SKILLS DIRECT LTD
Company overview
- Incorporation date
- 12 February 2007
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Jurisdiction
- England/Wales
- Can file
- Yes
Insolvency notices
-
16 April 2026
Winding-up petition filed
Outcome: Outcome not published
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8 October 2026
Winding-up petition filed
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Contains data from The Gazette, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What the records show
SKILLS DIRECT LTD is a private limited company incorporated on 12 February 2007, with its registered office in Trowbridge. Companies House lists its business as other business support service activities not elsewhere classified. Its most recent accounts were made up to 31 May 2025.
On 16 April 2026 The Gazette published a notice headed “Winding-up petition filed”. On 8 October 2026 The Gazette published a notice headed “Winding-up petition filed”.
In the 12 months before its first insolvency notice, Companies House recorded 1 new charge registered, 1 charge satisfied and accounts filed on 26 February 2026. It has 1 outstanding charge, held by Mitsubishi Hc Capital UK PLC. It has 1 serving director.
A winding-up petition asks a court to liquidate the company. A creditor can present one if they are owed £750 or more and can show the company cannot pay; the court decides at a hearing, and a petition can be dismissed. Source
Drawn only from the company's Gazette notices and its Companies House record. It records what was filed and published, not why.
Registered office address
4 Fore Street, Trowbridge, BA14 8HD, England
Industry classification (SIC codes)
Previous company names
MANPOWER DIRECT LIMITED
12 February 2007 - 9 May 2007
Officers & directors (9)
DRAKE, Julian Richard Charles
Director
Appointed: 1 February 2023
NEATE, Sarah Melanie
Secretary
Appointed: 12 February 2007 • Resigned: 10 June 2021
OAKFORD, Clare
Secretary
Appointed: 10 June 2021 • Resigned: 30 November 2022
GARRETT, Helen Joan
Director
Appointed: 22 May 2023 • Resigned: 3 April 2024
MOORE, Christopher John
Director
Appointed: 10 June 2021 • Resigned: 2 May 2023
OAKFORD, Clare
Director
Appointed: 10 June 2021 • Resigned: 30 November 2022
ROSE, Samantha Alice
Director
Appointed: 15 May 2023 • Resigned: 2 September 2026
ROSE, Samantha Alice
Director
Appointed: 1 April 2014 • Resigned: 10 June 2021
SMITH, Ewan Macgregor
Director
Appointed: 12 February 2007 • Resigned: 10 June 2021
Recent filing history (86)
Termination of appointment of Samantha Alice Rose as a director on 2 September 2026
Officers • Form TM01
Accounts for a small company made up to 31 May 2025
Accounts • Form AA
Confirmation statement made on 12 February 2026 with no updates
Confirmation statement • Form CS01
Satisfaction of charge 060942270005 in full
Mortgage • Form MR04
Registration of charge 060942270007, created on 31 July 2025
Mortgage • Form MR01
Accounts for a small company made up to 31 May 2024
Accounts • Form AA
Confirmation statement made on 12 February 2025 with no updates
Confirmation statement • Form CS01
Registered office address changed from Unit 4 Lancaster Place South Marston Industrial Estate Swindon SN3 4UQ England to 4 Fore Street Trowbridge BA14 8HD on 8 May 2024
Address • Form AD01
Termination of appointment of Helen Joan Garrett as a director on 3 April 2024
Officers • Form TM01
Accounts for a small company made up to 27 May 2023
Accounts • Form AA
Confirmation statement made on 12 February 2024 with no updates
Confirmation statement • Form CS01
Satisfaction of charge 060942270006 in full
Mortgage • Form MR04
Accounts for a small company made up to 31 May 2022
Accounts • Form AA
Appointment of Mrs Helen Joan Garrett as a director on 22 May 2023
Officers • Form AP01
Appointment of Mrs Samantha Alice Rose as a director on 15 May 2023
Officers • Form AP01
Persons with significant control (2)
Recruitment Acquisitions Group Ltd
Corporate entity
Notified: 9 June 2021
Mr Ewan Macgregor Smith
Individual
Notified: 6 April 2016
Charges & mortgages (7)
A registered charge
Mitsubishi Hc Capital UK PLC
Created: 31 July 2025 • Delivered: 1 August 2025
A registered charge
Ewan Macgregor Smith
Created: 9 June 2021 • Delivered: 11 June 2021
A registered charge
Paragon Business Finance PLC
Created: 9 June 2021 • Delivered: 10 June 2021
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company
Created: 29 April 2021 • Delivered: 6 May 2021
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Created: 2 March 2016 • Delivered: 4 March 2016
A registered charge
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Created: 17 June 2015 • Delivered: 17 June 2015
All assets debenture
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
Created: 11 April 2007 • Delivered: 14 April 2007
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Accounts
Next due: 28 February 2027
Confirmation statement
Next due: 26 February 2027