Thanks for your valuable insight.
Things I never knew
"Circumstances beyond a directors control" does NOT equal "trading with knowledge that debts cannot be repaid".
If any forumite gets a set of Statutory Financial Statements from Companies House, and those accounts show a negative balance sheet, then it is not unreasonable that he or she can come on to this forum and say that that company is in financial difficulty. I can't see the danger there and it's a damn sight better than the "I heard from my mate's second cousin that they saw a Cessna chained up".
Cheers
Whirls