Case Studies/Mining/DUDMAN GROUP TRADING LIMITED
Creditors' voluntary liquidation

DUDMAN GROUP TRADING LIMITED

DUDMAN GROUP TRADING LIMITED, of Milton Keynes, was placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation under the Insolvency Act 1986, s.100 and s.109. The Gazette recorded the appointment as having been made by members and creditors in Notice 5142257, with FTS Recovery appointed as liquidator on 20 May 2026.

Key facts
Company no.08708678
SectorMining
Incorporated27 Sep 2013
Reg. officeMilton Keynes MK5
Appointed28 May 2026
Office holderMarco Piacquadio, FTS Recovery
The timeline · incorporation → liquidation
27 Sep 2013
Incorporated
Registered as 08708678. Mining.
25 Nov 2013
First accounts filed
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
29 Jan 2014
Charge registered
A registered charge granted to Leumi Abl Limited.
17 Feb 2025
Charge registered
A registered charge granted to Cynergy Business Finance Limited.
5 Feb 2026
Latest accounts filed
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
28 May 2026
Liquidator appointed
Creditors' voluntary liquidation.
28 May 2026
Gazette notice published
Notice 5142229 in The Gazette.
3 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 5142257
EditionThe Gazette
Appointed byMembers & creditors
UnderInsolvency Act 1986, s.100 & s.109
Financial positionAs at 2026-05-06
Deficiency to creditors£4,614,850
Estimated assets£201,611
Total liabilities£5,181,171
Secured creditors£364,710
Unsecured creditors£3,043,774
Filing trajectoryLate filing
Incorporated27 Sep 2013
Last accounts5 Feb 2026
Confirmation stmtFiled
Account typeAccounts
Director stabilityBoard churn
Appointments1 since 2013
Resignations0 in final 12 mths
Active directors1
Avg tenure12.7 yrs
Charges & secured creditorsFloating charge
Charges2 registered
InstrumentA registered charge
HolderCynergy Business Finance Limited
Registered17 Feb 2025
Statusoutstanding
Practitioner appointedPractitioner
PractitionerMarco Piacquadio
FirmFTS Recovery
RoleLiquidator
IP numberIP 19910
Appointed20 May 2026
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Practitioner appointedPractitioner
PractitionerKenneth Touhey
FirmInsolvency and
RoleLiquidator
IP numberIP 8369
Appointed20 May 2026
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Lessons behind the liquidation

01
Liquidation followed a formal member and creditor process

The company entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation, rather than an administration or compulsory route. That means the public record frames the insolvency as a structured winding-up overseen through the insolvency regime, with a liquidator appointed to handle the process.

02
Secured lending remained on the register

Two charges were registered to Cynergy Business Finance Limited, and the record shows them as outstanding. For creditors, that is a reminder that the position of secured finance needs to be read alongside the wider solvency picture, especially when a company later enters liquidation.

03
Continuity did not prevent insolvency

The company was incorporated on 27 Sep 2013, had one active director, and the record shows one appointment since 2013 with no resignations in the final 12 months. Stable leadership can help with continuity, but the register shows that continuity on its own is not a guarantee against a move into liquidation.

Pattern context

This resembles a relatively orderly insolvency pattern, where a long-established company with registered secured borrowing moved into members and creditors’ voluntary liquidation rather than a sudden court-led collapse.

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 DUDMAN GROUP TRADING LIMITED.