UK haulage company plunges into administration - founded in 1967

Administrators overseeing a UK haulage and warehousing company which dropped into difficulty almost two years ago, have issued a fresh update over the company’s future. H. Parkinson Haulage Limited, based in Preston, appointed administrators back in August 2024, with David Acland placed in charge of the business.

However, almost two years on, the haulage company has issued a Notice of Intended Dividends, a formal announcement by an insolvency practitioner that they have sufficient funds and plan to make a payout to creditors. The Notice of Intended Dividends was posted on The London Gazette in the early hours of 8 May, providing the first updates in well over 18 months.

At this stage, it is unknown how the news could affect staff at the company or whether any job cuts are expected. Back in 2024, administrators said H. Parkinson Haulage had closed down, with teams helping staff to access the support they need.

H. Parkinson Haulage Limited has a long heritage in the industry, with the business closing in on 60 years of service. Companies House states the business was incorporated back in 1967. It's the latest in a series of haulage firms struggling and dropping into administration.

H. Parkinson Haulage is a subsidiary of the larger HPH Group, which claims to have been provisioning services to customers since 1953. The HPH Group says they pride themselves on “responsive service, access to 24/7 operational coverage, and logistics solutions tailored to their needs.”

The notice on The London Gazette reads: “Notice is hereby given that I David Acland, the Joint Administrator of the above named Company, appointed on 5 August 2024, intend to declare and distribute an final dividend within the period of two months from the last date for proving mentioned below.

“All creditors of the Company are required on or before 2 June 2026 which is the last date for proving, to prove their debt by sending to me a written statement of the amount they claim to be due from the Company and, if so requested, to provide such further details or produce such documentary or other evidence as may appear to the Joint Administrator to be necessary.

“A distribution may be made without regard to the claim of any person in respect of a debt not proved. A creditor who has not proved his debt before the last date for proving mentioned above is not entitled to disturb, by reason that he has not participated in the dividend, the distribution of that dividend or any other dividend declared before his debt is proved.”

Express.co.uk has contacted HPH Group for further comment.