Oxfordshire Travel Limited remains in liquidation after formally entering creditors’ voluntary liquidation (CVL) on 30 October 2025.
Companies House records the company as being in liquidation, while The Gazette confirms that Stuart Garner of Garner Advisory Limited was appointed liquidator when shareholders approved the winding-up.
A CVL is the formal procedure used when a company cannot pay its debts and shareholders agree that it should be wound up.
→ Liquidation date: 30 October 2025
→ Current status: Liquidation, with Stuart Garner appointed liquidator
What Happened to Oxfordshire Travel Limited?
Oxfordshire Travel Limited, company number 09515078, was incorporated on 27 March 2015. Its registered business activity was “other passenger land transport”, placing it in the passenger transport sector rather than identifying it specifically as a conventional travel agency.
The company’s principal trading address was recorded in the Gazette as Woodland House, 192 Woodstock Road, Yarnton, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PP.
Its registered office was subsequently changed to Tugby Orchards, Wood Lane, Tugby, Leicestershire, which is also the address associated with the appointed liquidator.
On 30 October 2025, a general meeting passed a special resolution for the company to be wound up voluntarily and an ordinary resolution appointing Stuart Garner, insolvency practitioner number 9531, of Garner Advisory Limited as liquidator.
Companies House currently records one insolvency case for Oxfordshire Travel Limited and gives the commencement of winding-up as the same date.
Why Did the Company Enter Liquidation?
The clearest confirmed conclusion is that Oxfordshire Travel Limited entered a form of insolvency procedure intended for businesses that can no longer pay their debts.
Government guidance explains that directors can propose a creditors’ voluntary liquidation where a company cannot pay its debts and sufficient shareholders agree that it should be wound up.
That distinction matters. The official records confirm the company’s insolvency status and liquidation procedure, but they do not, on the evidence verified here, establish a single underlying cause such as fuel prices, declining bookings, staffing costs or one particular unpaid liability.
Companies House shows that a formal statement of affairs was filed on 10 November 2025, alongside the notice appointing the voluntary liquidator and the winding-up resolutions.
However, reported debt figures should be treated separately from the confirmed company status unless they can be checked directly against that filed statement.
Is Oxfordshire Travel Limited Still Trading?
Companies House lists Oxfordshire Travel Limited’s current company status as “Liquidation” rather than active.
A CVL would ordinarily involve the company being wound up, its assets being identified and realised where possible, creditor claims being considered and available funds being distributed according to insolvency rules.
The case is part of a wider period of financial failures across travel and passenger-related businesses.
The Gold Crest Holidays collapse provides another recent example of a travel operator moving into creditors’ voluntary liquidation, while the Regen Central liquidation shows how insolvency can create separate questions around customer bookings and payment protection.
Those cases should not, however, be assumed to have the same causes or customer protections as Oxfordshire Travel Limited.
What Does the Liquidation Mean for Creditors?
Businesses, suppliers or other parties owed money by Oxfordshire Travel Limited should deal with the appointed liquidator and retain evidence supporting their claims.
GOV.UK guidance states that creditors should contact the person handling a company liquidation and provide details of what they are owed. Where a claim exceeds £1,000, a formal Proof of Debt is generally required.
A creditor claim does not guarantee repayment. The amount ultimately recovered depends on factors including the assets realised, liquidation costs, valid creditor claims and the statutory order in which money is distributed.
Creditors should therefore rely on formal liquidator communications rather than assuming that the amount originally invoiced will be recovered in full.
The importance of documenting invoices and claims is also illustrated by other recent administration and creditor cases, where proving the correct contracting company and amount owed can be central to the insolvency process.
What Could Employees Be Entitled To?
Employees affected by an insolvent employer can have statutory rights even where the company itself cannot meet everything it owes.
UK government guidance allows eligible employees to claim certain amounts through the Redundancy Payments Service, including qualifying redundancy pay, unpaid wages, holiday pay and some notice-related payments.
Claims depend on individual circumstances and statutory limits.
There is not enough verified information in the official Oxfordshire Travel Limited records reviewed here to state how many employees lost their jobs or what individual employees were owed.
What Should Customers Do?
Customers with an unresolved booking, deposit or payment should first establish exactly what service they purchased and how they paid.
Oxfordshire Travel Limited’s registered activity was passenger land transport. That does not by itself prove that a particular booking was an ATOL-protected package holiday or covered by another travel-protection arrangement.
Anyone who paid for a service that was not supplied may potentially rank as a creditor and should keep booking confirmations, invoices, receipts and payment records.
Customers should also check any protection available through their card provider, insurer or contractual arrangement rather than assuming that all travel-related purchases carry the same protection.
The EcoJet liquidation case similarly illustrates why the legal entity, nature of the service and stage reached by the business all matter when assessing the practical effect of a transport-company failure.
What Happens Next?
Stuart Garner remains the insolvency practitioner identified on the Companies House liquidation record.
The liquidation process can involve reviewing the company’s financial affairs, collecting or selling assets, agreeing creditor claims and making distributions where funds are available.
Further filings may therefore appear as the liquidation progresses.
The most important point for creditors, former employees and customers is that Oxfordshire Travel Limited is already in formal liquidation.
The process did not begin with the recent media coverage; the official commencement date was 30 October 2025, with the key liquidation documents subsequently filed at Companies House on 10 November 2025.
What remains less clear from the verified public material is the precise commercial chain of events that left the company unable to continue, the final value of creditor recoveries and the number of customers or employees directly affected.
Those details should be updated if further reliable liquidator reports or filings become available.
FAQs
When did Oxfordshire Travel Limited go into liquidation?
Oxfordshire Travel Limited entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 30 October 2025. Companies House records that date as the commencement of winding-up, and The Gazette records the winding-up resolution passed on the same day.
Who is the liquidator of Oxfordshire Travel Limited?
Stuart Garner of Garner Advisory Limited is the appointed liquidator. He was appointed on 30 October 2025 and is named in both the Companies House insolvency record and Gazette notice.
Why did Oxfordshire Travel Limited enter liquidation?
The company entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation, the insolvency procedure used where a company cannot pay its debts. The verified records confirm the procedure, although they do not establish one specific commercial cause for the failure.
Can creditors still claim money from Oxfordshire Travel Limited?
Yes, creditors can register what they are owed through the liquidation process. They should contact the insolvency practitioner and retain documents supporting the debt; repayment will depend on available funds and creditor priority.
Is Oxfordshire Travel Limited still an active company?
No, Companies House currently records its status as liquidation. The company was incorporated in March 2015 but entered formal winding-up proceedings in October 2025.