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Winding up order (Companies)

18-19 Buckingham Gate Construction Limited wound up by court order

liquidation Company no. 13042946 Published 10 September 2026

In short: 18-19 Buckingham Gate Construction Limited (company no. 13042946) was wound up by the court (compulsory liquidation), according to a Winding up order (Companies) notice published in The London Gazette on 10 September 2026. The office holder is J Peacock, appointed 20 May 2026. The case is before the High Court of Justice (case 002646 of 2026).

The notice announces that a winding‑up order has been made against Buckingham Gate Construction Limited.

Notice details

Company
BUCKINGHAM GATE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Company number
13042946
Registered office
1 Park Road, Hampton Wick, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, Surrey, KT1 4AS
Court
High Court Of Justice
Case number
002646 of 2026
Date of filing petition
07 April 2026
Date of winding‑up order
20 May 2026
Official Receiver
J Peacock
Office holder(s)/Liquidator(s)
J Peacock
Office holder number(s)
16657
Date of appointment
20 May 2026
Contact
16657 PO Box 16657, Birmingham, B2 2ER, Telephone: 0300 678 0016, Email: [email protected]

What the last filed accounts showed

As at 30 November 2025 · unaudited · 9 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£12.2m
Cash at bank
£8k
Net assets
£100
Total liabilities
£12.2m

These are the company's own figures from Companies House, not from the Gazette notice, and they describe its position at that date rather than what it owes now. Negative net assets means liabilities exceeded assets. The full record is on the 18-19 Buckingham Gate Construction Limited company page.

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

The liquidator now realises the company's assets, invites creditors to prove their debts, and distributes what is recovered in the statutory order: the costs of the liquidation, preferential creditors (including employees' unpaid wages up to the statutory cap), secured creditors, then unsecured creditors. The liquidator must also report on the conduct of the directors. The company is normally dissolved about three months after the liquidator's final account.

Quote case number 002646 of 2026 and the High Court of Justice in any correspondence about the case.

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Frequently asked questions

Has 18-19 Buckingham Gate Construction Limited gone into liquidation?

The London Gazette published a Winding up order (Companies) for 18-19 Buckingham Gate Construction Limited (company no. 13042946) on 10 September 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 Winding up order (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.

What happens next?

The liquidator now realises the company's assets, invites creditors to prove their debts, and distributes what is recovered in the statutory order: the costs of the liquidation, preferential creditors (including employees' unpaid wages up to the statutory cap), secured creditors, then unsecured creditors. The liquidator must also report on the conduct of the directors. The company is normally dissolved about three months after the liquidator's final account.

Who is dealing with the liquidation?

The office holder named in the notice: J Peacock, appointed 20 May 2026. Creditors, employees and anyone holding goods or money belonging to the company should contact them directly, quoting the company number and case number 002646 of 2026.

Why did the company go into liquidation?

The Gazette notice records the legal step, not the cause, so it does not say why the company failed. Its last filed accounts, to 30 November 2025, showed net assets of £100, so any deterioration came after those figures or is not visible in them. For a fuller picture, look in the company's filing history at Companies House for the statement of affairs or the office holder's reports, where these have been filed.

How much did the company owe?

The notice does not give a figure. The closest public number is total liabilities of £12.2m in its last filed accounts, to 30 November 2025. What was owed when the process began will differ, and is set out in the statement of affairs.

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.