An active proposal to strike off means a live process is running to remove your company from the Companies House register. The company still exists and can still be saved in the moment, but a [...]
A CVL does write off HMRC debt, but not on the day the liquidator is appointed and not in the way most directors expect. The unpaid balance disappears when the company is dissolved, and only [...]
By Steven Wiseglass, Licensed Insolvency Practitioner | 19th August 2026 | Corporate Recovery & Insolvency If a creditor has threatened to wind up your company, your options depend entirely on how quickly you act. The [...]
By Steven Wiseglass, Licensed Insolvency Practitioner at Inquesta. IPA regulated, Fellow of R3, 20+ years' experience advising directors and creditors on company closure and recovery. A first gazette notice means Companies House intends to remove [...]
By Steven Wiseglass | Corporate Recovery & Insolvency expert | Licensed Insolvency Practitioner | Founder & Director Inquesta First published July 2026. One of the very first questions directors will ask when considering liquidation is [...]
By Steven Wiseglass, Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, Director and Founder of Inquesta. HMRC doesn't wait. When a company is having difficulty paying HMRC, falling behind on VAT, PAYE or Corporation Tax, the letters start, then the calls, [...]
Received notice of a creditors meeting and worried about what happens next? The very first thing you need to know is that, despite the name, a creditors meeting isn't actually a meeting — or at [...]
Reading Football Club has been hit with a winding-up petition by former chief executive Nigel Howe, according to reports from The Telegraph. The Reading FC winding up petition, which seeks to force the League [...]
After months of speculation that had both markets and nerves shaking, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her second Budget on November 26th, 2025. While the government frames this as a budget that “backs British business,” the [...]
When creditor phone calls are mounting and cash flow has dried up, the writing is on the wall — your company is heading for insolvency. But what if there was a way you could salvage [...]