Carillion Group

On Friday 19 January 2018, Michael John Andrew Jervis, David James Kelly, David Christian Chubb and Russell Downs were appointed as provisional liquidators by the Court of Session to manage the affairs, business and property of Carillion (AMBS) Limited, with the powers set out in Schedule 4 to the Insolvency Act 1986. On 25 April 2018 the Court of Session placed the company into liquidation and appointed the provisional liquidators as interim liquidators. At a meeting of creditors held on 6 June 2018 they were appointed liquidators. 

The Special Managers were appointed by the High Court to help manage the affairs, business and property of Carillion Plc and twenty six group companies, in accordance with the powers and duties contained in the order appointing them. The Special Managers act as agents of the Carillion Companies, without personal liability.  The Special Managers are Data Controllers of personal data as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998. Personal data will be kept secure and processed only for matters relating to the appointment.

Michael John Andrew Jervis, David James Kelly, Russell Downs and David Christian Chubb have been appointed liquidators at a meeting of creditors held on 6 June 2018 to manage the affairs, business and property of Carillion (AMBS) Limited, without personal liability.  All are licensed in the United Kingdom to act as Insolvency Practitioners by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The Joint Liquidators are bound by the Insolvency Code of Ethics which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-practitioner-code-of-ethics.

The Joint Liquidators may act as controllers of personal data, as defined by the UK data protection law, depending upon the specific processing activities undertaken. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP may act as a processor on the instructions of the Joint Liquidators. Personal data will be kept secure and processed only for matters relating to the Joint Liquidators appointment. Further details are available in the privacy statement on the PwC.co.uk website or by contacting the Joint Liquidators. 

Official Receiver Appointments

The Official Receiver is also Liquidator of the following Carillion entities where PwC have not been appointed as Special Managers to assist. 

On 6 June 2018, the Official Receiver was appointed liquidator of: 

·         Barclays Mowlem (Asia) Limited.

On 13 June 2018, the Official Receiver was appointed liquidator of:

·         Carillion (Denmark) Limited

·         Carillion Project Services Holdings Limited

·         Carillion Technical Services (Installation) Limited

·         Carillion Utility Services Group Limited

·         Carillion Utility Services S.E. Limited

·         G T Railway Maintenance Holdings Limited

·         Mowlem Environmental Sciences Group Limited

·         The Carillion Construction Company (East Africa) Limited

·         Wakeremote Limited. 

For any queries relating to those entities where PwC Special Managers have not been appointed,  please contact the Insolvency Service directly via Carillion.Liquidator@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk.

The role of the Official Receiver:

The Official Receiver acts as an Officer of the Court in insolvency matters and is also an employee of the Insolvency Service, an executive agency of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The agency is responsible for overseeing the insolvency process, investigating the cause of company failure and making redundancy and other related payments to employees when their employer is unable to do so.

The Official Receiver’s priority is to ensure the continuity of public services while securing the best outcome for creditors. Unless told otherwise, all employees, agents and subcontractors are being asked to continue to work as normal and they will be paid for the work they do during the liquidations. 

Other information:

Further information for employees, customers, suppliers, creditors and other parties can be found in the sections at the top of this page. 

We are exploring any potential sale of the businesses and assets in whole or part. Any party wishing to express an interest can find our contact details in the section above. 

This website will be regularly updated to provide more information as it becomes available. The following websites provide additional information and guidance.

What the government is doing following Carillion’s collapse

HMRC support for business

CITB support for apprentices

Cabinet Office advice

UK Finance support for business and personal banking customers

Canadian Entities:

On Thursday 25 January 2018, Carillion Construction Inc., Carillion Canada Inc., Carillion Canada Holdings Inc., and Carillion Canada Finance Corp. (collectively the “ Applicants”) have been granted an order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice​ under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (the "CCAA"). This CCAA filing is to allow the Applicants the opportunity to restructure their financial affairs and ​is not a bankruptcy or liquidation filing. Please see the ‘Canadian Entities’ link above for more information.

Channel Island Entities:

Jersey -  On the 26th of January 2018, Carillion Finance (Jersey) Limited entered a just and equitable winding up process(Jersey Liquidation) under Jersey Law. Nick Vermeulen and Chris Van Den Berg of PwC Channel Islands LLP were appointed joint liquidators of the Company. 

Guernsey - On the 20th of March 2018, Carillion Insurance Company Limited entered a compulsory winding up process pursuant to section 406(e) or (i) of The Companies (Guernsey) Law 2008.  Nick Vermeulen and Chris Van Den Berg of PwC Channel Islands LLP were appointed as joint liquidators of the Company.