Creditors' voluntary liquidation · 31 July 2025

J Ffrench

Main contractor · Sandy · East Anglia

What happened

J FFRENCH LIMITED (company number 04219729), incorporated in 2001, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 31 July 2025. 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: J FFRENCH PLANT HIRE LTD.

Timeline

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

31 March 2022
Last accounts filed were made up to this date
3 years later
31 July 2025
Creditors' voluntary liquidation started (shareholders resolved to wind up)

AccountsPayment reportInsolvency

Before it failed

Key figures

Turnover in its last accounts, year to Mar 2022: £15.4m; Accounts at Companies House
Loss before tax, year to Mar 2022: £1.2m; Accounts at Companies House
Staff, year to Mar 2022: 28; Accounts at Companies House
Net assets, year to Mar 2022: £2.3m; Accounts at Companies House
Owed to suppliers and subcontractors (estimated), as at 21 July 2025: £196k; a further £20k owed to its lenders. Expected return to unsecured creditors: none expected; Statement of affairs (liquidation) (trade creditors)

The last accounts filed were full accounts made up to 31 March 2022, 40 months before it failed. Private companies have nine months after their year end to file, so a gap of more than 21 months usually means the next accounts were overdue, one of the warning signs worth checking for.

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

Lessons learned report

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