Company has changed its name,

brocks22

Hi all
quick query , a travel company has changed its name, they owe me money from a refund they have not honoured, can I still go small claims court, I’ve found new company name.
any info be appreciated.
TVM

elsien

Limited company? 

brocks22

No idea, to be honest, it’s Global Hoppers, now called inclusive Trips I think.
thank you for reply.
Brocks22

elsien

If it’s the one registered on companies house, it’s gone into liquidation. Directors are normally not personally liable, from my limited understanding. 

Look on Companies house and if you think it’s the same Global Hoppers as yours, try contacting the liquidator? 

CKhalvashi

Has the company number remained the same?

This will be essential to determine what your best course of action is.

superbigal

The sole previous director Himayat Ali still appears to now be running this travel company
https://www.exclusivetrips.co.uk/contact-us/

Looks like your company went down the Pan voluntarily owing a 6 figure sum.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08478988/filing-history

TBagpuss

elsien said:

If it’s the one registered on companies house, it’s gone into liquidation. Directors are normally not personally liable, from my limited understanding. 

Look on Companies house and if you think it’s the same Global Hoppers as yours, try contacting the liquidator? 

As I understnad it the directors can be personally liable if they were 'wrongfully trading' , which as I understand it means trading while they knew that there was no reasonable prospect of the company avoiding insolvent liquidation, and they caused additional loss to the company and its creditors, but otherwise they aren't (that being the 'limited' element of a limited company - it is liability which is limited!  And I think that proving they were wrongfully trading would be tricky. I think it is one of the things a liquidator checks for as it's a criminal offence as well as opening the directors up to personl liability.