A 53-year-old Workington haulage firm has gone into liquidation with an estimated overall deficiency of more than £339,000, newly-filed documents revealed.
J R Dixon Limited, based at Joseph Noble Road, Lillyhall, formally entered a Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation, with Jessica Leeming and Lila Thomas, of FRP Advisory, appointed as joint liquidators.
A statement of affairs filed with Companies House, dated May 21, 2026 shows estimated assets available to preferential creditors of £44,653.64.
However, the company's estimated assets were substantially outweighed by liabilities including HMRC debts, finance agreements, local creditors, and redundancy and pay in lieu of notice claims.
The company's estimated deficiency as regards creditors is listed at £338,376.61, rising to £339,376.61 when issued and called-up share capital is included.
HMRC is listed as being owed £79,078, made up of £24,405 in PAYE and £54,673 in VAT.
The documents also list £117,895.50 in redundancy and pay in lieu of notice claims, while a separate employee and director schedule lists four entries totalling £130,232.
Unsecured creditors are listed at £112,725.25, with directors' loan accounts of £57,969.
Named creditors include Bibby Financial Services, listed as owed £60,330.85, TIP Trailer Services, owed £57,859.12, Paragon Bank, owed £37,038, and Aldermore Bank, owed £13,988.
Companies House records show the company registered a charge in favour of Bibby Financial Services in June 2025.
The document referred to fixed and floating charges over the company’s assets and undertaking.
Cumberland Council is listed as a creditor, owed £13,527.
Other local or regional creditors include West Coast Commercials Limited, of Flimby, owed £5,476.73, Motus DAF Workington, owed £1,476.36, Grahams Commercials Ltd, of Carlisle, owed £1,681.93, K&S McKenzie Ltd, of Carlisle, owed £1,366.50, and Ast Signs Ltd, of Penrith, owed £844.
An In-Cumbria article published in November 2023 said J R Dixon Ltd had been operating for 50 years.
It said the business was started in 1973 by Sylvia Bates, the grandmother of managing director Philip Clarke, and her partner John Dixon, who borrowed money to buy their first truck.
At the time, the company had seven articulated lorries and had recently been named Northern Haulage Company of the Year at the Transport News Northern Rewards.
Its clients were said to include nearby Enfield Tubes and Cumbria Recycling, both in Lillyhall, while it also delivered stock for The Range and distributed Coca-Cola from national depots.
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