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Dismissal of winding up petition

A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd winding-up petition dismissed

active Company no. 09156948 Published 04 August 2026

In short: A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd (company no. 09156948) had a winding-up petition against it dismissed, according to a Dismissal of winding up petition notice published in The London Gazette on 04 August 2026. The petition was presented by CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. The case is before the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts (case CR-2026-004478). The petition was listed to be heard on 29 July 2026 — 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 A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd company record, alongside the current Companies House status.

The court dismissed the winding‑up petition against A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd.

Notice details

Company
A1 PROPERTIES (SUNDERLAND) LTD
Company number
09156948
Petitioner
CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Petitioner address
2nd Floor Britannia House, Bradford, BD1 1HX
Petitioner solicitor
Wilkin Chapman Rollits, Cartergate House, 26 Chantry Lane, Grimsby, N E Lincolnshire, DN31 2LJ (Ref DEBT/LO/1073969-1414)
Court
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES INSOLVENCY AND COMPANIES LIST (CHD)
Case number
CR-2026-004478
Petition presentation date
12 June 2026
Hearing date
29 July 2026
Notice publication date
4 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.

The petitioning creditor is a public body, so the debt is owed to government rather than to a trade supplier or a lender.

Read more: Facing a Winding-Up Petition?.

What happens next

The petition has been dismissed, so the company is not being wound up on the back of it. A dismissal does not stop another creditor presenting a fresh petition for a different debt, and it is not in itself a statement that the company is solvent.

Quote case number CR-2026-004478 and the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts in any correspondence about the case.

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Frequently asked questions

Has A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd gone into liquidation?

The London Gazette published a Dismissal of winding up petition for A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd (company no. 09156948) on 04 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 Dismissal of winding up petition 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 petition has been dismissed, so the company is not being wound up on the back of it. A dismissal does not stop another creditor presenting a fresh petition for a different debt, and it is not in itself a statement that the company is solvent.

Who presented the winding-up petition, and why?

The petition was presented by CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. The petitioning creditor is a public body, so the debt is owed to government rather than to a trade supplier or a lender.

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.