Assent Building Compliance went into liquidation with £3.8m of liabilities, Construction News can reveal.
The company, which supplied compliance, inspection, certification, training and safety services, and was formerly known as Assent Building Control, went under in November.
A report from an Official Receiver, seen by CN, shows that the £3.8m total outstripped the Wakefield firm’s last published annual revenue of £2.8m.
Those owed money are set to receive almost nothing, with only just under £250,000 available for payout, the papers state.
Assent’s bank account contained £240,000, with book debts worth about £8,000, the government-appointed liquidator said.
HMRC will rank as the lead creditor, it added.
The receiver said it was…