Case Studies/Hospitality/BRUNO CATERING LIMITED
Creditors' voluntary liquidation

BRUNO CATERING LIMITED

Bruno Catering Limited, based in Walsall and incorporated on 8 February 2025, has entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation under the Insolvency Act 1986, sections 100 and 109. The Gazette record shows the process as a members and creditors appointment, with Sale Smith named as liquidator.

Key facts
Company no.16238210
SectorHospitality
Incorporated8 Feb 2025
Reg. officeWalsall WS2
Appointed28 May 2026
Office holderEileen T F Sale, Sale Smith
The timeline · incorporation → liquidation
8 Feb 2025
Incorporated
Registered as 16238210. Hospitality.
28 May 2026
Liquidator appointed
Creditors' voluntary liquidation.
28 May 2026
Gazette notice published
Notice 5142248 in The Gazette.

What the data was telling us

Readings from The Gazette and Companies House, in the firm's final two years.

Insolvency statusCVL
StatusCreditors' voluntary liquidation
Gazette refNotice 5142269
EditionThe Gazette
Appointed byMembers & creditors
UnderInsolvency Act 1986, s.100 & s.109
Filing trajectoryLate filing
Incorporated8 Feb 2025
Last accountsNone filed
Confirmation stmtOverdue
Director stabilityBoard churn
Appointments1 since 2025
Resignations0 in final 12 mths
Active directors1
Avg tenure1.3 yrs
Practitioner appointedPractitioner
PractitionerEileen T F Sale
FirmSale Smith
RoleLiquidator
IP numberIP 8738
AppointedUnknown

Lessons behind the liquidation

01
A short trading window can leave little public record

The company was incorporated on 8 February 2025 and first failure was recorded on 28 May 2026. That leaves a brief period in which the public filing trail could develop, and the record shows no last accounts filed.

02
Filing discipline matters even before insolvency

The confirmation statement was overdue at the point captured in the record, alongside no filed accounts. For stakeholders, overdue routine filings can make it harder to follow a company’s position as it moves towards insolvency.

03
CVL is a formal handover to creditors

The Gazette states that the company is in creditors’ voluntary liquidation, under sections 100 and 109 of the Insolvency Act 1986, with members and creditors involved in the appointment process. That tells readers the case is now being managed through the statutory liquidation route, rather than through continued trading.

Pattern context

This resembles the common pattern of a newly incorporated hospitality company reaching formal insolvency quickly, with sparse filing history and a switch to the liquidation process before a longer operating record had formed.

Indicative basis · modelled across LIQUI's corpus, indicative, not predictive
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