The Fans Forum question about Village Energy Solutions and Morton House by RAFCBLUE 17 Feb 2022 20:44
A question tonight from the floor was about a company called Village Energy Solutions Limited and their financial links to Morton House.

I was a bit of a way away so I didn't hear the exact question but a quick Google gives this:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-of-pounds-of-unexplained-payments-leads-to-director-ban

The Official Receiver was appointed liquidator and as part of their duties, initiated an investigation into Donna Nada’s conduct and the reasons why Village Energy Solutions failed.

Enquiries uncovered that the company was originally incorporated as providing real estate and management consultant services and in its first 9 months had three different names — Rasdale Solutions Ltd, Caffe Concerto Payroll Services Ltd and Concerto Payroll Services Ltd — before settling on Village Energy Solutions.

In interviews, Donna Nada, from Ilford, Essex informed the Official Receiver that the company traded from premises in North West London and provided payroll and HR services.

But due to Donna Nada’s failure to ensure Village Energy Solutions Limited maintained and/or preserved adequate accounting records or provide any form of records to the liquidator, it was not possible to verify the true nature of £2.3 million of income and whether this accounted for all the company’s sales and income.

Donna Nada’s misconduct also meant it was not possible to determine the legitimacy of at least £1.8 million worth of payments out of the company’s bank accounts.

ESSEX PAYROLL COMPANY? Where have we heard that before?

It's made the Ilford Recorder here:
https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/crime/director-ban-for-village-energy-solutions-ltd-payments-8689352

A QUICK CHECK AT COMPANIES HOUSE GIVES THIS:
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11215024

In April 2019, a company called Morton House Business and Corporate Services Ltd bought an 80% stake in the Village Energy Solutions Limited

The person who did the buying of the 80% for MORTON HOUSE was:

DENISE VALARIE COURTNELL

In January 2020, the High Court ordered the winding up of Village Energy Solutions Limited at the request of HM Revenue and Customs

HMRC HAVE AN ESSEX PAYROLL COMPANY WOUND UP

In March 2020, Morton House Business and Corporate Services Limited then change its name to Morton House MGT and First Form Construction Limited.

The Government Article states:
"Donna Nada’s misconduct also meant it was not possible to determine the legitimacy of at least £1.8 million worth of payments out of the company’s bank accounts."

I'm no expert but how does Morton House manage to own 80% of a payroll company, which is wound up by the Official Receiver and fails to know where it put £1.8m!

Fast forward to July 2021 and over £1.0m according to Alexander Jarvis turned up from nowhere to be paid for shares for a hostile takeover that no one knew about or wanted.

That's got to be the best Fans Forum question since the one from about Barry-Murphy's contract which outed Bottomley when Graham Rawlinson gave a factually correct answer!

It's also got to raise MASSIVE questions for HMRC about the current Morton House Mgt and their payroll operations under Faical Safouane and Denise Courtnell.

[Post edited 18 Feb 2022 22:01]