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Meandros Ship Stores Limited

№ 00292187SIC 68209Real estateIncorporated 18 Sept 1934
In liquidation
Liquidation

Meandros Ship Stores Limited entered members' voluntary liquidation (MVL) on 16 Oct 2026

Meandros Ship Stores Limited (company number 00292187) is a real estate business registered in London, London, incorporated on 18 Sept 1934. Moore Recovery Limited was appointed as liquidator. The record below is built from The Gazette and Companies House and updates automatically when new notices are published.

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Key facts

Company age when the liquidation began
92 years
Incorporated 18 Sept 1934; liquidation from 16 Oct 2026
Last accounts
Made up to 31 Dec 2024 (total exemption full)
Covers a period ending 1 year and 9 months before the liquidation began
Directors
2 active directors
Longest-serving appointed in 1996
Charges
None registered
Appointed practitioner
Moore Recovery Limited
Insolvency events on record
1
Recorded 16 Oct 2026
Distress history
  1. Liquidation

    Members' voluntary (MVL)

    Moore Recovery Limited · London · Source: Companies House

Directors & officers
3 active · 7 resigned

  • FAFALIOS, Anastassis Nicolas John

    Director

    British · Resident in United Kingdom

    Since 28 Oct 2005

  • CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED

    Corporate nominee secretary

    Since 25 May 2005

  • FAFALIOS, Stamos John

    Director

    British,Greek · Resident in United Kingdom

    Since 29 Feb 1996

  • FAFALIOS, Anastassios Nicholas John

    Secretary

    British

    Resigned 25 May 2005
    Appointed 29 Feb 1996

  • FAFALIOS, Stamos Panos

    Secretary

    Greek

    Resigned 29 Feb 1996
    Appointed 1 Dec 1992

  • FAFALIOS, Stamos Panos

    Director

    Greek

    Resigned 26 Apr 1993
    Appointed 1 Dec 1992

  • FAFALIOS, Jean Stamos

    Secretary

    British

    Resigned 1 Dec 1992

  • FAFALIOS, Jean Stamos

    Director

    British

    Resigned 1 Dec 1992

  • FAFALIOS, John Dimitrios

    Director

    Canadian

    Resigned 28 Oct 2005

  • FAFALIOS, Stamos Panos

    Director

    Greek

    Resigned 29 Feb 1996

Companies House data as of 21 Oct 2026

Case summary
Tracked events1
First distress event16 Oct 2026
Latest event16 Oct 2026
PractitionerMoore Recovery Limited
Companies House record
Company typePrivate limited company
StatusActive
Incorporated18 Sept 1934
JurisdictionEngland & Wales

Registered office address

24-26 Baltic Street West, London, EC1Y 0UH, United Kingdom

Nature of business (SIC)

  • 68209 · Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Last accounts made up to31 Dec 2024 (Total exemption full)
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
AccountsUp to date
Last confirmation statement13 Oct 2026
Next confirmation statement due27 Oct 2027
Confirmation statementUp to date
Registered chargesNone
Insolvency historyNone

Companies House data as of 21 Oct 2026

Charges

No registered charges.

Companies House data as of 21 Oct 2026

Registered office

London

London

EC1Y 0UH

Official sources
Companies House profileFiling history & documentsGazette notices

Procedure guide

Members' voluntary liquidation (MVL): how it works

A members' voluntary liquidation closes a solvent company, one that can pay all of its debts in full, often because the owners are retiring or the business has run its course. The directors make a statutory declaration of solvency, the shareholders appoint a liquidator, and any surplus is returned to the shareholders. An MVL is not in itself a sign of financial distress.

What happens next

  1. A majority of the directors make a declaration of solvency stating the company can pay its debts, with interest, within a stated period of no more than 12 months.
  2. Within five weeks of that declaration, shareholders pass a special resolution to wind up the company and appoint a licensed insolvency practitioner as liquidator.
  3. The resolution is advertised in The Gazette, and the liquidator gives notice inviting any creditors to submit claims by a set date.
  4. The liquidator settles the company's debts, obtains tax clearances, and distributes the remaining assets to shareholders in cash or by transferring assets to them directly (in specie).
  5. The liquidator files a final account at Companies House, and the company is normally dissolved about three months later.

Typical duration

Often 6–12 months, depending mainly on how quickly tax clearances are obtained and assets are distributed.

Creditors and suppliers

  • Because the company is solvent, creditors are expected to be paid in full, together with statutory interest for the period after the liquidation began.
  • Creditors can send details of their claim to the liquidator by the date in the Gazette notice, after which the liquidator may distribute to shareholders without regard to later claims.
  • If the liquidator concludes the debts cannot be paid in full within the declared period, the liquidation is converted into a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
  • Ongoing contracts such as leases and supply agreements are typically ended or settled during the liquidation, with any amounts due paid as debts.

Employees

  • Many companies entering an MVL have few or no employees, as trading has usually stopped or the business has already been sold.
  • Any staff still employed are usually made redundant, and because the company is solvent their contractual and statutory entitlements are normally paid in full.
  • The Redundancy Payments Service is rarely involved, because a solvent company in an MVL is expected to pay its staff's entitlements in full itself.
  • Where the business was sold before the liquidation, the TUPE rules, which normally move staff to the buyer of a business, may have transferred them on their existing terms and conditions.

Customers

  • An MVL usually follows the end of trading or a sale of the business, so few customer orders are normally still outstanding.
  • Any refunds, deposits or other amounts owed to customers are claims against a solvent company and are normally paid in full.
  • Where the business was sold, customers whose contracts continue typically deal with the buyer rather than the liquidator.
  • Manufacturer guarantees are unaffected, but services the company itself promised to provide may end when the company is closed.

Directors and shareholders

  • Making a declaration of solvency without reasonable grounds is a criminal offence, and debts left unpaid after the stated period create a presumption that grounds were lacking.
  • Directors' powers end when the liquidator is appointed, unless the shareholders or the liquidator agree that particular powers can continue.
  • Shareholders receive the surplus after debts and costs are paid, sometimes through interim distributions before the liquidation formally closes.
  • Distributions in an MVL are often taxed as capital rather than income, depending on each shareholder's circumstances, and anti-avoidance rules can apply where a shareholder goes on to run a similar trade.
  • A director conduct report is generally not required in an MVL, unlike an insolvent liquidation, unless it is converted into a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
  • These are general rules that apply in every case of this type. They do not suggest that any director of this company has acted improperly.

Official guidance

General information about how this type of procedure usually works, not legal or financial advice about this company or your own situation.

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