Appletree Joinery Products Limited enters administration
Active Company no. 01931775 Incorporated Jul 1985 Manufacturing DL postcode area
Howden Road, Aycliffe Industrial Estate, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6EU
The most recent insolvency notice for Appletree Joinery Products Limited is an Appointment of administrators, published 15 October 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Ed Connell; Kerry Pearson, appointed 12 October 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Leeds (case No 001036 of 2026). Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 October 2025, showed total assets of £1.9m and net assets of £881k. 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.
Last filed balance sheet
As at 31 October 2025 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 11 months before the first insolvency notice
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: 41
Insolvency notices (1)
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Appointment of administrators 15 Oct 2026
The notice announces that Appletree Joinery Products Limited has been placed into administration with joint administrators appointed.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Appletree Joinery Products Limited in administration?
The most recent insolvency notice for Appletree Joinery Products Limited (company no. 01931775) is a Appointment of administrators, published 15 October 2026 in The London Gazette. 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 were Appletree Joinery Products Limited's last filed accounts?
Appletree Joinery Products Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 October 2025, showed total assets of £1.9m, cash of £100k, net assets of £881k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Appletree Joinery Products Limited have?
Appletree Joinery Products Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of administrators on 15 October 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.