The director, Catherine Maciocia, made the difficult decision to close the business on 26 November 2025, resulting in the redundancy of five employees.

A statement from Ms McLachlan said: “Ms Maciocia is in extremely ill health and is unable to continue in running the business which has proved extremely upsetting for her and her family. The business has been trading at a loss for some time and cash reserves have depleted as a result.

“All employees are being supported by Middlebrooks to make claims for arrears of wages, notice pay, holiday pay and redundancy pay due from the Redundancy Payments Service.

“Middlebrooks have also been approached by another local accountants with potential job opportunities for the redundant staff and support is being provided in this regard. Every effort is also being made to support the councils and local authorities with the handover process.”