A British coffee supplier is shutting up shop, with the company confirming so via a notice of liquidation as per the UK Gazette.

Director of Instant Coffee Supplies Ltd, Trevor Geoffrey Blashfield, 81, confirmed the news with a Resolutions for Winding-up notice for the company to go into Members’ Voluntary Liquidation.

“Notice is hereby given that the following resolutions were passed on 24 March 2026, as a Special Resolution and an Ordinary Resolution respectively: That the Company be wound up voluntarily.”

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The notice appointed Cullen & Co UK as the “liquidator of the company for the purposes of such winding up”.

The company recorded more than £1.08million in capital and recorded assets of £1.4million in 2025.

The winding up of a company is the formal legal process of selling a company’s assets, paying its creditors, and dissolving the legal entity behind the company name.

In this case, it would appear the company will go into Members’ Voluntary Liquidation (MLV).

As per a statement issued by law firm Baker McKenzie, a Members’ Voluntary Liquidation is a formal, tax-efficient process to close a solvent company, initiated by shareholders, when the business is no longer needed.

The firm’s Restructuring and Insolvency experts explain that an MLV involves appointing a liquidator to distribute assets, pay any outstanding liabilities, and wind up the company, usually allowing distributions to be treated as capital gains.

Reasons a company may enter into an MVL are as follows:

– Retirement: A business owner decides to retire and has no successor.

– Company no longer needed: A company has fulfilled its purpose, such as a special-purpose vehicle for a specific project.

– Restructuring: A corporate group wishes to reduce the number of entities within its structure.

– Capital distribution: Shareholders wish to distribute accumulated profits in a tax-efficient manner.