Cotswolds pub put in liquidation had £500,000 debts

Cotswold Pub Partnership Limited entered insolvent liquidation in April 2025 after a formal resolution to wind up the business.

The company trades as The Fox Inn in Great Barrington, near Burford, a riverside inn that can be found on the banks of the River Windrush and is described as an “award‑winning gastro pub with rooms”.

The pub remains open.

Its owner previously told us that Cotswold Pub Partnership Limited was an umbrella company that was liquidated on “professional advice”.

The Fox in Barrington (Image: Google Maps)

Thames Water is also owed money (Image: Google Maps)

Simon Renshaw, of London-based IQ Insolvency, was appointed as liquidator on April 9.

Documents submitted to Companies House reveal the company has £502,587 worth of debts to settle to six creditors.

The main one is HMRC, which is owed £310,968. Thames Water is also listed as a creditor, being owed £7,960 while The Angel at Burford Limited of Witney is owed £72,693, the publicly available accounts show.

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However, the documents also show there is an estimated deficiency of £437,213 – meaning it is likely most the money may not be paid back based on estimates.

A new company was set up by Cotswold Pub Partnership limited directors Gemma and Terence King in April called Fox at Barrington Limited.

Mr Renshaw said in a report: “It is not anticipated that the work the liquidator has carried out to deal with the company’s assets will provide a financial benefit to creditors.

“This is because either the value of the assets was insufficient to produce a financial benefit after the associated costs of realisation were taken into consideration, or because there were no assets owned by the company in accordance with the company’s statement of affairs that could be realised for the benefit of creditors.”