Case Studies/Motor trade/THINK CAR SOLUTION LTD
Compulsory liquidation

THINK CAR SOLUTION LTD

Think Car Solution Ltd, a Bury motor trade company incorporated on 16 Jan 2023, has entered compulsory liquidation under Insolvency Act 1986, s.122. The Gazette records the appointment by the court in Notice 5143044, with the company first failing on 28 May 2026.

Key facts
Company no.14596373
SectorMotor trade
Incorporated16 Jan 2023
Reg. officeBury BL9
Appointed28 May 2026
The timeline · incorporation → liquidation
16 Jan 2023
Incorporated
Registered as 14596373. Motor trade.
17 Apr 2024
Board changes begin
First of the director resignations before failure.
15 Nov 2024
First accounts filed
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
28 May 2026
Wound up by the court
Compulsory liquidation.
28 May 2026
Gazette notice published
Notice 5143044 in The Gazette.

What the data was telling us

Readings from The Gazette and Companies House, in the firm's final two years.

Insolvency statusCompulsory
StatusCompulsory liquidation
Gazette refNotice 5143044
EditionThe Gazette
Appointed byThe court
UnderInsolvency Act 1986, s.122
Filing trajectoryLate filing
Incorporated16 Jan 2023
Last accounts15 Nov 2024
Confirmation stmtOverdue
Account typeMicro-entity
Director stabilityBoard churn
Appointments3 since 2023
Resignations0 in final 12 mths
Active directors1
Avg tenure1.6 yrs

Lessons behind the liquidation

01
Court-led insolvency is a formal end point

This case was not a voluntary wind down, but a compulsory liquidation appointed by the court. That matters because it shows the company had reached a point where insolvency was dealt with through the public process set out in the Gazette.

02
Filing discipline is part of financial control

The company’s last accounts were filed on 15 Nov 2024, and its confirmation statement was overdue. For a micro-entity, keeping statutory filings current is a basic sign of administrative control, and gaps in that record often sit alongside wider distress.

03
A short trading history leaves little room for recovery

Think Car Solution was incorporated on 16 Jan 2023 and first failed on 28 May 2026, which gives the company a relatively brief operating span before insolvency. The record shows three director appointments since 2023 and one active director, a pattern that suggests a small management structure around a compact business.

Pattern context

This resembles the common small-company insolvency pattern of a brief trading life, overdue compliance and a court-supervised liquidation rather than an orderly exit.

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 THINK CAR SOLUTION LTD.