Case details for TERENCE GEORGE CROOK

Name: TERENCE GEORGE CROOK

Name: SIGNATURE BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE LIMITED

Date of Birth: 28 / 4 / 1955

Date Order Starts: 27 / 10 / 2026

Disqualification Length: 11 Years 0 Month(s)

CRO Number: 12167579

Last Known Address: 4 APPLIN GREEN, EMERSONS GREEN, , , BRISTOL, BS16 7ES

Conduct: On 08 September 2020 Terence George Crook (‘Mr Crook’) caused Signature Building and Maintenance Ltd (‘SBM’) to apply for a Government-backed Bounce Back Loan (‘BBL’) of £50,000 which he knew or ought to have known it was not eligible for. In that: • The BBL scheme permitted a loan of up to 25% of a business’ turnover in the calendar year 2019 (or estimated annual turnover from the date it started if it had been established after 01 January 2019), from £2,000 to a maximum of £50,000; • A business was only eligible for a BBL if it was carrying on its business on 01 March 2020 and the BBL application included a declaration to that effect; • SBM was incorporated in August 2019 and Mr Crook stated that it commenced trading on 19 September 2019; • SBM’s bank account was opened on 20 December 2019, however the first income received was not until 26 June 2020; • The General Ledger maintained for SBM records that its first invoice was issued on 26 June 2020; • Mr Crook has advised that SBM was looking for work and preparing contract tenders in the period from September 2019, however he has not produced any documentation in respect of this stated work; • There is no evidence that SBM was carrying on business on 01 March 2020, as required by the BBL scheme; • On 08 September 2020 Mr Crook applied for a BBL of £50,000 for SBM, self-certifying that it had been carrying on business on 01 March 2020 and declaring estimated annual turnover of £400,000; • The BBL was paid into SBM’s bank account on 09 September 2020; • At the liquidation date the bank was owed £49,233 of total liabilities of £51,706. 

This information is correct as at 8 / 10 / 2026



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