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Company Liquidations

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 78997

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the practice of voluntary liquidation by companies with (a) liabilities and (b) outstanding contractual obligations that begin operations under another name.

Answered by Blair McDougall

My Department has not made these assessments. However, liquidators of an insolvent company are required to report on the conduct of its directors to the Insolvency Service, who will consider investigating potential misconduct and seek to disqualify the directors if appropriate.

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