A family-run UK furniture company has collapsed into liquidation, a notice in the Gazette has confirmed. It joins several other businesses that have made similar moves in recent weeks, as the current economic climate proves difficult for many. Other firms have blamed rising business costs and higher material prices as contributing factors in liquidations and administrations.
Valiant Furniture Ltd entered liquidation on February 20, according to an official notice published today (February 25). The company, based in Wigan, Lancashire, was appointed joint liquidators, Rikki Burton of Anderson Brookes Insolvency Practitioners Limited and Jasmine Baxter of Anderson Brookes Insolvency Practitioners Limited. The company has not released a statement about the liquidation. It manufactures furniture that is supplied to independent businesses across the UK. It is one of the many UK manufacturing companies that have gone into liquidation over the last few months.
A closing date has not yet been announced by the furniture manufacturer. Liquidation is a process in which a business ceases trading and sells off its assets.
It is a different process from administration, which aims to rescue a struggling business. In a liquidation, a company’s assets are sold to repay creditors, and the business is eventually dissolved and shut down.
Valiant Furniture Ltd prided itself on manufacturing 95% of its overall products in the UK and employing a local workforce in the North West of England to do so.
“We have invested in state-of-the-art machinery and modern manufacturing processes that allow us to be competitive and forward thinking,” it says.
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The company also has an apprentice programme, where it invested in young people “at grassroots in all areas of our business from CAD Drawers, CNC Operators through to Cabinet Assemblers”.
“We distribute all our products in our own purpose-built fleet of wagons, which means we can control the quality of our product right through to showroom delivery,” it adds.
The business had been in operation for more than 35 years, and sourced its materials from sustainable forests in North Wales and Cumbria. It focused mainly on wardrobes, sets of drawers and bedside lockers, selling collections based on different regions of the UK and eras in British history.
A slew of factors have led to similar closures in recent months. In fact, 31 UK furniture manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers entered liquidation or administration between October 2025 and January 2026. This left creditors with an expected combined shortfall of approximately £19million, Interior Daily reported.
