North Yorkshire construction firm in liquidation with debts approaching £750,000

North Yorkshire construction company BCG North Ltd is in liquidation with debts approaching £750,000.

BCG North Ltd was involved in the construction of commercial buildings <i>(Image: PA)</i>

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A North Yorkshire construction company is in liquidation with debts approaching £750,000.

BCG North Ltd of Brookfield, Oxmoor Lane, Biggin, near Sherburn-in-Elmet, was incorporated in September 2022 and entered a creditors' voluntary liquidation on September 15.

Companies House records the sole director as Colin Stuart Gebbie.

BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP of Clifton Moor, York, was appointed liquidator.

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A liquidator’s report, known as a statement of affairs, outlines the financial situation for the company which made commercial buildings.

The report said the four-year-old business had estimated realisable assets of £65,510.72.

There were no preferential creditors — those who are paid first.

HMRC was a secondary preferential creditor — those who are paid next — and it was owed £202,246.34, leaving a deficit of £136,735.62.

In addition, there were unsecured creditors, who were owed £609,655.83 overall.

The statement of affairs lists them as a “deficiency brought down” of £15,286.24.

There were trade and expense creditors owed £55,503.48.

ERG Energy was owed £382,569.84.

A director’s loan account (C Gebbie) was owed £64,000.

An associated company (BCG Northern Ltd) was owed £49,338.28.

Funding Circle Ltd was owed £42,957.94 as a loan.

This gave an estimated deficiency with regard to creditors of £746,391.45.

With the business having issued and called up capital of £100, this gave a deficiency of £746,391.45.