Neil Aldridge, a 57-year-old landscaping director from Oxfordshire, has been disqualified from managing companies until February 2038 after ignoring a previous ban and accumulating £300,000 in unpaid taxes. Aldridge was initially banned in 2019 for three-and-a-half years after his firm failed to pay £82,650 in taxes. He continued operating a phoenix company, Aldridge Landscaping Limited, without court permission, leaving HMRC owed £217,498. The Insolvency Service confirmed he breached his disqualification by running the company until July 2022, during which it paid only £20,692 in VAT and £24,972 in PAYE. The Secretary of State accepted his disqualification undertaking, effective February 5, 2026. Officials condemned the ‘abusive phoenixism’ and emphasized efforts to protect taxpayers and honest businesses.
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