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Appointment of liquidators (Court)

Yorkshire Abattoir Services Limited compulsory liquidation

liquidation Company no. 09899034 Published 02 October 2026

In short: Yorkshire Abattoir Services Limited (company no. 09899034) was wound up by the court (compulsory liquidation), according to a Appointment of liquidators (Court) notice published in The London Gazette on 02 October 2026. The office holders are Christopher Wood; Steven George Hodgson, appointed 29 September 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in England And Wales (case CR-2025-007680).

Joint liquidators Christopher Wood and Steven George Hodgson have been appointed to Yorkshyre Abattoir Services Limited by a creditors' decision on 29 September 2026.

Notice details

Company
YORKSHIRE ABATTOIR SERVICES LIMITED
Company number
09899034
Registered office
Shepherds Hill Farm, 176 Wakefield Road, Ossett, West Yorkshire WF5 9AQ
Principal trading address
Shepherds Hill Farm, 176 Wakefield Road, Ossett, West Yorkshire WF5 9AQ
Office holder(s)/Liquidator(s)
Christopher Wood; Steven George Hodgson
Office holder number(s)
IP No. 9571; IP No. 13550
Date of appointment
29 September 2026
Appointed by
Decision of creditors
Court
High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Insolvency & Companies List (ChD)
Case number
CR-2025-007680
Contact
The Joint Liquidators, Email: [email protected], Tel: 0333 456 0078; Alternative contact: David Paul Hodgson

What the last filed accounts showed

As at 31 December 2024 · unaudited · 19 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£3.2m
Cash at bank
£48k
Net assets
£302k
Total liabilities
—

Average employees during the period: 60

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 Yorkshire Abattoir Services 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

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-2025-007680 and the Business and Property Courts in England And Wales in any correspondence about the case.

All notices for Yorkshire Abattoir Services Limited

3 Gazette notices on record for company no. 09899034, newest first. The full history, with last filed accounts, is on the Yorkshire Abattoir Services Limited company record.

  1. Meetings of creditors (Court) 17 Sep 2026
  2. Winding up order (Companies) 02 Aug 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Has Yorkshire Abattoir Services Limited gone into liquidation?

The London Gazette published a Appointment of liquidators (Court) for Yorkshire Abattoir Services Limited (company no. 09899034) on 02 October 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.

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: Christopher Wood; Steven George Hodgson, appointed 29 September 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-2025-007680.

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 31 December 2024, showed net assets of £302k, 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 many jobs are affected?

The notice does not say. The last filed accounts recorded an average of 60 employees in the period to 31 December 2024, which is the closest public figure and may be out of date.

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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