MR ASIF IQBAL

Disqualified from

2022-10-12

Date of birth on record

August 1984

Mr Asif Iqbal (Mr Iqbal) breached his duties as a director of So Meat House Limited (So Meat) by failing to ensure that it complied with legislative requirements in that:- So Meat did not comply with its statutory obligations under The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 by employing 3 illegal workers. Following a visit from Home Office Immigration Officers on 13/11/2019, during which these breaches were discovered, So Meat was issued with a penalty notice for £45,000 which remains unpaid. Mr Iqbal was the sole person in office as a director of the company at the time of the Home Office visit. Mr Iqbal failed to ensure So Meat maintained and/or preserved adequate accounting records, or in the alternative failed to deliver up such accounting records as were maintained to the Joint Liquidators. As a consequence, it has not been possible to:- Determine in the absence of sales invoices or other supporting documentation the sources of credits into So Meat’s bank accounts in the period 01/10/2019 to 07/05/2021 totalling at least £1,573,760.01, and in particular, whether these credits accounts for all sales made by So Meat. Determine in the absence of purchase invoices or other supporting documentation the reasons for payments made from So Meat’s bank accounts in the period 01/10/2019 to 07/05/2021 totalling at least £1,567,089.73 and in particular, to verify that this was legitimate company expenditure. Establish the full and true amounts due to HMRC with regards to VAT and PAYE/NIC/CIS/CT. Establish the accuracy of the statement of affairs lodged in the Liquidation. Verify the reasons for So Meat’s failure.