Appointment of administrators
Lee Longland & Co. Limited enters administration
In short: Lee Longland & Co. Limited (company no. 00898944) entered administration, according to a Appointment of administrators notice published in The London Gazette on 12 November 2026. The office holders are Joe Barry (IP No. 32513) of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP; Damian Webb (IP No. 14970) of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP, appointed 6 November 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham (case CR-2026-000554). The company's business: furniture retailer, trading from Crossley Retail Park, Carpet Trades Way, Kidderminster, DY11 6DY.
Lee Longland & Co. Limited has appointed Joe Barry and Damian Webb as administrators on 6 November 2026.
Notice details
- Company
- LEE LONGLAND & CO. LIMITED
- Company number
- 00898944
- Nature of business
- Furniture Retailer
- Registered office
- 224 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 1AZ
- Principal trading address
- Crossley Retail Park, Carpet Trades Way, Kidderminster, DY11 6DY
- Administrator(s)
- Joe Barry (IP No. 32513) of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP; Damian Webb (IP No. 14970) of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP
- Date of appointment
- 6 November 2026
- Court
- High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts in Birmingham, Insolvency & Companies List (ChD)
- Case number
- CR-2026-000554
- Contact
- Ricky Bilg, RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP, 10th Floor, 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3AG, Tel: 0121 214 3100
What the last filed accounts showed
As at 31 May 2024 · 29 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 90
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 Lee Longland & Co. Limited 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.
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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-2026-000554 and the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham in any correspondence about the case.
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Frequently asked questions
Has Lee Longland & Co. Limited gone into administration?
The London Gazette published a Appointment of administrators for Lee Longland & Co. Limited (company no. 00898944) on 12 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: Joe Barry (IP No. 32513) of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP; Damian Webb (IP No. 14970) of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP, appointed 6 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-2026-000554.
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 31 May 2024, showed net assets of £893k, 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 £9.4m in its last filed accounts, to 31 May 2024. What was owed when the process began will differ, and is set out in the statement of affairs.
How many jobs are affected?
The notice does not say. The last filed accounts recorded an average of 90 employees in the period to 31 May 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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