TRADESMATE ASK A SPARK LTD

JONATHAN LLOYD EVANS

April 1982

Disqualified from being a director because of their conduct for the period of

12 Years 0 Month(s)

Disqualification starts from

22 December 2022

Improper conduct which resulted in their disqualification

On 28 May 2020, Mr Jonathan Lloyd Evans ("Mr Evans") caused Tradesmate Ask A Spark Limited ("TAAS") to apply for a Bounce Back Loan ("BBL”) for which it was not eligible for, by including false information relating to the level of turnover, as at 31 December 2019. In that: Lending requirements/declarations Turnover The TAAS was incorporated on 20 June 2017. The BBL scheme enabled businesses established prior to 01 January 2019 to borrow up to 25% of the business's annual turnover up to a maximum of £50,000 for calendar year 2019. The application for the BBL recorded a turnover declared in the sum of £200,000 and the maximum of £50,000 was advanced. No turnover is recorded in the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2019 and turnover recorded in the TASS's account to 30 June 2020 totalled £120. Trading The application for the BBL required the applicant to confirm that TAAS was trading as a 01 March 2020 and as at the date of any BBL application on 28 May 2020. Turnover recorded in the TAAS's accounts to 30 June 2020 totalled £120. Mr Evans has confirmed that TAAS never commenced trading. Mr Jonathan Lloyd Evans ("Mr Evans") caused Tradesmate Ask A Spark Limited ("TAAS") to obtain a £50,000 loan under the Government Guaranteed Bounce Back Loan Scheme (‘BBL’) by applying for and receiving a second loan contrary to the terms of the scheme and use £36,402 of the BBL’s for his personal benefit in that: On 28 May 2020, Mr Evans, on behalf of TAAS, applied for and subsequently received a £50,000 BBL (BBL 1). On 01 August 2020, Mr Evans, on behalf of TAAS, applied for and subsequently received a second Government backed Bounce Back Loan totalling £50,000 (BBL 2) despite having already applied for and received BBL 1. The completed BBL application form for BBL 2 failed to declare that TAAS had previously made a successful application for BBL 1 having received these funds into its bank account on 28 May 2020. BBL2 was paid into TAAS's on 10 August 2020. Use of moneys obtained TAAS never commenced trading and generated no income as a consequence. Application forms for BBL 1 and BBL 2 required the applicant to confirm that any funds would be utilised for the commercial benefit of the business and would not be utilised for personal benefit. Between receipt of BBL 1 on 28 May 2021 and 15 September 2021 (the date of the last payment to Mr Evans), TAAS's bank account statements records that he received net payments from TAAS in the sum of £36,402. Mr Evans has confirmed that BBL 1 and BBL 2 funds received by TAAS were used, in part to repay his director's loan account owing to him from TAAS which was incurred by the TAAS when I forward funded the expenses of the business in the development stage of the web application. As at the date of liquidation, both BBLs remained outstanding in the sum of £96,415