The company behind a nightclub was advertised as due to close because its accounts were not filed on time.

Central Entertainments, which runs the Honey Club on Brighton seafront, was officially listed as due to dissolve in May.

But its directors say this is the way in which Companies House, the official keeper of company information, tries to enforce timely record-keeping.

A notice was posted in the London Gazette - the official newspaper of record for England - on February 27 that the club was due to be struck off the Companies House register and dissolved within three months.

Central Entertainments director Steve Honeysett said the notice was posted by Companies House because the company had not filed its accounts for the year to July 31, 2005. The accounts have since been filed, meaning the threat has been lifted.

Mr Honeysett, 41, told The Argus: "We have no intention to dissolve the company at all.

"There is no problem. We continue to trade. We have no other issues or comment to make."

The company's most recent accounts, to July 31, 2005, show an operating profit of £6,905 and a loss before tax of £14,458. A year earlier the business recorded an operating loss of £12,147 and a loss before tax of £34,451.

Central Entertainments is run by Mr Honeysett and Gary Turner, 38.

This week The Argus reported the merger of nightclub owners C-Side and pub group Zelgrain. C-Side recorded a pre-tax loss of £2,787,933 in 2005, when parent company C-Side Holdings recorded a £1,965,933 pre-tax loss.