Creditors' voluntary liquidation · 29 July 2013

Centechnology (UK)

Main contractor · Doncaster · East Midlands

What happened

CENTECHNOLOGY (UK) LTD (company number 03254505), incorporated in 1996, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 29 July 2013. Its status at Companies House is now: liquidation.

The directors and shareholders decide to close an insolvent company. A liquidator sells its assets and shares the proceeds among creditors.

Previously known as: RJB CENTECHNOLOGY (UK) LIMITED, CENTECHNOLOGY (U.K.) LIMITED, GRASPENGAGE LIMITED.

Timeline

The last accounts and payment report before the failure, then what happened, with the time between each.

31 December 2011
Last accounts filed were made up to this date
19 months later
29 July 2013
Creditors' voluntary liquidation started (shareholders resolved to wind up)
8 years later
2 January 2021
Company dissolved

AccountsPayment reportInsolvency

Before it failed

Key figures

Turnover in its last accounts, year to Dec 2011: £9.7m; Accounts at Companies House
Profit before tax, year to Dec 2011: £48k; Accounts at Companies House
Staff, year to Dec 2011: 113; Accounts at Companies House
Net assets, year to Dec 2011: £1.5m; Accounts at Companies House
Owed to unsecured creditors (estimated), as at 29 July 2013: £6.7m; staff owed £190k; Statement of affairs (liquidation) (mostly £5.8m of group VAT owed to HMRC)

The last accounts filed were full accounts made up to 31 December 2011, 19 months before it failed.

The full filing history, including any late filings, charges and director changes, is on Companies House.

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