ & Hotpot, the licensed restaurant at 12 George Hudson Street in York, after members and creditors resolved to wind up the business on 30 June 2026.
A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is an insolvent winding-up resolved by the company's members at the directors' request, without a court order. It is the most common route into corporate insolvency in the UK by volume.
The company
The legal entity behind the restaurant is York Haizhonglao Ltd, incorporated on 29 June 2020 and registered at 1st Floor, Fairclough House, Church Street, Chorley, Lancashire. Its principal trading address was 12 George Hudson Street, York, YO1 6LP. Companies House records the business under SIC code 56101, covering licensed restaurants. The company's last accounts were made up to 30 June 2025 and filed as micro-entity accounts.
The liquidators
Baxter holds IP number 31870 and Burton holds IP number 14430. Both are licensed insolvency practitioners at Anderson Brookes Insolvency Practitioners Limited, based at the same Chorley address as the company's registered office. The appointment was authorised on 1 July 2026. Creditors or other interested parties can contact Emmie Clarke at Anderson Brookes on 01204 255 051 or at emmie.clarke@andersonbrookes.co.uk.
The directors
Wenlin Chen is the current director of York Haizhonglao Ltd, appointed on 10 November 2022. Chen also served as both director and company secretary from incorporation on 29 June 2020, with both roles ending on 1 December 2020. Kheng Chooi Koay was a director from 25 November 2021 until resigning on 15 December 2023. Man Wai Leung held a directorship from 1 December 2020 until 12 November 2021.
Secured charges
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
Creditors who have not yet submitted a claim should contact the joint liquidators at Anderson Brookes directly. The official notice of appointment was published in the London Gazette on 2 July 2026.
Common questions
Are you owed money by York Haizhonglao 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 York Haizhonglao 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 York Haizhonglao 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 York Haizhonglao 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 12704282
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