Company voluntary arrangement · 3 May 2023

E.H. Allingham (Construction)

Main contractor · London · Greater London

What happened

E.H. ALLINGHAM (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED (company number 04323789), incorporated in 2001, entered company voluntary arrangement on 3 May 2023. Its status at Companies House is now: liquidation.

The company agrees a deal with its creditors to repay some or all of its debts over time while it keeps trading.

Previously known as: MINORRAPID LIMITED.

Timeline

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

30 September 2021
Last accounts filed were made up to this date
20 months later
3 May 2023
Company voluntary arrangement started
7 months later
20 December 2023
Creditors' voluntary liquidation started (shareholders resolved to wind up)
21 December 2023
Company voluntary arrangement ended

AccountsPayment reportInsolvency

Before it failed

Key figures

Turnover in its last accounts, year to Sept 2021: £22.4m; Accounts at Companies House
Profit before tax, year to Sept 2021: £132k; Accounts at Companies House
Staff, year to Sept 2021: 40; Accounts at Companies House
Net assets, year to Sept 2021: £1.6m; Accounts at Companies House
Owed to unsecured creditors (estimated), as at 11 December 2023: £6.8m; of which trade creditors £2.1m. HMRC owed £1.0m. a further £495k owed to its lenders. Expected return to unsecured creditors: none expected; Statement of affairs (liquidation)

The last accounts filed were full accounts made up to 30 September 2021, 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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