SKILLCRAFT PRODUCTS LTD
SKILLCRAFT PRODUCTS LTD, an engineering business based in Wednesbury, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation under the Insolvency Act 1986, s.100 and s.109. The Gazette notice, reference 5152204, records that the process was approved by members and creditors, with John Pearson of Irwin Insolvency appointed liquidator on 10 Jun 2026.
What the data was telling us
Readings from The Gazette and Companies House, in the firm's final two years.
Lessons behind the liquidation
The company is in creditors' voluntary liquidation, which means the process moved through a formal member and creditor decision rather than an abrupt insolvency event. That often gives the record a clearer chronology, with the Gazette notice, appointment and statutory basis all set out in public view.
The facts show accounts last filed on 28 Oct 2025 and a confirmation statement filed, which indicates the company was still maintaining its basic statutory record before the insolvency. For stakeholders, that kind of filing trail can help distinguish a business that was still being reported on from one that had already stopped engaging with the register.
There is one registered charge, held by Bibby Financial Services Limited and still outstanding, which points to external finance being part of the company structure. The director record also shows three active directors, an average tenure of 6.5 yrs and no resignations in the final 12 mths, suggesting continuity in the board right up to the insolvency.
This resembles a managed mid-life company insolvency, where a trading business with an established filing and director history moves into liquidation with finance still visible on the register.
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 SKILLCRAFT PRODUCTS LTD.