Petitions to wind up (Companies)
HOWARD & WARD PROPERTIES LTD
A petition to wind up Howard & Ward Properties Ltd has been filed by Voltz Power Services Ltd and will be heard at the County Court at Darlington on 29 September 2026.
Notice details
- Company
- Howard & Ward Properties Ltd
- Company number
- 11972734
- Nature of business
- 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
- Registered office
- 7-9 Victoria Road, Darlington DL1 5SN, United Kingdom
- Court
- County Court at Darlington
- Case number
- No. 002 of 2026
- Petitioner
- Voltz Power Services Limited
- Petitioner address
- Unit 3 Harvey Close, Crowther Industrial Estate, Washington NE38 0AB, United Kingdom
- Hearing date/time
- Tuesday 29 September 2026 at 11:00
- Contact
- Alex Howarth, Richard Reed Solicitors, The Beam, Plater Way, Sunderland SR1 3AD, Telephone: 0191 567 0465, Email: [email protected] (Reference PM/17046)
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 HOWARD & WARD PROPERTIES 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 HOWARD & WARD PROPERTIES 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 HOWARD & WARD PROPERTIES LTD gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Petitions to wind up (Companies) for HOWARD & WARD PROPERTIES LTD (company no. 11972734) on 25 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.
HOWARD & WARD PROPERTIES LTD owes me money — what can I do?
If HOWARD & WARD PROPERTIES 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 HOWARD & WARD PROPERTIES 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.