As most Ferret readers will be aware one of Gordon and Jean Eccles’ companies is:
A.G.& H.G.GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
01054483 – Incorporated on 15 May 1972
Craven House, Hoyle Mill Road, Kinsley, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. WF9 5JB
MARTIN, Jean – is the Secretary
and
ECCLES, Harry Gordon – is the Director
Ferret would normally have thought, perhaps as business people, they could reassure members of our Community that they had enough experience of finances and business planning to oversee Hemsworth Town Council and it’s significant assets and yearly budgets.
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
We have we all seen and heard of the numerous problems with the previous Chair, Jim Kenyon at the helm which are continuing now with Jean as the Chair of the Town Council.
Projects started with no business plans in place, purchases made that beggar belief at times and in particular to the Eccles’, their on-going demands for a lift fitting in the Lakeside Café Bar with no budget provision or business plans being provided.
Everything they seem to touch or instigate has ended up routinely costing us, the community, vast amounts of wasted money including money being spent on their own personal property.
Perhaps we now need to look no further for things to be explained, as the following has been posted at Companies House in relation to their company.
Their company’s confirmation of accounts A.G.& H.G.GROUNDWORKS LIMITED, are overdue.
Accounts
Last accounts made up to 31 May 2021
Confirmation statement overdue
Next statement date 22 May 2022 due by 5 June 2022
It seems they cannot even operate their own company in line with the rules and regulations that apply so perhaps that explains the disastrous results that as a Council and Community, we have had to endure under their leadership!
Why do companies need to file a confirmation statement?
A confirmation statement is essentially a confirmation by company directors that the information held on a company by Companies House is accurate and up to date. All companies are required to file confirmation statements – including those which are not trading or are dormant.
Even if all the information is exactly the same, directors must file a confirmation statement at least once every 12 months.
What happens if you do not file a confirmation statement?
Company directors have a legal duty to file confirmation statements under section 853A of the Companies Act 2006. Failure to do so can result in personal liability, fines, prosecutions, and even the company being struck off the register.
Failure to file a confirmation statement is dealt with by section 853L of the Companies Act 2006. Under this section, if a company fails to deliver a confirmation statement on time, an offence is committed by:
- the company,
- every director of the company (including shadow directors),
- in the case of a private company with a secretary or a public company, every secretary of the company, and
- every other officer of the company who is in default.
If a company does not file a confirmation statement, both the company and its officers may be subject to prosecution as a result of breaching the Companies Act 2006.
Fines of up to £5,000 can be levied on each of the company officers.
Directors can receive disqualification orders, precluding them from holding company officer posts for a certain number of years.
The company can also be struck off the register.
Failure to file confirmation statements is a criminal offence and directors can be personally fined in the criminal courts.
Any criminal proceedings for not filing confirmation statements are separate from and in addition to any late filing penalties issued by Companies House against the limited company.
If Jean and Gordon can’t get their own finances in order, how can they be trusted with ours…
Doesn’t look good does it when they can’t look after their own business to be trusted to look after some one else’s.
I’m a tad confused…I thought they were experts!! Oh dear forgive me … they’re experts in failure, lying, greed, entitlement….