Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation

Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation

What is a Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation or CVL?

After seeking the appropriate advice, when the owners or Directors want to close down an insolvent company, the procedure is known as a Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation or CVL.

When a company can no longer pay its debts as they are demanded, its directors are under an obligation to take all possible steps to minimise the losses suffered by its creditors which in most cases means closing down the business and putting the company into liquidation. Otherwise they run the risk of prosecution for wrongful trading.

Cash flow problems or liquidation?

So once it is clear that the situation is not just a short term cash flow problem, which can be rectified by securing new borrowing facilities, introducing new capital or by earning sufficient future profits, the directors must act swiftly to commence the procedure for a Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation (CVL).

This will lead to the appointment by the shareholders and creditors of a liquidator who will sell the assets and distribute funds left after costs in accordance with the order of priority laid down by insolvency legislation. Although the choice of the liquidator lies with the creditors, it is the directors who nominate a licensed insolvency practitioner to assist with starting the CVL process and who is likely to become the liquidator in due course.

Advice on Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation

For more information on Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation, we offer an initial free consultation to review the situation and make recommendations on the best way forward. If we think that Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation is the best route forward, our specialists can support the business at every step of the way through the process.

Contact our Head Office on +44 (0) 20 3326 6454 to arrange a no obligation and confidential call with one of our Partners.