HMRC’s increasingly active season
Posted by John Beech on July 15, 2009
Taking the season as beginning on 1 August 2008, HMRC have petitioned courts for winding up orders against the following clubs (dates refer to publication in The London Gazette):
7 August – Merthyr Tydfil
17 September – Margate
8 January – Fisher Athletic
15 January – Northwich Victoria
23 April – Merthyr Tydfil
7 May – Hyde United
28 May – Accrington Stanley
18 June – Margate
6 July – Harlow Town
9 July – King’s Lynn
Of these, Harlow Town is a bit of mystery to me. The case is due to be heard next Wednesday, but I can find no reports of what lies behind it, the size of the debt in particular. The club’s website (1) produces a ‘Server not found’ error message. Does anyone know what is going on?
While the numbers are small, it is difficult to resist the view that HMRC is starting to get tough, notwithstanding their granting Bournemouth further time to pay (see previous posting).
To put these in a broader context, other petitioners have been:
7 August – Leyton (NOT Leyton Orient) – Collyer Bristow LLP
3 December – Merthyr Tydfil – Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
9 December – Bournemouth – Portner
30 January – Darwen – ING Lease (UK)
13 February – Burscough – Hurlston Brooke
9 March – Hinckley United – 1st Class Hygiene
23 March – Hinckley United – EON
30 March – Northwich Victoris – DWF LLP
15 April – Hornchurch FC (2005) – Portakabin
