England and Liverpool legend John Barnes banned from ¸ºß a company director after his ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤ failed to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶⠡ò190,000 in ÀǶâ

  • Barnes, 60, has been banned from taking up the Ìò³ä for three-and-a-half years?

Former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes has been banned from ¸ºß a company director after his ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤ failed to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â more than ¡ò190,000 in ÀǶâ.

Mr Barnes, 60, has been banned from taking up the Ìò³ä for three-and-a-half years, after his company, John Barnes ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß ¸Â¤é¤ì¤¿¡¿Î©·ûŪ¤Ê, failed to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â any ²ñ¼Ò¡¿ÃÄÂÎ ÀǶâ and ÉղòÁÃÍÀÇ for two years.?

An Ä´ºº by the Insolvency Service into Mr Barnes' ¹Ô°Ù¡¿¹Ô¤¦ as a director began in September 2023, just over three years after the company Ãæ»ß¤¹¤ëd Ëǰסʤ¹¤ë¡Ëing in January 2020.?

The Ä´ºº ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë that between?November 2018 and October 2020, nothing was paid to?HMRC?in ÀǶâ.?

Barnes was the ñÆȤΠdirector of the company, based in West Byfleet, Surrey, which ½Ò¤Ù¤ëd itself as ¿½¤·¹þ¤à¡¿¿½¤·½Ðing ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß Âåɽ services and Ãæ»ß¤¹¤ëd Ëǰסʤ¹¤ë¡Ëing in January 2020.

Former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes who has been banned from being a company director after his media firm failed to pay more than ¡
ò190,000 in tax

Former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes who has been banned from ¸ºß a company director after his ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤ failed to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â more than ¡ò190,000 in ÀǶâ

Mr Barnes, 60, has been banned from taking up the role for three-and-a-half years, after his company, John Barnes Media Limited, failed to pay any corporation tax and VAT for two years

Mr Barnes, 60, has been banned from taking up the Ìò³ä for three-and-a-half years, after his company, John Barnes ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß ¸Â¤é¤ì¤¿¡¿Î©·ûŪ¤Ê, failed to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â any ²ñ¼Ò¡¿ÃÄÂÎ ÀǶâ and ÉղòÁÃÍÀÇ for two years

Barnes dressed in his Liverpool kit celebrates after winning the League Championship trophy? on May 1, 1990

Barnes dressed in his Liverpool Æ»¶ñ celebrates after winning the League Áª¼ê¸¢ ¥È¥í¥Õ¥£¡¼? on May 1, 1990

The Ä´ºº showed that John Barnes ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß failed to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶⠡ò78,839 in ²ñ¼Ò¡¿ÃÄÂÎ ÀǶâ between August 2018 and January 2020, when the company Ãæ»ß¤¹¤ëd Ëǰסʤ¹¤ë¡Ëing.

The company also failed to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶⠡ò115,272 in ÉղòÁÃÍÀÇ between February 2019 and 2020.

During this two year period John Barnes ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß's turnover was ¡ò441,798.

But ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º not »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶âing any ÀǶâ, the company still ¤È¤¸¹þ¤ß¡¿Äó½Ð¤¹¤ëd returns showing what the ÉղòÁÃÍÀÇ »Ùʧ¤¤¡Ê³Û¡Ës should have been.?

¥Þ¥¤¥¯ Smith, Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô Áܺº´±¡¿Ä´ºº´± at the Insolvency Service, said: 'Individuals and ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ös not »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶âing the ÀǶâ they should Ã¥¤¦s the À¯ÉÜ of the ´ð¶âing it needs to ¶¡µë¤¹¤ë ·èÄêŪ¤Ê public services and Åê»ñ in areas such as schools, hospitals and roads.

'John Barnes had a ¹çˡŪ¤Ê µÁ̳ to ³Î¼Â¤Ë¤¹¤ë his company paid the ÄûÀµ¤¹¤ë ÎÌ of ²ñ¼Ò¡¿ÃÄÂÎ ÀǶâ and ÉղòÁÃÍÀÇ.

'Instead, it paid no ÀǶ⠤ɤì¤Ç¤â between November 2018 and October 2020, ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º receiving ¼ýÆþs of °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ over ¡ò400,000.

'This disqualification should serve as a deterrent to other directors that if you do not »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â your ÀǶâs while directing money ¤É¤³¤«¤è¤½¤Ç, you are at ´í¸± of ¸ºß banned'.

The ¹ñ̳Ĺ´± for ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö and Ëǰסʤ¹¤ë¡Ë ¼õÂ÷¤¹¤ëd a disqualification ÀÁ¤±É餦ing from Mr Barnes and his ¶Ø»ß¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë started on Wednesday.

It ˸¤²¤ës him from ¸ºß ȼ¤¦¡¿´Ø¤ï¤ëd in the ¾º¿Ê¡¿ÀëÅÁ, ·Á¼° or ´ÉÍý¡¿·Ð±Ä of a company without the µö²Ä of the Ë¡ÄºÛȽ½ê.