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Country and County Property Investments LTD faces a winding-up petition

active Company no. 12078050 Published 16 October 2026

In short: Country and County Property Investments LTD (company no. 12078050) faced a winding-up petition, according to a Petitions to wind up (Companies) notice published in The London Gazette on 16 October 2026. The petition was presented by STARLING BANK LIMITED. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in England And Wales Insolvency And Companies List (case CR-2026-007378). The petition is listed to be heard on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 10:30. The company's business: buying and selling of own real estate.

A petition has been filed by Starling Bank Limited to wind up COUNTRY AND COUNTY PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD, with a hearing set for 11 November 2026.

Notice details

Company
COUNTRY AND COUNTY PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD
Company number
12078050
Nature of business
buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
17 Ventnor Gardens, Gateshead NE9 6EA, England
Petitioner
STARLING BANK LIMITED
Court
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES INSOLVENCY AND COMPANIES LIST, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL
Case number
CR-2026-007378
Hearing date/time
Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 10:30
Petitioner's Solicitor
John Paul Sheridan, TLT LLP, 41 West Campbell Street, 9th Floor, Glasgow G2 6SE, Telephone: 0330 912 8037, Email: [email protected] (Reference number: 099635/000307)

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.

The petitioning creditor is another company, so the debt behind the petition is a commercial one — typically an unpaid invoice, rent, or a judgment that went unsatisfied — rather than a tax liability.

Read more: Facing a Winding-Up Petition?.

What happens next

At the hearing the court decides whether to make a winding-up order. Until it does, the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, if the company has a cross-claim larger than the debt, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue or refinancing is put in place. If an order is made, the company stops trading, its bank accounts are frozen, control passes to the Official Receiver and a liquidator is appointed to sell the assets and pay creditors in the order fixed by law.

Quote case number CR-2026-007378 and the Business and Property Courts in England And Wales Insolvency And Companies List in any correspondence about the case.

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Frequently asked questions

Has Country and County Property Investments LTD gone into liquidation?

The London Gazette published a Petitions to wind up (Companies) for Country and County Property Investments LTD (company no. 12078050) on 16 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 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.

What happens next?

At the hearing the court decides whether to make a winding-up order. Until it does, the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, if the company has a cross-claim larger than the debt, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue or refinancing is put in place. If an order is made, the company stops trading, its bank accounts are frozen, control passes to the Official Receiver and a liquidator is appointed to sell the assets and pay creditors in the order fixed by law.

Who presented the winding-up petition, and why?

The petition was presented by STARLING BANK LIMITED. The petitioning creditor is another company, so the debt behind the petition is a commercial one — typically an unpaid invoice, rent, or a judgment that went unsatisfied — rather than a tax liability.

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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