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Petitions to wind up (Companies)

Profitable Farming Company Limited faces a winding-up petition

active Company no. 04367034 Published 22 July 2026

In short: Profitable Farming Company Limited (company no. 04367034) faced a winding-up petition, according to a Petitions to wind up (Companies) notice published in The London Gazette on 22 July 2026. The petition was presented by Richard Snell and Elizabeth Snell. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Bristol (case CR-2026-BRS-000085). The petition was listed to be heard on 11 August 2026 at 10:15am — a date that has now passed.

The Gazette notice is not updated after the hearing. A winding-up order, if one followed, is published as a separate Gazette notice and appears on the Profitable Farming Company Limited company record, alongside the current Companies House status.

A petition to wind up Profitable Farming Company Limited has been presented and a hearing is scheduled for 11 August 2026.

Notice details

Company
Profitable Farming Company Limited
Company number
04367034
Registered office
Middle Barlington, Roborough, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19 8AG
Petitioner
Richard Snell and Elizabeth Snell, both of Middle Barlington Farm, Roborough, Winkleigh, EX19 8AG
Petitioner's Solicitor
Stephens Scown LLP, Curzon House, Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1RS (Ref: ML/SNEL-26355-1)
Court
Business and Property Courts in Bristol, Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre, 2 Redcliff Street, Bristol, BS1 6GR
Case number
CR-2026-BRS-000085
Hearing date/time
11 August 2026 at 10:15am
Notice date
22 July 2026

What this notice means

A winding-up petition asks the court to close a company and place it into compulsory liquidation, most often because a debt has gone unpaid. If the court makes a winding-up order, control passes to the Official Receiver or an appointed liquidator, the company's bank accounts are frozen and its assets are sold to repay creditors.

Read more: Facing a Winding-Up Petition?.

What happens next

At the hearing the court decides whether to make a winding-up order. Until it does, the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, if the company has a cross-claim larger than the debt, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue or refinancing is put in place. If an order is made, the company stops trading, its bank accounts are frozen, control passes to the Official Receiver and a liquidator is appointed to sell the assets and pay creditors in the order fixed by law.

Quote case number CR-2026-BRS-000085 and the Business and Property Courts in Bristol in any correspondence about the case.

All notices for Profitable Farming Company Limited

2 Gazette notices on record for company no. 04367034, newest first. The full history, with last filed accounts, is on the Profitable Farming Company Limited company record.

  1. Winding up order (Companies) 09 Sep 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Has Profitable Farming Company Limited gone into liquidation?

The London Gazette published a Petitions to wind up (Companies) for Profitable Farming Company Limited (company no. 04367034) on 22 July 2026. A winding-up petition asks the court to close a company and place it into compulsory liquidation, most often because a debt has gone unpaid. If the court makes a winding-up order, control passes to the Official Receiver or an appointed liquidator, the company's bank accounts are frozen and its assets are sold to repay creditors.

What does a Petitions to wind up (Companies) mean?

A winding-up petition asks the court to close a company and place it into compulsory liquidation, most often because a debt has gone unpaid. If the court makes a winding-up order, control passes to the Official Receiver or an appointed liquidator, the company's bank accounts are frozen and its assets are sold to repay creditors.

What happens next?

At the hearing the court decides whether to make a winding-up order. Until it does, the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, if the company has a cross-claim larger than the debt, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue or refinancing is put in place. If an order is made, the company stops trading, its bank accounts are frozen, control passes to the Official Receiver and a liquidator is appointed to sell the assets and pay creditors in the order fixed by law.

The company owes me money — what can I do?

You are a creditor in the process. The insolvency practitioner named in the notice will write to known creditors and invite claims; if you have not heard from them, contact them with your invoices. Unsecured creditors rank after fixed-charge holders, the costs of the insolvency, preferential creditors and floating-charge holders, so recovery depends on what is left in the estate.

I worked there — how do I claim what I am owed?

Unpaid wages, holiday pay and statutory redundancy are claimed from the government's Redundancy Payments Service, not from the company or from K2. The insolvency practitioner named in this notice should give you a case reference to claim with.

Source: The London Gazette and Companies House. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright. This page is provided by K2 Partners for information only and is not legal or financial advice.