Case Studies/Media/DEEP PLANET LIMITED
Creditors' voluntary liquidation

DEEP PLANET LIMITED

Deep Planet Limited, a Cardiff media company incorporated on 3 May 2018, entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation under the Insolvency Act 1986, sections 100 and 109. The Gazette notice, reference 5142246, records that the company was placed into liquidation by members and creditors, with Menzies appointed on 20 May 2026 as liquidator.

Key facts
Company no.11345043
SectorMedia
Incorporated3 May 2018
Reg. officeCardiff CF10
Appointed28 May 2026
Office holderBethan Louise Evans, Menzies
The timeline · incorporation → liquidation
3 May 2018
Incorporated
Registered as 11345043. Media.
10 Jun 2018
Board changes begin
First of the director resignations before failure.
2 Apr 2020
First accounts filed
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
17 Jun 2022
Charge registered
A registered charge granted to Rocking Horse Solutions UK Limited.
30 Jun 2025
Latest accounts filed
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
28 May 2026
Liquidator appointed
Creditors' voluntary liquidation.
28 May 2026
Gazette notice published
Notice 5142246 in The Gazette.
2 Jun 2026
Statement of affairs
Sworn statement of assets and liabilities.

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 5142246
EditionThe Gazette
Appointed byMembers & creditors
UnderInsolvency Act 1986, s.100 & s.109
Filing trajectoryLate filing
Incorporated3 May 2018
Last accounts30 Jun 2025
Confirmation stmtFiled
Account typeMicro-entity
Director stabilityBoard churn
Appointments6 since 2018
Resignations0 in final 12 mths
Active directors2
Avg tenure3.6 yrs
Charges & secured creditorsFloating charge
Charges1 registered
InstrumentA registered charge
HolderRocking Horse Solutions UK Limited
Registered17 Jun 2022
Statusfully-satisfied
Practitioner appointedPractitioner
PractitionerBethan Louise Evans
FirmMenzies
RoleLiquidator
IP numberIP 13130
Appointed20 May 2026
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Practitioner appointedPractitioner
PractitionerJohn Dean Cullen
FirmMenzies
RoleLiquidator
IP numberIP 9214
Appointed20 May 2026
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Lessons behind the liquidation

01
Liquidation can follow orderly records

Deep Planet filed micro entity accounts, most recently to 30 Jun 2025, and its confirmation statement was filed. Even so, the company still entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation, which shows that up to date filings are a marker of administration, not a guarantee of trading resilience.

02
A charge can be cleared and insolvency still follows

The company had one registered charge, held by Rocking Horse Solutions UK Limited, and the record shows it as fully satisfied. That tells a familiar story in insolvency work, where settled security does not necessarily mean the wider business has remained sufficiently robust.

03
Stable leadership does not remove financial pressure

The record shows six appointments since 2018, zero resignations in the final 12 months, and two active directors, with an average tenure of 3.6 yrs. That relative continuity suggests the insolvency was not driven by abrupt board turnover, but by pressures that can build even where governance remains stable.

Pattern context

This resembles a measured, formal insolvency pattern, where the company’s public record looks orderly before liquidation, but the underlying trading position has still become unsustainable.

Indicative basis · modelled across LIQUI's corpus, indicative, not predictive
The full forensic report

Every charge, every filing, every appointment, in one dossier.

Director histories across related entities, the full debenture instrument, creditor estimates, and the practitioner's record on comparable cases for DEEP PLANET LIMITED.