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I know its over 5 years but here is the latest on Stillwater narrowboats. I received this information this morning as I was one of the witnesses. Case Against Richard Anthony Heaton and Kevin Heaton Unique Reference Number 30DI0027916 I am writing to let you know what has happened in this case. At the hearing on 4th April, 2019 at Derby Crown Court, Richard Anthony Heaton pleaded guilty to the following charges: Richard Anthony Heaton: FRAUDULENT TRADING Charges against Kevin Heaton were discontinued Richard Anthony Heaton was sentenced as follows: Sentenced to 20 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years. There will be a hearing in the future to discuss the assets of Mr Heaton with a view to payments towards the losses incurred by the victims of this case. I will update you with that as and when I can. I would like to thank you for your assistance as a witness in this case. Your evidence was very important in bringing this case to justice and your contribution is greatly appreciated. Not exactly a great result for the many who lost a LOT of money (allegedly over £250k) and for the stress and aggravation we have all suffered over the intervening years. (Court dates cancelled etc.) I'm not holding my breath regards Richards assets, as I am sure there won't be any. Time to move on.?

Hi, yes I scrapped two large bowthruster batts a couple of weeks ago and got £300 a ton. So I only got £20 for the pair and I had to produce a Passport and my Driving Licence. This was in Worcester but I'm sure it's the same elsewhere. I could be paid only by Cheque or direct transfer into my bank account. Hope this helps you make you're mind up as to whether it's worth the effort.

Good luck doing this on your own, some of the locks can be a bit stiff, and the Tardebigge Flight is very tiring. I know, this is our stamping ground and we do the route frequently, but we normally do it in 4 or 5 days, cruising for 4 to 5 hours a day. If you are starting at the top of the Hatton Flight you will have to allow at least 3 long days to do this trip. There are quite a few good pubs along this route, but I would recommend Hockley Heath or Shirley Drawbridge for the first night and then Hopwood or Alvechurch for the second night. Again, Good Luck.

I've looked at this website and if I was to leave a comment on there it would be deleted as you're not allowed to leave comments like 'stay away' 'don't touch them with a barge-pole' 'robbing b-----d' etc

Is this Elite Narrowboats of Unit D, Asher Lane Business Park Asher Lane, DE5 3SW Tel:07971 676473? If it is I think I'll give Richard a ring in the morning to see how he has managed to start up again! Still think he's a thieving b-------d, having taken £8,000 of my money.

Have you tried filtermania.co.uk or inlinefilters.co.uk for the filters. You will need to have the base engine part numbers. As for the oil you pays your money and takes your choice. People I know use Halfords, Wilkinsons etc., but these oils can be the wrong API. If you want the proper oil (CC/CD?) you may have to buy from a chandlery. About £24 for 5 litres. I hope this helps

I too have a 3 USB Dongle (15Gb data per month) and am having problems with the connection which I haven't had in the past. In April this year I worked in an office in Cardiff and used the dongle all day very day, when I went there a couple of weeks ago I couldn't get any signal at all! So something has changed. We have just come back from the boat at Droitwich Marina and the signal kept dropping out - again - something that hasn't happened before. What's going on?

Whenever I got to speak to Kevin/Richard they were always keen to tell you how much work they had on - before launching in to one of their many hard-luck tales. I have been involved with business for over 40 years and I think they were simply under-funded to start with and that they under-charged for the product - I said this to Kevin on more than one occasion but he wouldn't put his prices up. Yes, they worked long hours, but that means they were earning even less per man hour. So they were on the slippery slope from day one. Everything goes up in price, particularly the things needed to build a narrowboat, steel, wood, and all the other bits and pieces. I think the writing was on the wall 2 years ago when they couldn't refund my money, they knew then they were in trouble and still took my money - basically they committed theft in my opinion.

