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Dec 2024
Harrogate interior firm in liquidation owes over £470,000
A list of creditors owed money by a Harrogate interior firm has been published.
Houz of Harrogate Ltd, trading as House of Harrogate, went into voluntary liquidation on November 5.
The company, which provides kitchen, bathroom and bedroom design services, moved from its Cheltenham Mount showroom to a unit on Saltergate Business Park in October.
A statement of affairs, which includes a list of creditors owed money by Houz of Harrogate Ltd, was published by liquidator Begbies Traynor on the Companies House website last week.
It reveals the company owes £474,967.30 to 40 creditors.
They include Barclaycard, which is owed £28,433, HMRC, which is owed £59,989.36 and NatWest, which is owed £46,509.01.
Stark Building Materials UK Ltd, trading as Jewson, is owed £3,394. It owes Compusoft £12,341, and a Spanish firm called Quare £6,906.
Wild Accountancy, which is based in Harrogate’s Windsor House, is owed £2,675, and Oakwood Door Design Ltd in County Antrim is owed £9,711.
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The document also lists Mr Edwards' £110,000 director's loan as a non-preferential creditor.
A man named Neal Edwards is owed £70,000, which appears to be listed as a family loan.
Overall liabilities are put at £543,531.11.
Mark Edwards and Caroline Edwards are listed as company directors on the Companies House website.
House of Harrogate Ltd – still trading under the House of Harrogate name – was registered as a separate company on Companies House in August.
A source told the Stray Ferret they were owed a significant sum of money by Mr Edwards’ company. When we put this to him last month, Mr Edwards said he had agreed to pay creditors back “on a gentleman’s handshake” once the company was back on its feet.
He added the firm was “owed money by quite a few people” and he "did everything by the book".
'Everything is the same'
The Stray Ferret approached Mr Edwards for further comment following the publication of the statement of affairs.
We also asked him if he stood by his pledge to repay creditors.
Mr Edwards said:
Everything is the same we are setting up the business to be more streamlined to make it more profitable.
We have re-located out of town due to the cost increase of rent and rates.
We have agreed with everyone that has contacted us that we will be repaying our old customers once back on our feet.
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