Unimetals Recycling (UK) Ltd – winding up order made
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-25)

The Official Receiver has been appointed liquidator by the court.

A winding-up order has been made against Unimetals Recycling (UK) Ltd on 25 November 2025.

The Official Receiver will wind-down the company in accordance with her statutory duties. The Official Receiver will also inquire into the cause of the company’s failure and conduct of the current and former directors.

Information for employees

If you are currently in possession of company property, including motor vehicles, IT equipment or similar, please contact the Official Receiver via email:

xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx) subject title: ‘URGENT Company Property’. and include a description of the company property in your possession, its location and a contact telephone number.

Important: If you are in possession of a motor vehicle provided by the company the insurance cover is no longer valid, and you should not drive the vehicle. Please keep the vehicle in a safe place and the Official Receiver will provide reasonable assistance to help you liaise with the hire/lease company who owns the vehicle to facilitate its return.

If you are in possession of a laptop/mobile phone, please switch it off and do not use it.

Redundancy payments

You can apply to the Insolvency Service for redundancy and other payments if:

you worked for Unimetals Recycling (UK) Ltd

you live in England, Scotland or Wales

please note that the Redundancy Payments Service is not available to contractors in this case – information for contractors is available further below.

We have guidance to help explain what to do if you are made redundant (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/redundancy-payments-rp1-fact-sheet/what-to-do-when-youve-been-made-redundant). This includes information on:

Who is eligible to receive redundancy payments.

What redundancy payments you can apply for. If you are owed expenses, you cannot claim these from redundancy payments. You will need to fill out a proof of debt form separately. Please see ‘Information for creditors’ below.

How to apply for redundancy payments

The liquidator will give you details about how to apply and will also give you a case reference number (for example CN12345678).

To contact the liquidator for this information, please email:
- xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx) subject title, ‘Employee Query’:
The liquidator may require you to provide further relevant information upon request.

Once you have the case reference number, you can apply online. (https://www.gov.uk/claim-redundancy)

We have information explaining how we calculate and make payments to you (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/redundancy-payments-from-the-insolvency-service/explaining-your-redundancy-payment).

Paying your claim

On average it takes 12 days to process and pay claims. However, sometimes we need to get additional information which can take a bit of time. We will contact you directly if we need anything further from you. We always try to pay eligible claims within six weeks of receiving the application.

To allow us to deal with everyone’s application as quickly as possible, please do not contact us to check the status of your application until after the six weeks have passed.

Getting help with your application for redundancy payments

If you need help completing your application, you can contact the Redundancy Payments helpline on xx-xxxx-xxxx.

When calling, please have your case reference number and National Insurance number to hand.

You can also contact us using the online contact form (https://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/externalonlineforms/GeneralEnquiry.aspx).

If you need to email us after submitting your claim, only use the email address you gave on your application form. Otherwise, we won’t be able to respond to you for security reasons.

Other support available to you

Information about helping you find work and claim benefits (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/redundancy-help-finding-work-and-claiming-benefits).

Information for creditors

You will need to register as a creditor in the liquidations of Unimetals Recycling (UK) Ltd if:

you have paid the companies in liquidation for goods or services that you have not received

you are a worker or self-employed contractor who provided services to the companies in liquidation

To register as a creditor in the company, you will need to complete a Proof of Debt form (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rule-144-proof-of-debt-general-form), clearly identifying which company owes you money, which you should then email with supporting invoices etc to:
- xxx@xxx.xx subject title ‘Proof of Debt’.
Information for sub-contractors

If you are a sub-contractor of Unimetals Recycling (UK) Ltd and are owed money, then you should register as a creditor and will need to complete a Proof of Debt form (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rule-144-proof-of-debt-general-form), which you should then email to:
- xxx@xxx.xx subject title ‘Proof of Debt’.
All other enquiries
- Please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)