Clark Sinclair Limited, a Manchester-registered company, has been wound up by the High Court in Manchester on 29 October 2026 following an Insolvency Service investigation. According to the service, the company took more than £123,000 from businesses with debts by claiming it could provide alternatives to formal insolvency.

The company offered to arrange sales of financially distressed businesses for £1 while charging brokering fees of between £2,500 and £6,800. Its promotional emails suggested directors could avoid reputational damage and scrutiny by selling their companies before liquidation, and clients were not warned that the advised actions could breach their duties as directors. Investigators identified £123,052 in customer payments across two company accounts and 51 companies that appeared to have changed ownership after payments to Clark Sinclair. The firm also misrepresented the role of insolvency practitioners.

The registered sole director told investigators they had never heard of the company, and investigators could not identify who was behind it. Insolvency Service Chief Investigator David Usher said selling a company does not prevent former directors' conduct from being investigated if it later enters liquidation. All enquiries should go to the Official Receiver of the Public Interest Unit. The company, number 15324100, was incorporated on 3 December 2023.