Companies House suspends Tradewind Voyages striking-off action

Action to strike off tall-ship operator Tradewind Voyages from the Companies House register has been suspended.

The Suffolk-based company – which operates the Golden Horizon ship – faces being shut down because it has not filed annual accounts.

A statement on the Companies House register said: “Action under Section 1000 of the Companies Act 2006 has been temporarily suspended as an objection to the striking off has been received by the Registrar.”

Companies House issued its first notice for the compulsory strike-off for Tradewind Voyages last month.

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Tradewind Voyages cancels all future sailings

The compulsory strike-off process can start if a company is neither carrying on business nor operation.

It is understood that an objection from a former employee prompted the temporary suspension. Any claims by former employees and creditors would not continue if the company is struck off.

Creditors who want to formally object to Tradewind Voyages being struck off can contact Companies House, with details of their claim, by emailing enquiries@companieshouse.gov.uk.

It is believed that staff in the UK were not paid after February although some remained for a while in the hope that funds could be found to support the business.

About 20 staff are thought to be owed money.

In August, Tradewind Voyages said it had decided to cancel all remaining planned voyages up to October 2023 as it continued to “realign its business and financing structure”.

The Suffolk-based tall-ship line had announced in July that sailings until October 2022 had been axed and warned of further cancellations amid the sanctioning of its major credit bank VTB Germany, which is based in Russia.

According to Companies House, the only remaining director of the cruise line is Tomislav Debeljak, a Croatian national who was appointed on May 24, 2022.

Travel Weekly has contacted Debeljak for comment.