The company behind Kashmir Restaurant on Albion Street entered liquidation on 26 August. A new business, Bell & Grill, is now registered at the same address.
The company that runs Kashmir Restaurant at 1 Albion Street has gone into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. Members met at the restaurant on 26 August and resolved that the company “cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business”. Jamie Playford of Leading, an insolvency firm in Norwich, was appointed liquidator the same day. The notices were published in The Gazette on 2 September. (The Gazette, notice 5203043)
Separately, the Food Standards Agency register now carries a second food business at the same address. It is called Bell & Grill, and it is listed as awaiting its first inspection. (Food Standards Agency, Bell & Grill)
What the record shows
Kashmir 1 Limited, company number 16379120, gave its registered office and its principal trading address as 1 Albion Street, Cheltenham, GL52 2LH. Its trading name is recorded as Kashmir and its business as licensed restaurants. The liquidation is a creditors’ voluntary liquidation, appointed by members and creditors. (The Gazette, notice 5203044)
The company was young. Companies House records these dates:
- incorporated on 10 April 2025, with £1 of share capital
- one director, Abdul Rauf, appointed on the day it was formed
- a confirmation statement filed on 10 April 2026 with no updates
- first accounts not due until 10 January 2027, and none filed
(Companies House, company 16379120)
A creditors’ voluntary liquidation is the route for closing a company that cannot pay its debts. The directors resolve to wind it up, and a licensed insolvency practitioner takes over. The liquidator sells what assets there are and shares the proceeds among creditors.
A new name on the food register
There are now two entries for 1 Albion Street on the national food hygiene register:
- Kashmir Restaurant, rated 4 out of 5 when it was inspected on 17 February 2025 (Food Standards Agency, Kashmir Restaurant)
- Bell & Grill, at the same address, with no rating and no inspection date
The second entry is what a brand new registration looks like. Cheltenham Borough Council’s own guidance explains the process: anyone “starting a new food business, or taking over an existing one” must register with the council, free, “at least 28 days before you start operating”. The council then sends an acknowledgement letter and an awaiting inspection sticker to display, and says a business “can begin trading whilst you are awaiting your initial food hygiene inspection”. (Cheltenham Borough Council, starting a food business)
We could find no company registered at Companies House under the Bell & Grill name, and no website or social account for it. What the public record supports is narrow but clear: someone has registered a new food business at 1 Albion Street and has not yet been inspected.
The name has been through this before
Kashmir 1 Limited is not the first Cheltenham company to trade under the Kashmir name and end in liquidation. Kashmir Cheltenham Ltd, company number 09952526, was incorporated on 14 January 2016, also as a licensed restaurant business. It passed an extraordinary resolution to wind up on 21 March 2019, filed a statement of affairs that April, and was dissolved on 28 July 2020. (Companies House, company 09952526)
That earlier company had two directors. One of them was Abdul Rauf, with a date of birth of October 1972: the same name and date of birth the register gives for the sole director of Kashmir 1 Limited.
A second town centre food company
A separate Cheltenham food business appears in this week’s notices. Bombay Hospitality Limited, company number 13567052, of 302 High Street, GL50 3JF, is also in creditors’ voluntary liquidation. Its members passed the winding-up resolutions on 27 August, and Scott Milne of CMW in Standish, Greater Manchester, was appointed liquidator. The notices were published on 4 September. (The Gazette, notice 5204769)
The company was incorporated on 16 August 2021 and registered as a take-away food business. Its filing history shows accounts to 31 August 2025 that were due on 31 May 2026 and never filed, and a confirmation statement overdue since 8 August. Companies House began compulsory strike-off action on 18 August and discontinued it the next day, nine days before the winding-up resolution. (Companies House, company 13567052)
The Food Standards Agency register lists no food business at 302 High Street.
One caution about “Cheltenham” insolvency notices
Cheltenham’s name appears in far more insolvency notices than the town has insolvencies, because several insolvency practitioners are based here and their address goes on every notice they handle. In the past fortnight that has included a restaurant company in Hull, an estate agency in Dartmouth, a hair salon and a sign maker near Huddersfield, and a lettings company in Northampton. The address that matters is the principal trading address, not the one the creditors write to.
What it means for you
If either company owes you money, as a supplier, a contractor or a customer who paid for something not delivered, you are a creditor in that liquidation. For Kashmir 1 Limited, the Gazette notice gives the liquidator’s contact as Leading, Lawrence House, 5 St Andrews Hill, Norwich, NR2 1AD, on 01603 552028. For Bombay Hospitality Limited it is CMW, 26 Market Street, Standish, WN6 0HN, on 01942 950683.
If you hold a gift voucher or a booking deposit, that is a claim in the liquidation like any other, and it ranks behind secured and preferential creditors. Contact the liquidator’s office rather than the premises.
If you are checking a Cheltenham venue before you eat, every inspection score in the borough is published free on the national register, and the council’s own food hygiene ratings page sets out how the three scores are worked out and how a business can appeal or reply. Trading local venues are listed in our business directory.
If you are opening a food business here, registration is free but must be done with Cheltenham Borough Council at least 28 days before you begin trading, and it applies to taking over an existing premises as well as to a new one. If the work involves the building itself, our Cheltenham planning news page tracks the borough’s latest applications and decisions.
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