Penrith Fire Protection Firm Collapses Owing More Than £310,000
A Penrith-based fire protection company has entered liquidation owing creditors more than £310,000 after almost 12 years of trading.
Optimum Fire & Interiors Ltd, which operated from Eden Business Park, entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation in October 2026. Documents filed with Companies House reveal that the company's outstanding liabilities total £310,887. The financial position indicates that creditors face significant losses, with the liquidator reporting that no assets are expected to be realised from the company's collapse.
The largest outstanding debt is owed to HM Revenue and Customs, which is listed as being owed more than £245,000. The amount represents the majority of the company's total liabilities and highlights the scale of the financial difficulties facing the business before it entered liquidation. The remaining debts are owed to other creditors, although the available information does not provide a complete breakdown of every outstanding amount.
The company was incorporated on 27 October 2014 and had operated for nearly 12 years before the insolvency process began. Its registered business activity was classified as other construction installation, covering work within the wider construction and building services sector. Its registered office was located at Unit 6, Mereside, Greenbank Road, Eden Business Park, Penrith.
Molly Monks of Parker Walsh was appointed as liquidator following the company's entry into creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 12 October 2026. The appointment was part of the formal insolvency process, under which the company's financial affairs and outstanding liabilities are handled by an appointed insolvency practitioner.
Company records also identify Jason Clive Jones and Carol Anne Jones as directors and persons with significant control. The public filings show that both were listed as active directors when the liquidation process began. The available insolvency information does not establish any wrongdoing by the directors, and the company's financial failure should not be taken as evidence of misconduct.
The collapse adds to the number of businesses across the UK facing formal insolvency proceedings amid continuing financial pressures. Creditors’ voluntary liquidation is a process in which a financially distressed company’s shareholders decide to wind up the business, with an insolvency practitioner appointed to manage its affairs and deal with creditor claims.
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