The Send civil engineering firm went into creditors' voluntary liquidation on 14 August, nine months after its directors signed off £750,268 of net assets.

A civil engineering contractor based on Send Road has gone into liquidation, 23 years after it was incorporated. P J Construction (Surrey) Limited was wound up by resolution of its members on 14 August 2026, and joint liquidators were appointed the same day.

The company’s principal trading address was Clayton House, 140-141 Send Road, Send, GU23 7HN. That address has a Woking postcode and a Woking postal town, but sits in Guildford borough, in the Send and Lovelace ward. Its registered office is at its accountants’ offices in Farnham.

Three notices in The Gazette, the official public record, set out what happened:

  • 11 August: notice of a creditors’ meeting, called by the board on 6 August
  • 14 August: members resolved that the company be wound up voluntarily
  • 20 August: the appointment of joint liquidators was gazetted

The liquidation is a Creditors Voluntary Liquidation. Two joint liquidators from BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP in Northampton were appointed by creditors.

Timeline of the liquidation of P J Construction (Surrey) Limited: accounts to 31 March 2025 showing net assets of 750,268 pounds, signed 29 October 2025 with a going concern statement; creditors' meeting convened 6 August 2026; company wound up and joint liquidators appointed 14 August 2026; appointment gazetted 20 August 2026

What the last accounts showed

The company was incorporated on 11 March 2003. Its most recent accounts cover the year to 31 March 2025 and were filed in November. They record:

  • Net assets of £750,268, down from £818,454 a year earlier
  • Eight employees on average, including directors, the same as the year before
  • £549,855 owed to the company by contract customers, its largest single asset after property
  • £99,870 of cash at bank and in hand
  • Money owed within one year up to £798,291, from £631,777

Two items inside that last figure moved sharply. Trade creditors rose from £194,005 to £263,181. Other taxation and social security rose from £94,810 to £169,888, close to double in a year.

The accounts also note that the company’s bank loans were secured by a legal charge over all of its assets, and on the personal properties of the directors.

The company was small enough to file abbreviated accounts, so no turnover or profit figure is on the public record. The directors used the small companies audit exemption, and the accounts were not audited.

Signed off as a going concern in October

The accounts were approved by the board on 29 October 2025. They carry a standard going concern statement. At that point, the directors had “a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future”.

The resolution to wind the company up came nine and a half months later.

That sequence is not unusual, and it is not evidence of anything improper. A going concern statement is a judgement made on the day the accounts are signed. In construction, a single unpaid contract or a client failure can change the position quickly, and more than half of this company’s assets were sums owed by contract customers.

What it means for you

If the company owes you money, you are a creditor and should contact the joint liquidators rather than the company. The Gazette notices give BTG Begbies Traynor’s contact point as Sheffield.North@btguk.com, telephone 0114 2755033. You will be asked to prove your debt.

If you were employed there, redundancy pay, notice pay, unpaid wages and holiday pay can be claimed from the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service once the liquidator gives you a case reference number.

If you had work booked or a deposit paid, you join the list of unsecured creditors. Where a deposit was paid by credit card, or by debit card within the chargeback window, the card provider is usually the faster route.

A liquidation is not a court judgment and not a finding of wrongdoing. It records that a company cannot pay its debts as they fall due. The liquidators will report on the directors’ conduct to the Insolvency Service, as they are required to do in every case.

A statement of affairs, which lists what is owed and to whom, is normally filed at Companies House within weeks of a liquidation starting. Nothing had been filed as of 23 August. We will update this page when it appears.

Earlier this month we reported on the liquidation of Sweet Passion Cakes in West Byfleet.