Name: Anthony Martin

Name: HR SHOWSTARS LTD

Date of Birth: 3 / 10 / 1958

Date Order Starts: 26 / 1 / 2024

Disqualification Length: 7 Years 0 Month(s)

CRO Number: SC641593

Last Known Address: 79 DICKENS AVENUE, , , , CLYDEBANK, G81 2ER

Conduct: Mr Martin failed to ensure that HR Showstars maintained or preserved complete and full accounting records, or in the alternative failed to deliver all such that did exist for the period 30 September 2019 to liquidation. As a result it is not possible to: - identify who maintained the accounting and administrative records of HR Showstars and identify the current location of such records; - Verify the full and true nature of the business and operations of HR Showstars; - establish the identity and value of the assets of HR Showstars; - establish the total income and expenditure of HR Showstars; - ascertain, in the absence of payroll records, the names and identities of employees - establish the level of remuneration paid by HR Showstars to Mr Martin. - establish the beneficiaries of income generated by HR Showstars - confirm the accuracy of RTI submissions made to HMRC - establish the true amount due to HMRC - establish whether HR Showstars traded to the detriment of HMRC At liquidation the sole creditor is HMRC which submitted a claim of £47,770.17. Mr Martin caused Kirkie Door Shop Ltd (“Kirkie”) to breach the UK Government backed Bounce Back Loan (“BBL”) scheme by reason that the BBL applied for and obtained by Kirkie was not used in its entirety for the economic benefit of the Company. Mr Martin was the sole signatory to the Kirkie bank account. In that: Eligibility In order to be eligible for a BBL, UK Government guidance states: - The applicant must be carrying on business on 1 March 2020 and be trading in the UK at the date of the application; - The applicant can borrow from £2,000 to £50,000 (up to a maximum of 25% of the company turnover); - The applicant must use the funds for the economic benefit of the company; and - The funds must not be used for personal benefit. Application - In September 2020 a co-director of Mr Martin caused Kirkie to apply for a BBL of £40,000; - On 18 September 2020 the sum of £40,000, was paid into the bank account of Kirkie. Prior to receipt of the BBL the balance of the company bank account stood at £8,095.03 in credit; Usage - Following receipt of the BBL on 18 September 2020 in the period between 18 September 2020 and 8 October 2020 payments made from Kirkie’s bank account included (i) three transfers totalling £4,445 to Mr Martin, (ii) three transfers totalling £29,750 to a connected company and (iii) one transfer of £8,000 to second connected company; - Mr Martin has not provided evidence that dispersal of the BBL funds were used for the benefit of Kirkie; - Kirkie made no payments towards the BBL; and - At liquidation Kirkie owed its creditors at least £76,173.55 including £40,144.06 outstanding in respect of the BBL due to the lender bank. At the conclusion of the liquidation of Kirkie no dividend was paid to any class of creditor. Mr Martin allowed Cumbernauld Car Care Ltd (“Cumbernauld”) to breach the UK Government backed Bounce Back Loan (“BBL”) scheme by reason that the BBL applied for and obtained by Cumbernauld was not used in its entirety for the economic benefit of the Company. In that: Eligibility In order to be eligible for a BBL, UK Government guidance states: - The applicant must be carrying on business on 1 March 2020 and be trading in the UK at the date of the application; - The applicant can borrow from £2,000 to £50,000 (up to a maximum of 25% of the company turnover); - The applicant must use the funds for the economic benefit of the company; and - The funds must not be used for personal benefit. Application - On 27 May 2020 Cumbernauld applied for a BBL of £40,000; - On 29 May 2020 the sum of £40,000, being the BBL, was paid into the bank account of Cumbernauld. Prior to receipt of the BBL the balance of the company bank account stood at £5,001.32 in credit; Usage - The BBL agreement between Cumbernauld and the lender bank included a clause which stated the purpose of the BBL as being: o “£40,000 for Business Expenditure wholly for the purposes of a business carried on by the Customer or intended to be carried on by the Customer.” - Following receipt of the BBL on 29 May 2020 in the period between 1 June 2020 and 29 June 2020 payments made from Cumbernauld’s bank account included (i) five transfers totalling £25,800 to a connected company and (ii) two transfers totalling £11,000.15 to a firm of solicitors for unknown reasons; - Mr Martin has not provided evidence that dispersal of the BBL funds were used for the benefit of Cumbernauld; - Cumbernauld made one payment of £1,419.78 towards the BBL; and - At liquidation Cumbernauld owed its creditors at least £44,521.64 including £38,435.95 outstanding in respect of the BBL due to the lender bank. 

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