Case Studies/Hospitality/THE BRASSERIE PETTS WOOD LTD
Creditors' voluntary liquidation

THE BRASSERIE PETTS WOOD LTD

Incorporated on 26 June 2015, The Brasserie Petts Wood Ltd operated within the hospitality sector from its Brighton location. On 10 October 2025, the company entered a creditors voluntary liquidation under the Insolvency Act 1986, following the appointment of liquidators on 7 October 2025.

Key facts
Company no.09659748
SectorHospitality
Incorporated26 Jun 2015
Reg. officeBrighton BN1
Appointed10 Oct 2025
Office holderKirren Keegan, Bailey Ahmad
The timeline · incorporation → liquidation
26 Jun 2015
Incorporated
Registered as 09659748. Hospitality.
11 Oct 2016
First accounts filed
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31 May 2024
Latest accounts filed
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10 Oct 2025
Liquidator appointed
Creditors' voluntary liquidation.
10 Oct 2025
Gazette notice published
Notice 4978183 in The Gazette.
14 Oct 2025
Statement of affairs
Sworn statement of assets and liabilities.
27 Oct 2025
Disclaimer notice
Liquidator's notice disclaiming onerous property.

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 4978184
EditionThe Gazette
Appointed byMembers & creditors
UnderInsolvency Act 1986, s.100 & s.109
Ownership & controlPSC register
Beneficial ownerMr Dasos Charalambous
ControlOwnership of shares 75 to 100%
Owner typeIndividual
Controllers1 on record
Filing trajectoryLate filing
Incorporated26 Jun 2015
Last accounts31 May 2024
Confirmation stmtFiled
Account typeFull
Director stabilityBoard churn
Appointments1 since 2015
Resignations0 in final 12 mths
Active directors1
Avg tenure10.3 yrs
Director track recordRepeat insolvency
Other appointments4 other companies
Prior insolvencies2 dissolved or insolvent
DisqualificationsNone found
Practitioner appointedPractitioner
PractitionerKirren Keegan
FirmBailey Ahmad
RoleLiquidator
IP numberIP 27012
Appointed7 Oct 2025
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Lessons behind the liquidation

01
Stability in Governance

The company maintained a single director with a tenure of 10.3 years. Consistent leadership is essential for long term stability, yet it does not guarantee protection against market pressures.

02
Monitoring Multiple Interests

The director held appointments across 4 other companies. Maintaining multiple interests requires careful resource allocation to ensure that individual business units remain solvent.

03
The Role of Prior Experience

The record indicates 2 prior instances of dissolution or insolvency for the director. Past experience in winding up entities provides a practical, if challenging, perspective on the insolvency process.

Pattern context

This liquidation reflects a pattern where a long standing hospitality entity reaches the end of its operational life cycle despite a singular, stable management structure.

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 THE BRASSERIE PETTS WOOD LTD.