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ONCALL INTERPRETERS - Insolvency. Is anyone else affected? | Oncall Interpreters Ltd. is independent of Oncall Europe SL

Andrew Campbell-Boross — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: ONCALL INTERPRETERS - Insolvency. Is anyone else affected?
Poster: Andrew Campbell-Boross
Post title: Oncall Interpreters Ltd. is independent of Oncall Europe SL

The insolvency manager has told me that the Spanish company is independent of the British company filing for insolvency, so I have to file my claims against them with the Spanish authorities. Judging by how they repeatedly ignore my messages, it is very likely that they are on the same path.

ONCALL INTERPRETERS - Insolvency. Is anyone else affected? | Bad news

CasaPhil — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:13:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: ONCALL INTERPRETERS - Insolvency. Is anyone else affected?
Poster: CasaPhil
Post title: Bad news

A French agency I used to work with extensively filed for bankruptcy in 2001 with 3700 of my euros. After a few years, I got 0 euros back from the proceedings.
A French sole trader got personally bankrupt in 2010 with 1500 euros of unpaid invoices, and I got about 1000 euros back after a few years.

Just send your unpaid invoices to the administrators, and wait until the judgment or whatever.

Philippe

[Edited at 2026-08-05 17:15 GMT]

ONCALL INTERPRETERS - Insolvency. Is anyone else affected?

Andrew Campbell-Boross — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:07:00 +0000

Forum: Business issues
Topic: ONCALL INTERPRETERS - Insolvency. Is anyone else affected?
Poster: Andrew Campbell-Boross

Hello,

I have been working as a freelance translator for the Spanish subsidiary of "Oncall Interpreters" (Oncall Europa SL) for the last few months. I have outstanding invoices for over 2000€, and my alarm rang when the oldest one of these, sent about 75 days ago, was still unpaid after the due date. I sent several emails to the administration team, which were ignored on the majority of occasions. Finally, last week, they admitted that there was a delay caused by and "internal audit" without specifying when the payment will finally be made. Therefore, I decided to stop accepting any new jobs from this company. However, they kept on assigning me new work on their system until today.

Fast forward to today. I receive an email from an insolvency manager of a company called Smith & Barnes ( [url removed] ), with the following text:

Dear Sir / Madam,
Oncall Interpreters Ltd - in administration (‘the Company’)

I write to inform you that on 24 July 2026, Philippa Smith and I were appointed as Joint Administrators of the
Company.

It is our understanding that you were instructed on a self-employed basis to provide translation services to
the Company’s clients. I regret to inform you that as a result of the Administration, the Company has ceased
trading with immediate effect. Consequently, the Company will not be fulfilling any existing contractual
arrangements, and no further services should be provided by yourself.

If you have undertaken interpreting assignments prior to our appointment for which you have not yet been
paid, please ensure that you submit any outstanding invoices to us as soon as possible. Unfortunately, any
invoices outstanding will not be paid in the normal course of business and will instead rank as an unsecured
claim in the Administration.

We appreciate that this news will be disappointing and thank you for the professional services you have
provided to the Company. We also thank you for your cooperation and understanding during the
administration process.

Yours sincerely

Jessica Thomas
Joint Administrator

If anyone else has worked for this company and is facing the same situation, I would like to get in touch to see how we should proceed to protect our interests.