I have just spoken to the Official Receiver in Leicester and have registered my interest in this debacle. They informed me that the Sheffield office is dealing with this matter. The details are: Examiner: Betty Bedford T: 0114 221 6184 Case Officer: Adam Cooper T: 0114 221 6191 So if anybody else wants to make a claim against Stillwater, then these are the people to contact.

We have done this route twice in the last two years and have always found Minworth to be quite safe and quiet, below Minworth Bottom lock and The Boat pub.

You have my sympathies, but as others have said you (and I) will now have to deal with the Official Receiver. I shall be emailing him on Monday. Stillwater Narrowboats Limited is effectively run by the OR now and the Directors(s) can't do anything without his agreement, to do so would make them personally liable for any transactions. On another note where have they got the money from to move from Market Drayton to Ripley from? They don't have a dime to spare. According to their last published accounts (31st January 2012) they had Liabilities of £252,272; Assets of £167,243; Cash £307; Net Worth -£67,085. No wonder they couldn't pay their bills.

I very much doubt if I will see a penny either. Have just done some more digging and have found out that it was HMRC that issued the Order with the hearing on 5th August at the Royal Courts of Justice at 10.30am. Interestingly, for me anyway, it was originally issued on 20th June and I was still in contact with Richard via email as I was due a small payment. So he knew he was in deep do-do then, but he was still telling me on 27th JULY that he would pay me some money. What a creep. I just hope he doesn't start back up on Monday with a new name doing the same thing, but with a clean financial slate. If he does I hope the suppliers out there will have the nuts to tell him to 'Go away'!!!!

Sorry to bring you this bad news - I thought it was highly possible. Obviously don't know who issued the Order or whether it was voluntary. Obviously I have lost a lot of money and I am sure there will be plenty of others - now tell me they are nice guys So all those of you with boats with Warranty claims will have nowhere to go now other than to get those repairs sorted by yourselves. From The London Gazette: Date: 12 August 2013 Issue Number: 60594 Page number: 15966 Publication Date: Monday, 12 August 2013 Notice Code: 2452 Winding-Up Orders STILLWATER NARROWBOATS LIMITED (Company Number 06477275) Address of Registered Office: UNIT 3C, HARRISON COURT, HILTON, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE, DE65 5UR . In the High Court Of Justice No 004391 of 2013 Date of Filing Petition: 20 June 2013. Date of Winding-up Order: 5 August 2013. Official Receiver: G OHare 4th Floor, Wellington House, Wellington Street, LEICESTER,LE1 6HL, telephone: 0116 279 5800, email: Leicester.OR@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk Liquidator5 August 2013. (1881683)

Hi everybody, Just thought that I'd give you my feelings about Stillwater Narrowboats. I ordered a boat from them in September 2010 with delivery promised for July 2011. Needless to say that didn't happen. We were asked for the 1st tranche of the money (as per contract) in May 2011 (£15,000) with the verbal promise that the build was on schedule. When we went to the Crick boat show in 2011 and spoke to both Richard and Kevin we were suddenly told that the build was 6 weeks behind schedule. This change in about the space of two weeks! We went home and thought about it and after a discussion with Richard, who couldn't even give me a start date for the build, we decided to cancel the build thereby losing our deposit of £1000. It was agreed that the money would be refunded to us within 28 days - yeah right! I won't bore you with the details but suffice to say that after over 2 years we are still waiting for £8,000. I don't like to kick people when they are down but, both of these people are liars of the 1st order. They NEVER call you back and it is impossible to contact them - either by phone or email. It's only when you start sending threatening letters that you get any response and then they will have some convoluted story to tell you - they shouldn't be boatbuilders but on Jackanory because they are good story tellers. I see that Kevin has now Resigned as a Company Director (1st May 2013) and that Richard has resigned as a Director of CR & S Leisure Ltd (1st May 2013) leaving Suzanne Boyle as the sole Director. I believe she is Richards partner. Sounds dodgy? My apologies for this rant and as its my first time on here if I have broken any rules then I also apologise. But I hope my story will give anybody who is thinking of having a boat built by these people to think twice about handing money over to them in advance.