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.
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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
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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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/24/19/84048191-13346533-image-a-21_1713984246393.jpg)
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.