$8m collapse set for court

THE financial affairs property development that went bust more than $8 million laid bare in court.

United Project Partners Pty Ltd, part of the United Group, was a Gympie-based project of a company owing will be manager and funder of property developments across Toowoomba and Gympie.

UPP and several associated companies under the directorship of Gympie businessman Gene Farrelly went into liquidation in the middle of 2017, owing a combined $13 million to businesses, and people who had invested their superannuation in the group.

Writing in a notice to creditors this week, liquidator Adam Ward of Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants said he had filed the necessary documents to apply for approval to proceed with a public examination of the affairs of the company and its officers.

“I expect the court to provide a date for the holding of the public examination shortly,” he said.

Mr Ward previously advised creditors he had delayed the court proceedings while he worked with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, who had indicated they wished to fund the examination of another related company in the group, Secure Holdings (QLD) Pty Ltd.

United Group was established in 2011 by Mr Farrelly and was a one-stop shop for property development and investment.

Investors loaned their selfmanaged super funds to Secure Holdings (QLD) for terms ranging between two to four years with interest payable yearly on interest rates of between 5-8%.

Funds were on-loaned to associated companies like United Project Partners to undertake property development projects across Toowoomba and Gympie.

In his statutory report, Mr Ward found UPP had suffered trading losses from unprofitable property developments and was experiencing severe cash flow shortages.