Funeral parlour at centre of probe into improper care of the dead has been on the brink of financial ruin for two years [Video]

08:04 EDT 11 Mar 2024 , updated 11:56 EDT 11 Mar 2024

A funeral firm at the centre of a police probe into improper care of the dead has been on the brink of being struck off the Companies House register for two years.

Legacy Independent Funeral Service’s accounts are currently overdue and the company has received its fifth public warning that it faces a ‘compulsory strike-off’. 

The Hull company’s boss is Robert Bush, who heads up a family business that also employs his daughter, Saskya Bush, and was established in the city in 2010.

But since January 2022, the undertaker has been receiving warnings that proceedings will begin to dissolve the company and inform creditors it is failing to meet its financial obligations.

On each occasion the firm has won a reprieve and compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued.