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SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED

Active Company no. 00995844 Incorporated Dec 1970 Real Estate IG postcode area

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41 River Way, Loughton, IG10 3LJ

The most recent insolvency notice for SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED is a Notices to creditors (MVL), published 27 July 2026 in The London Gazette. A members' voluntary liquidation (MVL) is the solvent, orderly winding-up of a company that can pay its debts in full — usually part of a director's retirement, a group restructure, or closing a company that has served its purpose. It is a planned closure, not a sign of financial distress.

Last filed balance sheet

As at 31 December 2025 · unaudited abridged accounts · unaudited · filed 6 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£2.4m
Cash at bank
£2.4m
Net assets
£3.2m
Total liabilities

Total liabilities is not shown for this company: the filed balance sheet did not reconcile against the figures we could read, so the total would be incomplete.

Average employees during the period: 2

Insolvency notices (3)

  1. Creditors of Smith McDonald & Co. Limited must submit proof of debt by 31 August 2026 as part of a Members' Voluntary Liquidation.

  2. SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED has passed resolutions to voluntarily wind up the company and appoint Richard Jeffrey Rones as liquidator.

  3. The notice announces that the members have appointed Richard Jeffrey Rones of ThorntonRones Limited as liquidator for SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED in a members' voluntary liquidation.

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Is SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED in financial difficulty?

No — the most recent process is a solvent one. A members' voluntary liquidation (MVL) is the solvent, orderly winding-up of a company that can pay its debts in full — usually part of a director's retirement, a group restructure, or closing a company that has served its purpose. It is a planned closure, not a sign of financial distress. The most recent insolvency notice for SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED (company no. 00995844) is a Notices to creditors (MVL), published 27 July 2026 in The London Gazette.

What were SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED's last filed accounts?

SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 December 2025, showed total assets of £2.4m, cash of £2.4m, net assets of £3.2m. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED have?

SMITH MCDONALD & CO. LIMITED has 3 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Notices to creditors (MVL) on 27 July 2026.

Financial figures are taken from the company's own last accounts filed at Companies House. Small and micro-entity accounts are unaudited, and for a company entering an insolvency process the most recent filing frequently predates that process by a year or more. Figures are indicative and are not a valuation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.