Appointment of liquidators (Court)
Columbus Facilities Maintenance Limited compulsory liquidation
In short: Columbus Facilities Maintenance Limited (company no. SC621081) was wound up by the court (compulsory liquidation), according to a Appointment of liquidators (Court) notice published in The London Gazette on 06 November 2026. The office holders are ESL Porter; WTM Cleghorn, appointed 03 November 2026. The case is before the Dumbarton Sheriff Court (case DBN-L8-26). The company's business: other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (facilities maintenance), trading from 11 South Elgin Place, Clydebank, G81 1XP.
Columbus Facilities Maintenance Limited was appointed two joint liquidators by the Dumbarton Sheriff Court on 3 November 2026
Notice details
- Company
- Columbus Facilities Maintenance Limited
- Company number
- SC621081
- Nature of business
- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (facilities maintenance)
- Registered office
- C/o 11a Dublin Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3PG
- Principal trading address
- 11 South Elgin Place, Clydebank, G81 1XP
- Office holder(s)/Liquidator(s)
- ESL Porter; WTM Cleghorn
- Office holder number(s)
- IP number 9633; IP number 5148
- Date of appointment
- 03 November 2026
- Court
- Dumbarton Sheriff Court
- Case number
- DBN-L8-26
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 Until an order is made the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue is put in place.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 DBN-L8-26 and the Dumbarton Sheriff Court in any correspondence about the case.
All notices for Columbus Facilities Maintenance Limited
2 Gazette notices on record for company no. SC621081, newest first. The full history, with last filed accounts, is on the Columbus Facilities Maintenance Limited company record.
- Petitions to wind up (Companies) 14 Aug 2026
How does this notice affect you?
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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.
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Frequently asked questions
Has Columbus Facilities Maintenance Limited gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Appointment of liquidators (Court) for Columbus Facilities Maintenance Limited (company no. SC621081) on 06 November 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: ESL Porter; WTM Cleghorn, appointed 03 November 2026. Creditors, employees and anyone holding goods or money belonging to the company should contact them directly, quoting the company number and case number DBN-L8-26.
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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