Appointment of liquidators (Court)
THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP GROUP LIMITED
The London Gazette notice announces the appointment of Frank Wessely and Richard Easterby of Quantuma Advisory Limited as joint liquidators of The Original Factory Shop Group Limited.
Notice details
- Company
- The Original Factory Shop Group Limited
- Company number
- 02882042
- Registered office
- C/O The Factory Shop Ltd, 3rd Floor Parklands 4b The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4SD (changing to The Old Town Hall, 71 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, BH24 1DH)
- Principal trading address
- C/O The Factory Shop Ltd, 3rd Floor Parklands 4b The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4SD
- Office holder(s)/Liquidator(s)
- Frank Wessely; Richard Easterby
- Office holder number(s)
- Frank Wessely (IP No. 7788); Richard Easterby (IP No. 18034)
- Date of appointment
- 10 August 2026
- Appointed by
- Secretary of State
- Court
- High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts in Manchester, Insolvency & Companies List (ChD)
- Case number
- CR-2026-000724
- Contact
- Zoe Gannaway, Email: [email protected], Tel: 01202 970430
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?
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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 THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP GROUP LIMITED 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 THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP GROUP LIMITED 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 THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP GROUP LIMITED gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Appointment of liquidators (Court) for THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP GROUP LIMITED (company no. 02882042) on 21 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 Appointment of liquidators (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.
THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP GROUP LIMITED owes me money — what can I do?
If THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP GROUP LIMITED 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 THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP GROUP LIMITED — 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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