Petitions to wind up (Companies)
Smart Wheel Motors Ltd faces a winding-up petition
In short: Smart Wheel Motors Ltd (company no. 12328546) faced a winding-up petition, according to a Petitions to wind up (Companies) notice published in The London Gazette on 12 November 2026. The petition was presented by ROOK BRISTOL FINANCIAL LLC. The case is before the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts (case CR-2026-008200). The petition is listed to be heard on 9 December 2026.
A petition to wind up Smart Wheel Motors Ltd has been filed by creditor Rook Bristol Financial LLC and will be heard in the High Court on 9 December 2026
Notice details
- Company
- SMART WHEEL MOTORS LTD
- Company number
- 12328546
- Registered office
- 26 Station Road, Watford, England WD17 1JU
- Petitioner
- ROOK BRISTOL FINANCIAL LLC
- Petitioner address
- 1309 Coffeen Avenue STE1200 Sheriden, Wyoming 82801
- Court
- High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Insolvency and Companies List, The Rolls Building, 7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL
- Case number
- CR-2026-008200
- Hearing date
- 9 December 2026
- Hearing time
- 10:30 hours (or as soon thereafter as the Petition can be heard)
- Petitioner’s solicitor
- Isadore Goldman, Office 5, Pure Offices, One Port Way, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 4TY
- Solicitor telephone
- 0800 208 4555
- Solicitor email
- [email protected]
- Solicitor reference
- JJ/ROO007721.11136
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 Until it does, the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, if the company has a cross-claim larger than the debt, or if the court is persuaded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.
Quote case number CR-2026-008200 and the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts in any correspondence about the case.
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Frequently asked questions
Has Smart Wheel Motors Ltd gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Petitions to wind up (Companies) for Smart Wheel Motors Ltd (company no. 12328546) on 12 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 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.
How much did the company owe?
The notice does not give a figure, and there are no balance-sheet figures we can show for this company (accounts filed on paper only). What was owed when the process began is set out in the statement of affairs, where one has been filed at Companies House.
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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