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Appointment of administrators

Walbury Commercial Ltd enters administration

active Company no. 09475814 Published 10 November 2026

In short: Walbury Commercial Ltd (company no. 09475814) entered administration, according to a Appointment of administrators notice published in The London Gazette on 10 November 2026. The office holders are Edward M Avery‑Gee (IP number 12410); Daniel Richardson (IP number 12650), appointed 06 November 2026. The case is before the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts (case CR-2026-MAN-001611). The company's business: construction, trading from St Michaels Gardens, Lancaster, LA2 0DD.

WALBURY COMMERCIAL LTD has been placed under joint administration by Edward M Avery‑Gee and Daniel Richardson of CG & Co.

Notice details

Company
WALBURY COMMERCIAL LTD
Company number
09475814
Nature of business
Construction
Registered office
Walbury House 14 Dalton Court, Commercial Road, Darwen, BB3 0DG
Principal trading address
St Michaels Gardens, Lancaster, LA2 0DD
Administrator(s)
Edward M Avery‑Gee (IP number 12410); Daniel Richardson (IP number 12650)
Date of appointment
06 November 2026
Court
High Court of Justice, Business and Property, Manchester, Insolvency and Companies Court
Case number
CR-2026-MAN-001611
Contact
CG & Co on 0161 358 0210 or [email protected]

What the last filed accounts showed

As at 28 February 2025 · unaudited · 20 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£3.9m
Cash at bank
£177
Net assets
£86k
Total liabilities
£3.9m

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 Walbury Commercial Ltd company page.

What this notice means

Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners (the administrators) take control of a company to try to rescue it as a going concern, or — where that is not possible — to achieve a better result for creditors than an immediate winding-up and to realise the assets. A statutory moratorium halts most legal action against the company while the administrators act.

Read more: Company Administration Explained.

What happens next

The administrators must send their proposals to creditors as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within eight weeks of appointment. An administration lasts one year unless creditors or the court extend it. It ends in one of a small number of ways: a sale of the business or its assets as a going concern, a company voluntary arrangement, a move into liquidation, or dissolution where there is nothing left to distribute.

Quote case number CR-2026-MAN-001611 and the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts in any correspondence about the case.

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Frequently asked questions

Has Walbury Commercial Ltd gone into administration?

The London Gazette published a Appointment of administrators for Walbury Commercial Ltd (company no. 09475814) on 10 November 2026. Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners (the administrators) take control of a company to try to rescue it as a going concern, or — where that is not possible — to achieve a better result for creditors than an immediate winding-up and to realise the assets. A statutory moratorium halts most legal action against the company while the administrators act.

What does a Appointment of administrators mean?

Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners (the administrators) take control of a company to try to rescue it as a going concern, or — where that is not possible — to achieve a better result for creditors than an immediate winding-up and to realise the assets. A statutory moratorium halts most legal action against the company while the administrators act.

What happens next?

The administrators must send their proposals to creditors as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within eight weeks of appointment. An administration lasts one year unless creditors or the court extend it. It ends in one of a small number of ways: a sale of the business or its assets as a going concern, a company voluntary arrangement, a move into liquidation, or dissolution where there is nothing left to distribute.

Who is dealing with the administration?

The office holders named in the notice: Edward M Avery‑Gee (IP number 12410); Daniel Richardson (IP number 12650), appointed 06 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 CR-2026-MAN-001611.

Why did the company go into administration?

The Gazette notice records the legal step, not the cause, so it does not say why the company failed. Its last filed accounts, to 28 February 2025, showed net assets of £86k, 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 £3.9m in its last filed accounts, to 28 February 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.

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