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Petitions to wind up (Companies)

Insignia Technologies Limited faces a winding-up petition

active Company no. SC345231 Published 27 October 2026

In short: Insignia Technologies Limited (company no. SC345231) faced a winding-up petition, according to a Petitions to wind up (Companies) notice published in The London Gazette on 27 October 2026. The petition was presented by DAVID ARTHUR HOUSTON; NORBERT MCDERMOTT; DAVID CHARLES KILSHAW; GRAHAM SKINNER on 19 October 2026. The case is before the Hamilton Sheriff Court.

A petition was presented to Hamilton Sheriff Court to wind up Insignia Technologies Limited and appoint interim liquidators.

Notice details

Company
INSIGNIA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Company number
SC345231
Registered office
Biocity Scotland, Bo’Ness Road, Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, ML1 5UH
Petitioner
DAVID ARTHUR HOUSTON; NORBERT MCDERMOTT; DAVID CHARLES KILSHAW; GRAHAM SKINNER
Court
Hamilton Sheriff Court
Petition presented date
19 October 2026
Interlocutor order date
22 October 2026
Solicitor for petitioners
Fiona Strang Harper Macleod LLP, The Ca'd'oro, 45 Gordon Street, Glasgow G1 3PE

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

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 Until it does, the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, if the company has a cross-claim larger than the debt, or if the court is persuaded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.

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Frequently asked questions

Has Insignia Technologies Limited gone into liquidation?

The London Gazette published a Petitions to wind up (Companies) for Insignia Technologies Limited (company no. SC345231) on 27 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.

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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