Assent Building Compliance Limited (05311596), LB Building Control Limited (06442788) and Oculus Building Consultancy Limited (03414863) have been placed into compulsory liquidation, with the court appointing the Official Receiver as liquidator. An Insolvency Service notice confirms that links sent to current customers on 2 to 3 November 2025 to access project documentation will now expire on 30 November 2025, not 31 January 2026 as previously stated.
The Official Receiver will wind down the companies in line with statutory duties and will inquire into the causes of failure and the conduct of current and former directors. The same notice is clear that there is no guarantee of access to documents after 30 November and that the Official Receiver does not have the access or funding to provide the documents directly.
For clients across construction and property, this matters. Certificates, inspection records and project files often underpin sales, refinancing and warranty claims. If those records sit only behind the expiring links, owners and contractors could see transactions stall and disputes become harder to resolve. Stakeholders should retrieve everything available and keep evidence of what was, and was not, accessible before the deadline.
Employees have been instructed to contact the liquidator immediately if they hold company property such as vehicles or IT equipment, using the subject line URGENT Company Property and the mailbox Assent.Liquidator@insolvency.gov.uk. Staff in England, Scotland or Wales can apply to the Redundancy Payments Service for statutory entitlements. Contractors are excluded in this case and must claim as creditors instead.
To make a redundancy claim, employees must first obtain a case reference from the liquidator, for example CN12345678, before applying online. The Insolvency Service says claims are on average processed and paid in 12 days, with a stated aim to pay eligible claims within six weeks. Workers are asked not to chase updates until that period has passed. Help is available via the Redundancy Payments helpline on 0330 331 0020, and any follow-up emails must be sent from the same address used on the application for security reasons.
Trade creditors and self‑employed contractors who are owed money are told to register in the relevant liquidation. The Insolvency Service directs creditors to complete a Proof of Debt general form, clearly identify which company owes the money, and email the form with supporting invoices using the subject Proof of Debt – [relevant company name] to Assent.Liquidator@insolvency.gov.uk.
The separation between the three companies is not a technicality. Each estate is a separate legal entity and the Official Receiver will account for receipts and claims company by company. Submitting a claim to the wrong entity will delay or derail recovery. Check purchase orders, contracts and invoice headers carefully before filing.
Alongside the wind-down, the Official Receiver, an officer of the court within the Insolvency Service, has opened the standard inquiries into why the businesses failed and how directors behaved before insolvency. This can lead to reporting to the Secretary of State and, where justified, further action through the courts. No findings have been made and no allegations are made at this stage.
The immediate risk sits with record preservation. The Insolvency Service’s position that the Official Receiver lacks access or funding to provide documents is likely to frustrate customers who paid for compliance work. It also raises a wider policy question: when digital records are critical to conveyancing and safety assurance, who ensures continuity when a provider collapses.
Until there is a firmer answer, customers should assume the 30 November 2025 cut-off is final. Download all available files now, store them securely, and make contemporaneous notes if key documents are missing. Creditors should assemble contracts, statements of account and evidence of delivery, and employees should request their case reference without delay. All correspondence to the liquidator should quote the company name in full.
Inside Corporate Insolvency will continue to scrutinise how the Official Receiver manages access to records in this winding-up and whether stakeholders receive timely guidance once the links expire. As of today, the government notice remains the primary instruction to customers, creditors and employees, and it leaves a narrow five-day window to safeguard files.
This report is based on the Insolvency Service’s announcement on GOV.UK covering Assent Building Compliance Limited, LB Building Control Limited and Oculus Building Consultancy Limited. Stakeholders should rely on direct communications from the liquidator for case-specific instructions and deadlines.