Creditors Voluntary Liquidation (CVL)

If a business is insolvent and does not have enough money to pay all of its debts, sometimes the only appropriate course of action is for a company liquidation.  A Creditors Voluntary Liquidation is the most common way for directors and shareholders to deal voluntarily with their company's insolvency.  In such circumstances, FA Simms can act as company liquidator and assist directors in meeting their obligations.

A Creditors Voluntary Liquidation is appropriate when:

  • The company is insolvent

  • The company does not appear to be viable even if restructured

  • The directors don’t feel they have the determination needed to rescue the company

The directors agree to convene meetings of shareholders and creditors in order to resolve to place the company into liquidation. It is normal for the company to then cease trading, with the company's employees being dismissed.

Once appointed by members and then creditors, the liquidator has three main duties:

i.To realise the company's assets;
ii.To agree the claims of the company's creditors;
iii.To investigate the company's affairs and the directors conduct.

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