Winding up order (Companies)
Gardant Security Limited wound up by court order
In short: Gardant Security Limited (company no. 08836452) was wound up by the court (compulsory liquidation), according to a Winding up order (Companies) notice published in The London Gazette on 01 August 2026. The office holder is S Brindley, appointed 28 July 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Leeds (case No 000616 of 2026).
GARDANT SECURITY LIMITED has been wound up by the Business and Property Courts in Leeds, with a winding‑up order dated 28 July 2026 and S Brindley appointed as liquidator.
Notice details
- Company
- GARDANT SECURITY LIMITED
- Company number
- 08836452
- Registered office
- 55 Lower Port View, Saltash, PL12 4BY
- Court
- Business and Property Courts in Leeds
- Case number
- No 000616 of 2026
- Date of filing petition
- 12 June 2026
- Date of winding‑up order
- 28 July 2026
- Office holder(s)
- S Brindley
- Capacity of office holder(s)
- Liquidator
- Office holder address
- PO BOX 18938, Birmingham, B2 2DY
- Telephone number
- 0300 678 0016
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Date of appointment
- 28 July 2026
What the last filed accounts showed
As at 31 January 2025 · unaudited · 18 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 45
These are the company's own figures from Companies House, not from the Gazette notice, and they describe its position at that date rather than what it owes now. Negative net assets means liabilities exceeded assets. The full record is on the Gardant Security Limited company page.
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
The liquidator now realises the company's assets, invites creditors to prove their debts, and distributes what is recovered in the statutory order: the costs of the liquidation, preferential creditors (including employees' unpaid wages up to the statutory cap), secured creditors, then unsecured creditors. The liquidator must also report on the conduct of the directors. The company is normally dissolved about three months after the liquidator's final account.
Quote case number No 000616 of 2026 and the Business and Property Courts in Leeds in any correspondence about the case.
How does this notice affect you?
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Unpaid wages, holiday pay and statutory redundancy are claimed from the government's Redundancy Payments Service, not from K2. The insolvency practitioner named in this notice should send you a case reference — you'll need it to claim.
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Frequently asked questions
Has Gardant Security Limited gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Winding up order (Companies) for Gardant Security Limited (company no. 08836452) on 01 August 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 Winding up order (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?
The liquidator now realises the company's assets, invites creditors to prove their debts, and distributes what is recovered in the statutory order: the costs of the liquidation, preferential creditors (including employees' unpaid wages up to the statutory cap), secured creditors, then unsecured creditors. The liquidator must also report on the conduct of the directors. The company is normally dissolved about three months after the liquidator's final account.
Who is dealing with the liquidation?
The office holder named in the notice: S Brindley, appointed 28 July 2026. Creditors, employees and anyone holding goods or money belonging to the company should contact them directly, quoting the company number and case number No 000616 of 2026.
Why did the company go into liquidation?
The Gazette notice records the legal step, not the cause, so it does not say why the company failed. Its last filed accounts, to 31 January 2025, showed liabilities exceeding assets by £227k. For a fuller picture, look in the company's filing history at Companies House for the statement of affairs or the office holder's reports, where these have been filed.
How much did the company owe?
The notice does not give a figure. The closest public number is total liabilities of £624k in its last filed accounts, to 31 January 2025. What was owed when the process began will differ, and is set out in the statement of affairs.
How many jobs are affected?
The notice does not say. The last filed accounts recorded an average of 45 employees in the period to 31 January 2025, which is the closest public figure and may be out of date.
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.
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