Meetings of creditors (Court)
R M Meats & Son LTD compulsory liquidation
In short: R M Meats & Son LTD (company no. 13317965) was wound up by the court (compulsory liquidation), according to a Meetings of creditors (Court) notice published in The London Gazette on 18 August 2026. The office holders are Andrew R Bailey; Martin Armstrong, appointed 4 June 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in England And Wales (case CR-2026-001624). The petition was listed to be heard on 10 September 2026 at 11.00 am — 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 R M Meats & Son LTD company record, alongside the current Companies House status.
A virtual creditors' meeting is scheduled to decide the liquidator's remuneration for R M MEATS & SON LTD, with voting requirements and proof of debt submission details.
Notice details
- Company
- R M MEATS & SON LTD
- Company number
- 13317965
- Registered office
- 10 Dormer Drive, Silver End, Witham, Essex, CM8 3XS
- Principal trading address
- N/A
- Office holder(s)/Liquidator(s)
- Andrew R Bailey; Martin Armstrong
- Office holder number(s)
- 18810; 6212
- Date of appointment
- 4 June 2026
- Court
- High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Insolvency & Companies List (ChD)
- Case number
- CR-2026-001624
- Hearing date/time
- 10 September 2026 at 11.00 am
- Contact
- Peter Joicey, telephone 01932 336149, email [email protected]
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
A winding-up petition asks the court to place a company into compulsory liquidation. Until an order is made the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue is put in place. If an order is made, the company stops trading, its bank accounts are frozen, and a liquidator realises the assets and pays creditors in the order fixed by law; creditors prove their debts to the liquidator or the Official Receiver rather than to the company.
Quote case number CR-2026-001624 and the Business and Property Courts in England And Wales in any correspondence about the case.
How does this notice affect you?
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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 R M MEATS & SON 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.
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Related guidance
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Frequently asked questions
Has R M Meats & Son LTD gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Meetings of creditors (Court) for R M Meats & Son LTD (company no. 13317965) on 18 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 Meetings of creditors (Court) 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?
A winding-up petition asks the court to place a company into compulsory liquidation. Until an order is made the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue is put in place. If an order is made, the company stops trading, its bank accounts are frozen, and a liquidator realises the assets and pays creditors in the order fixed by law; creditors prove their debts to the liquidator or the Official Receiver rather than to the company.
Who is dealing with the liquidation?
The office holders named in the notice: Andrew R Bailey; Martin Armstrong, appointed 4 June 2026. Creditors, employees and anyone holding goods or money belonging to the company should contact them directly, quoting the company number and case number CR-2026-001624.
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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