Support Solutions (West Sussex) was wound up on 20 August owing £173,750 against £1 of assets. The 13-staff Worthing homecare firm stopped trading in 2024.

A Worthing homecare company has been wound up owing £173,750, with £1 of assets to meet it.

West Sussex Care Services Limited traded as Support Solutions (West Sussex) from units 3 and 4 on the Northbrook Trading Estate, Northbrook Road, BN14. Its members resolved on 20 August 2026 to wind the company up voluntarily. Brendan P Hogan of Cromwell & Co Insolvency Practitioners, Coventry, was appointed liquidator the same day, by both members and creditors. (The Gazette, notice 5196050, notice 5196051)

Nobody’s care is disrupted by this. The company stopped trading on 9 December 2024, and the Care Quality Commission archived its registration three weeks later. The liquidation is the paperwork catching up almost two years afterwards.

What the register says about the service

Support Solutions (West Sussex) was a CQC-registered homecare agency, delivering care to people in their own homes rather than in a care home. Its registration covered adults over and under 65, children aged 0 to 18, dementia, eating disorders, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, sensory impairments and substance misuse problems.

Its last inspection report was published on 8 May 2024. The service was rated Good overall, and Good on each of the CQC’s five questions: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.

CQC archived the location on 30 December 2024. A service is archived when it is no longer part of a provider’s registration. (Care Quality Commission, Support Solutions (West Sussex))

The last accounts

The most recent accounts filed cover the year to 30 April 2024. They record an average of 13 people employed during the year, including the director, up from 11 the year before. Capital and reserves stood at £4,423, down from £12,276 twelve months earlier.

The notes to those accounts say it outright: “The company ceased to trade on 09 December 2024.” They were signed on 30 January 2025, two months after trading stopped, and state that the going concern basis “is therefore not appropriate”. (Companies House, micro company accounts to 30 April 2024)

Nothing was filed after that. Accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 were due by 31 January 2026 and never arrived. The confirmation statement due by 28 April 2026 was not filed either.

Who is owed what

The statement of affairs, drawn up as at 6 August 2026, lists one asset: £1 of unpaid share capital. Against it sit seven creditors.

Creditor Owed
Director £139,500
Funding Circle £22,706
Azzurro Associates Ltd, Whiteley £4,846
Support Solutions, York £3,902
BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions Ltd, Basingstoke £1,174
Automated Systems Group Ltd, Ely £1,124
Vodafone Ltd, Newbury £498
Total £173,750

The estimated deficiency as regards creditors is £173,749. The amount owed to the director is 80% of the total.

No preferential creditors are listed. That is the category where employees’ unpaid wages and holiday pay would appear. No claim from HM Revenue and Customs is recorded either.

Two things to hold in mind about that table. A statement of affairs is the director’s own estimate of the position, not an audited figure, and the amounts creditors actually claim are agreed later by the liquidator. (Companies House filing history, LIQ02 statement of affairs filed 29 August 2026)

How it got here

  • 31 March 2026: first Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off, the step Companies House takes to dissolve a company that has stopped filing
  • 3 June 2026: the strike-off is suspended
  • 1 August 2026: the strike-off action is discontinued
  • 7 August 2026: notice to creditors, seeking a decision on the nomination of a liquidator at a virtual meeting
  • 20 August 2026: members resolve to wind the company up; the liquidator is appointed
  • 29 August 2026: the registered office moves from Worthing to the liquidator’s Coventry address, and the statement of affairs is filed
  • 3 September 2026: a notice of disclaimer is filed. Companies House says the document is still being processed and it is not yet public.

What it means for you

  • If you are owed money by the company, the liquidator’s published contact details are 0800 061 4002 and info@cromwellinsolvency.co.uk. On the figures filed there is £1 of assets, so unsecured creditors should not expect a distribution.
  • If you are arranging homecare in Worthing now, check the provider’s current CQC registration and rating before you sign anything. The register shows whether a service is registered today, and what it was last rated.
  • A winding-up notice is not a finding against anyone. It records that a company’s members resolved to wind it up and that its liabilities exceed its assets.
  • Insolvency notices can be corrected. Anyone who believes a published notice is wrong should contact the office holder named on it.

Local firms that are still trading, with their addresses and food hygiene ratings where we hold them, are listed in our Worthing business directory.

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