Bray Cured, the award-winning Maidenhead charcuterie firm, was wound up on 6 August. Liquidators are appointed; its website was still taking orders this week.

Bray Cured Limited, the artisan charcuterie producer registered at 290 Windsor Road, Maidenhead, has gone into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. Its shareholders passed a special resolution on 6 August 2026 to wind the company up, and Simon Campbell and Andrew Watling of Opus Restructuring LLP were appointed joint liquidators the same day. Both notices were published in The Gazette on 11 August. (The Gazette, notice 5188881; notice 5188918)

The end came quickly. A notice published on 30 July convened a virtual meeting of the company’s creditors for 10:15am on 6 August, called by its director, Alexander Mugan, with a shareholders’ meeting held first to consider the winding-up resolution. Creditors were told to lodge their claims by 4pm on the business day before the meeting. (The Gazette, notice 5182373)

The appointment notice records the company’s business as the production of meat and poultry meat products, and the liquidation as a creditors’ one, made by the company and its creditors together. Companies House shows the firm was incorporated on 15 June 2021, so it has lasted just over five years; its most recent accounts, covering the year to 30 June 2025, were filed as recently as April. As of 12 August the register had not yet caught up and still listed the company as active. (Companies House, company 13457236)

Key dates for Bray Cured Limited, from incorporation on 15 June 2021 to the winding-up resolution of 6 August 2026 and the Gazette notices of 11 August

An award-winning name, and a website still selling

Bray Cured built a real reputation in a village better known for its restaurants than its producers. The firm’s own site describes hand-cured British charcuterie made in Bray, and says its products have won multiple Great Taste Awards over the years. (braycured.com)

That is what makes the current position odd: when Windsor Today checked on 12 August, six days after the winding-up resolution, braycured.com was still trading as a normal online shop, advertising next-day delivery on orders placed by 1pm, with no notice anywhere on the site about the liquidation. (braycured.com)

A creditors’ voluntary liquidation is the route shareholders take when a company cannot pay its debts: rather than waiting for a court order, they resolve to close it themselves, and licensed insolvency practitioners then gather in what the company owns and share the proceeds among creditors in the legal order of priority.

What it means for you

If you have an order, voucher or subscription outstanding, you are a creditor of a company in liquidation, and any claim goes to the joint liquidators rather than the shop. The contact given in the notices is Kathryn Smith at Opus Restructuring on 01908 752942 or kathryn.smith@opusllp.com. Given the website was still accepting new orders after the winding-up resolution, it is worth confirming with the liquidators before placing one. (The Gazette, notice 5188881)

If the company owes you money as a supplier, lodge a written statement of your claim with Opus Restructuring at 25 Barnes Wallis Road, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5TT, the address given in the appointment notice. (The Gazette, notice 5188918)

If you worked for the company and are owed wages, holiday pay or redundancy, you can apply to the government’s Redundancy Payments Service once the liquidators give you the case reference; the official guidance is at gov.uk.

The liquidators’ statement of affairs, which will set out what the company owes and to whom, should reach the public file at Companies House in the coming weeks; Windsor Today will report what it shows.