Moratoria, Prohibited Names and Other: Re-use of a Prohibited Name

CamdenWC2H 0JR51.514703-0.129489INSOLVENCY ACT 1986Insolvency Act 1986INSOLVENCY ACT 1986, s. 216THE INSOLVENCY (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2016the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 20162025-07-232025-07-242025-08-18TSO (The Stationery Office), customer.services@thegazette.co.uk494785164826

NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 216 OF THE INSOLVENCY ACT 1986 AND RULE 22.4 OF THE INSOLVENCY (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2016

IN RESPECT OF

NIGHTLIGHT LEISURE LIMITED

(in administration)

09501471

and

Nicholas Campbell and Madeleine Margaret Gardner

Section 216(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the "Act") lists the activities that a director or shadow director of a company that has gone into insolvent liquidation may not undertake unless the court gives permission or there is an exception in the Insolvency Rules made under the Act. This includes the exceptions in rule 22 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016. These activities are—

(a) acting as a director of another company that is known by a name which is either the same as a name used by the company in insolvent liquidation in the 12 months before it entered liquidation or is so similar as to suggest an association with that company;

(b) directly or indirectly being concerned or taking part in the promotion, formation or management of any such company; or

(c) directly or indirectly being concerned in the carrying on of a business otherwise than through a company under a name of the kind mentioned in (a) above.

(together "the Activities").

This notice is given under rule 22.4 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 where the business of a company which is in, or may go into, insolvent liquidation is, or is to be, carried on otherwise than by the company in liquidation with the involvement of a director or shadow director of that company and under the same or a similar name to that of that company.

The purpose of giving this notice is to permit the director or shadow director to act in these circumstances where the company enters (or has entered) insolvent liquidation without the director or shadow director committing a criminal offence and in the case of the carrying on of the business through another company, being personally liable for that company’s debts.

Notice may be given where the person giving the notice is already the director of a company which proposes to adopt a prohibited name.

It is the intention of Nicholas Campbell and Madeleine Margaret Gardner (the "Relevant Individuals") to act, or continue to act, in all or any of the ways specified in section 216(3) of the Act in connection with, or for the purposes of, the carrying on of the whole or substantially the whole of the business of Nightlight Leisure Limited (in administration), a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 09501471 and having its registered office and trading address at 120 Charing Cross Road 3rd Floor, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 0JR (the "Insolvent Company").

It is the intention of the Relevant Individuals:-

(i) to carry out the Activities in connection with East Street Leisure Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 16510141 and having its registered office at 120 Charing Cross Road, London, England, WC2H 0JR;

(ii) to carry out the Activities in connection with the following companies (together, the “Relevant Companies”):

Company Name Company Number
East Street (Top Co) Ltd. 16592455
East Street (Mid Co) Ltd. 16592373
Caledonian Road Lease Co Ltd. 16592456
Bateman Street Lease Co Ltd. 16592521
Bateman Street Retail Lease Co Ltd. 16592459
Wardour Street Lease Co Ltd. 16592462
Deansgate Bar Lease Co Ltd. 16592475
Greek Street Lease Co Ltd. 16592476
Golden Square Lease Co Ltd. 16592535
Leicester Square Lease Co Ltd. 16592634
Clapham High Street Lease Co Ltd. 16592757
Widegate Street Lease Co Ltd. 16592760
Eastcheap Lease Co Ltd. 16592642
Cornhill Lease Co Ltd. 16592644
Essex Road Lease Co Ltd. 16592646
Manette Street Lease Co Ltd. 16592639
Kingsway Lease Co Ltd. 16592629
Old Street Lease Co Ltd. 16592632
Curtain Road Lease Co Ltd. 16592626
Simmons London Bridge Limited 14298598
Simmons Brixton Arches Limited 14317060
Simmons Notting Hill Limited 14298609
Simmons Shoreditch Limited 14298570

and

(iii) that East Street Leisure Ltd and the Relevant Companies would carry on business using the name "Simmons" (the "Name").

The Name is, would be, or may be, a prohibited name (within the meaning of section 216(2) of the Act) in respect of the Relevant Individuals. The Relevant Individuals would or may not be permitted to undertake the Activities without the leave of the court or the application of an exemption created by Rules made under the Act.

Breach of the prohibition created by section 216 of the Act is a criminal offence.

Benjamin Wiles and Philip Dakin were appointed as administrators of the Insolvent Company (the "Administrators") on 23 July 2025. Nicholas Campbell was a director of the Insolvent Company on that date and Madeleine Margaret Gardner formed part of the management of the Insolvent Company on that date.

On 24 July 2025, East Street Leisure Ltd acquired the whole, or substantially the whole, of the business and assets of the Insolvent Company from the Insolvent Company under arrangements made by the Administrators acting as administrators of the Insolvent Company.