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Is Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd in creditors' voluntary liquidation?

Last verified 27 May 2026
In Creditors' Voluntary LiquidationYes, Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd (company number 10638180) entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 19 December 2025, by its creditors. Miles Needham of null was appointed as liquidator.

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Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd is now in creditors' voluntary liquidation. Below are the key dates, the directors, the public-record timeline that led here, and what the liquidation means if you are a creditor, employee, customer or supplier.

Company at a glance

StatusIn Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation
Company number10638180
Incorporated24 February 2017 (9 years old)
Registered officeFrp Advisory Trading Ltd 2nd Floor Chruchill House 26-30, Upper Marlborough Road, St. Albans, AL1 3UU
Nature of business (SIC)43220: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (Construction)
Date entered creditors' voluntary liquidation19 December 2025
LiquidatorMiles Needham, null (licensed insolvency practitioner)
Public registerView filing history ↗

About the business

Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd is a construction business based in St Albans, incorporated in 2017 and 8 years old when the liquidator was appointed. Its registered activity is plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (SIC 43220). There have been 2 director appointments since incorporation, of which 1 was on the board when the liquidator was appointed, alongside 1 person with significant control.

Directors

2 people have been appointed as directors of Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd.

DirectorStatusResigned
Steven John BrookesActive
Sarah Anne BrookesResigned6 Apr 2020

A director resignation shortly before an insolvency is a matter of public record; it does not by itself imply wrongdoing.

Persons with significant control

Individuals or entities with significant influence or control.

2 ceased controls
  • Mrs Sarah Anne Brookes · ceased 23 Feb 2019
  • Mr Joel James Brookes · ceased 6 Apr 2020

What happened

EventDateType
Return of final meeting in a creditors' voluntary winding up1 July 2026LIQ14
Appointment of a voluntary liquidator8 January 2026600
Resolutions8 January 2026RESOLUTIONS
Statement of affairs8 January 2026LIQ02
Registered office address changed8 January 2026AD01
35 earlier events · 2018 to 2025
Creditors' voluntary liquidationStatus19 December 2025
Total exemption full accounts made up29 August 2025AA
Previous accounting period shortened22 August 2025AA01
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued9 April 2025DISS40
Confirmation statement made with no updates8 April 2025CS01
Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended12 November 2024DISS16(SOAS)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off22 October 2024GAZ1
Total exemption full accounts made up5 August 2024AA
Confirmation statement made with no updates30 August 2023CS01
Total exemption full accounts made up16 May 2023AA
Total exemption full accounts made up24 August 2022AA
Confirmation statement made with no updates24 August 2022CS01
Previous accounting period shortened24 May 2022AA01
Second filing of Confirmation Statement dated28 January 2022RP04CS01
Total exemption full accounts made up27 August 2021AA
Confirmation statement made with no updates27 August 2021CS01
Change of details as a person with significant control15 August 2021PSC04
Registered office address changed15 August 2021AD01
Director's details changed15 August 2021CH01
Registered office address changed26 July 2021AD01
Previous accounting period shortened28 May 2021AA01
Filing · CS0131 July 2020CS01
Termination of appointment as a director29 July 2020TM01
Change of details as a person with significant control29 July 2020PSC04
Cessation as a person with significant control29 July 2020PSC07
Confirmation statement made with updates29 July 2020CS01
Total exemption full accounts made up29 May 2020AA
Confirmation statement made with no updates24 March 2020CS01
Previous accounting period extended28 November 2019AA01
Change of details as a person with significant control15 March 2019PSC04
Notification as a person with significant control15 March 2019PSC01
Cessation as a person with significant control15 March 2019PSC07
Confirmation statement made with updates15 March 2019CS01
Total exemption full accounts made up23 November 2018AA
Confirmation statement made with no updates5 March 2018CS01
Incorporation24 February 2017NEWINC

What this means for you

If you are a creditor

Submit your proof of debt to the liquidator. Once liquidation begins, no creditor can start or continue legal action without the court's permission. Unsecured creditors rank after secured and preferential creditors and are usually paid last, often only a portion.

Owed money by a company in liquidation

If you are an employee

Employees are preferential creditors for certain unpaid wages and holiday pay, and may be able to claim from the Redundancy Payments Service if roles are made redundant.

Employee rights and redundancy pay

If you are a customer

Deposits paid are usually unsecured claims. Contracts may be terminated by the liquidator. Contact the liquidator about outstanding work or refunds.

What customers can recover

If you are a supplier

Goods supplied before the liquidation began are an unsecured claim. Check whether any retention-of-title clause lets you identify and recover specific goods.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd in creditors' voluntary liquidation?
Yes. Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd (company number 10638180) entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 19 December 2025, by its creditors. Miles Needham of null was appointed as liquidator.
Who is the liquidator of Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd?
Miles Needham, a licensed insolvency practitioner at null, was appointed liquidator of Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd on 19 December 2025. Creditors can contact the liquidator directly to submit a claim.
What does Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd do?
Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd's registered nature of business is plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (SIC 43220). It is classified in the construction sector.
Where is Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd based?
Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd's registered office is Frp Advisory Trading Ltd 2nd Floor Chruchill House 26-30, Upper Marlborough Road, St. Albans, AL1 3UU. The registered office is the address held on the public register, which is not always the trading address.
When was Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd founded?
Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd was incorporated on 24 February 2017, 8 years before the liquidator was appointed.
What is Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd's company number?
Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd's registered company number is 10638180.
Who has significant control of Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd?
1 active person with significant control over Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd is on the register: Mr Steven John Brookes.
What does liquidation mean for creditors of Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd?
Liquidation is the formal wind-up of a company. Once it begins, the liquidator collects assets, settles claims in statutory order (secured, preferential, then unsecured) and distributes whatever remains. Unsecured creditors often recover only a portion of what they are owed, and sometimes nothing.
How long does liquidation take?
Most liquidations run for 12 to 24 months, longer where the company has complex assets, litigation, or ongoing trading. Annual progress reports are filed by the liquidator until the company is dissolved at the end of the process.
Will creditors get paid in Hotline Plumbing & Heating Ltd's liquidation?
Secured creditors are paid from the assets they hold a charge over. Preferential creditors (employee wages up to limits, pension contributions, HMRC for certain taxes) come next. Unsecured creditors share whatever remains, which may be nothing. The Statement of Affairs, when filed, sets out the liquidator's estimate at the point of appointment.

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