The Disqualification Files

This section of the website looks in detail at everyone given a Director Ban or a Bankruptcy Restrictions Order for Bounce Back Loan related wrongdoing, along with full details of what each person did, and occasionally other wrongdoing that resulted in a defaulted BBL.

The Insolvency Service recently said: “We expect to see a reduction in Covid Scheme related outcomes during 25/26 as we work through the pool of Bounce Back Loan cases”.

They have also warned that a BBL must be repaid and if the money your company borrowed is not repaid; your company may be investigated by the Insolvency Service, even if it has been dissolved.

If we find there was misconduct in the use of the BBL, action may be taken against you and your company.

Types of misconduct can include, providing false information on loan application, the loan being used for personal benefit and/or dissolving your company to avoid repaying the loan

As a result of the misconduct your company could be wound up by the Court, you could be disqualified as a director, and a Court Order may be made for you to pay compensation.

Over-Egging Turnover and Using Lloyds Bank BBL Funds for Personal Benefit Results in Another Company Director Being Hit with a 6 Year Disqualification

October 26, 2021

I do recall one of the bosses of Lloyds Bank being quite smug in a Commons Treasury Committee meeting and telling MPs firing questions at him about the BBL scheme, that due to his bank only accepting their own customers for Bounce Back Loans, and not opening up the scheme to new customers, the number of dodgy loans issued by his bank would be low, that has proven not to be the case. […]

6 Year Disqualification for Leaving Liquidator Unable to Determine if ATM and Over the Counter Cash Withdrawals of BBL Funds Were for Personal Benefit or for the Benefit of the Business and 9 Year Disqualification for Securing a BBL When Business Had Ceased Trading and Was Insolvent

October 25, 2021

Another two Bounce Back Loans worth a total of £80,000 have gone sour resulting in two business owners being slapped with a 6 and 9 year disqualification respectively. The reasons for those disqualifications follow the same pattern as many others, that being the business owners could not prove […]

Another £25,000 BBL Turns Sour Resulting in a 5 Year BRO and the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill “Committee Stage” Scheduled for the 10th November 2021.

October 23, 2021

Just a quick update today for those of you interested in the progress of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill that is currently making its way through Parliament, the next […]

Capital on Tap Issued BBL Goes Sour with Company Director Hit with a 5 Year 6 Months Disqualification for Using His Bounce Back Loan Funds for Personal Benefit

October 22, 2021

Even though Capital on Tap decided that they would only offer Bounce Back Loans to their own customers, that hasn’t led to them being immune from those BBLs going sour, and here is an overview of one Company Director that has been hit with a 5 and a half year disqualification for among other things, using his BBL for personal benefit. […]

Two Directors Hit with 6 and 7 Year Disqualifications for Failing to Satisfy the Insolvency Service That Their Santander and Barclays BBLs and Were Used for the Benefit of their Businesses After Winding Up Those Companies

October 20, 2021

The total number of Bounce Back Loans I have been tracking that have gone sour now stands at 48 with a combined total £1,707,914, as two more Directors have just been hit with 6 and 7 years disqualifications for not satisfying the Insolvency Service that their BBLs were used for the benefit of the business, here is an overview of those […]