Case Studies/Engineering/SPECFAB WELDING LIMITED
Creditors' voluntary liquidation

SPECFAB WELDING LIMITED

SPECFAB WELDING LIMITED, a Wilmslow engineering company incorporated on 9 Dec 2014, entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation under the Insolvency Act 1986, s.100 and s.109. The Gazette notice, Notice 5142960, records that the process was put forward by members and creditors, with NTF Corporate appointed as liquidator on 20 May 2026.

Key facts
Company no.09347480
SectorEngineering
Incorporated9 Dec 2014
Reg. officeWilmslow SK9
Appointed28 May 2026
Office holderNick Morgan, NTF Corporate
The timeline · incorporation → liquidation
9 Dec 2014
Incorporated
Registered as 09347480. Engineering.
31 Jul 2015
Board changes begin
First of the director resignations before failure.
29 Jun 2016
First accounts filed
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6 Oct 2025
Latest accounts filed
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28 May 2026
Liquidator appointed
Creditors' voluntary liquidation.
28 May 2026
Gazette notice published
Notice 5142960 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 5142960
EditionThe Gazette
Appointed byMembers & creditors
UnderInsolvency Act 1986, s.100 & s.109
Filing trajectoryLate filing
Incorporated9 Dec 2014
Last accounts6 Oct 2025
Confirmation stmtOverdue
Account typeFull
Director stabilityBoard churn
Appointments1 since 2014
Resignations0 in final 12 mths
Active directors1
Avg tenure11.4 yrs
Practitioner appointedPractitioner
PractitionerNick Morgan
FirmNTF Corporate
RoleLiquidator
IP numberIP 9078
Appointed20 May 2026

Lessons behind the liquidation

01
Keep filing discipline intact

The company’s confirmation statement was overdue, while its last accounts were filed on 6 Oct 2025. Public-record timing matters, because late or missing filings can narrow the picture just as stakeholders need clarity most.

02
Read the liquidation route carefully

This was a creditors’ voluntary liquidation, not an informal wind-down. The Gazette record shows it fell within the framework of the Insolvency Act 1986, s.100 and s.109, with members and creditors involved in the appointment process.

03
Stable directorship does not remove insolvency risk

The record shows one director appointment since incorporation, no resignations in the final 12 months, and an average tenure of 11.4 yrs. Even where control appears steady, the insolvency process can still arrive if the company cannot continue on a compliant footing.

Pattern context

This looks like a common small-company insolvency pattern, where a long-standing director structure and continued trading records are overtaken by filing slippage and a formal move into creditors’ liquidation.

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

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