Petitions to wind up (Companies)
WISEMAN PRESS LTD
A petition to wind up Wiseman Press Ltd has been filed by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and will be heard in Manchester on 22 September 2026.
Notice details
- Company
- WISEMAN PRESS LTD
- Company number
- 11477266
- Registered office
- 2 Waterside Drive, Reading, England, RG7 4SW
- Petitioner
- SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE
- Petitioner address for service
- The Insolvency Service, Legal Services, 16th Floor, 1 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ
- Court
- High Court of Justice, Civil Justice Centre, 1 Bridge Street West, Manchester M60 9DJ
- Case number
- CR-2026-MAN-000991
- Hearing date/time
- 22 September 2026 at 11:00am
- Contact
- The Insolvency Service, Legal Services, 16th Floor, 1 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ; Tel: 0303 003 1745; Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
- Reference
- AA/HP/CIB87390
- Publication date
- 3 August 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?.
How does this notice affect you?
Choose what applies and we'll point you at the right next step.
A written-off invoice rarely stops at the company that failed. The supplier left short is often the next business in difficulty — and the earlier that's dealt with, the more options stay open. If WISEMAN PRESS LTD owed you money, it's worth checking where that leaves you.
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.
K2 has backed and restructured UK businesses since 1990, including buying trade and assets out of distress. These situations move in days rather than months, so if you're looking at WISEMAN PRESS LTD or something similar, start the conversation early.
If your business is under pressure — creditors circling, a petition threatened, or cash running out — acting early changes the outcome. K2 has helped UK directors turn things around since 1990. Talk to us in confidence.
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Frequently asked questions
Has WISEMAN PRESS LTD gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Petitions to wind up (Companies) for WISEMAN PRESS LTD (company no. 11477266) on 03 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 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.
WISEMAN PRESS LTD owes me money — what can I do?
If WISEMAN PRESS LTD owes you money you are a creditor in the process. The insolvency practitioner named in the notice will write to known creditors and invite claims. 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 for WISEMAN PRESS LTD — 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.