Sunderland restaurant boss banned for seven years over £130,000-plus unpaid tax bill

Abdul Amin, 51, from Sunderland, has been disqualified by the Insolvency Service for putting his Church View Restaurant business “at an unfair advantage over their competitors”.

Church View Restaurant was formed in July 2014 and traded as Ministers Restaurant, in Church View, Sedgefield.

The Insolvency Service says Amin was the sole director and required to register the company for tax purposes.

Amin, however, failed to do so and in 2016 was subject of inquiries by the authorities for unpaid taxes.

Despite the scrutiny placed on Church View Restaurant, the Insolvency Service says the company didn’t pay its £133,000 tax liabilities, resulting in its eventual liquidation in August 2019.

The service now says Amin has made a disqualification undertaking in that he does not dispute that he failed to ensure the company met tax obligations.

Effective from November 3, Amin is banned for seven years from directly or indirectly becoming involved, without court permission, in the promotion, formation or management of a company.

Rob Clarke, chief investigator for the Insolvency Service, said in a statement: "Directors have statutory requirements to ensure their companies pay taxes.

"But our investigations uncovered that Abdul Amin’s behaviour was deliberate, putting Church View Restaurant at an unfair advantage over their competitors by not paying taxes.

"Seven years is a substantial amount of time to be removed from the corporate arena and Abdul Amin’s ban should serve as a warning to other rogue directors that if you neglect your obligations you could lose the privilege of limited liability trading."

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