A former boss of Inc & Co has been disqualified after acting as a director of a company for two years while he was bankrupt.
Scott Dylan, 41 – now based in Dublin, and formerly based in Salford – is expected to be released from prison next week after serving half of a 22-month sentence for contempt of court after 60 companies controlled by him and his associates David Antrobus and Jack Mason were transferred to two companies in the British Virgin Islands, in breach of freezing orders Barclays Bank had obtained.
That unconnected case saw all three handed 22-month sentences in October 2024. The judge accused them of “lying prolifically” to cover up their actions; Barclays accuses the trio of “extracting” £13.7m from its bank accounts.
Now the Insolvency Service has banned Dylan from operating as a company director for eight years after it found he had acted as a director of IT consultancy SDRW Limited between July 2013 and July 2015, despite being subject to a bankruptcy order that had been in place since July 2005.
Dylan’s disqualification begins on Friday 26th September and runs through to 2033.
Insolvency Service investigations into Dylan remain ongoing.
Dave Magrath, director of investigation and enforcement services at the Insolvency Service, said: “When someone is declared bankrupt, they are banned from running companies. This is to protect the public and creditors from people who may have failed to manage their finances properly.
“Dylan ignored this and ran a company for two years while he was still bankrupt. Our investigation showed he was actively involved in managing the business when he wasn’t permitted to be.
“The public has a right to know that company directors follow the rules. We are committed to pursuing director misconduct cases thoroughly and will see them through to completion, regardless of any delays to proceedings which are outside of our control.”
SDRW Limited was incorporated in July 2013, with Dylan appointed as director. The company, based in Sale, Greater Manchester, described its trading activities on Companies House as ‘information technology consultancy’.
Dylan’s company was known as Digital London Limited between July 2013 and January 2015 and We Are AD Limited from January 2015 to March 2016.
Despite filing paperwork showing his directorship was terminated in July 2014, Dylan continued to act as an active director until at least 22 July 2015.
Throughout this entire period, he remained subject to a bankruptcy order that had been made against him in July 2005 at Milton Keynes County Court.
Dylan’s bankruptcy was not annulled until November 2015, well after his period of directorship had ended.
The company entered liquidation in March 2016, shortly after changing its name to SDRW Limited.