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Shears & Partners Limited faces a winding-up petition

Active Company no. 02000589 Incorporated Mar 1986 Professional Services N postcode area

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7 Craven Park Court, Craven Park Road, London, N15 6AA

The most recent insolvency notice for Shears & Partners Limited is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 25 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The petition was presented by HM Revenue & Customs. The case is before the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) (case CR-2026-006420 of 2026). Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 September 2024, showed total assets of £304k and net assets of £57k. 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.

Last filed balance sheet

As at 30 September 2024 · micro entity accounts · unaudited · filed 24 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£304k
Cash at bank
—
Net assets
£57k
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: 5

Insolvency notices (1)

  1. A petition to wind up SHEARS & PARTNERS LIMITED has been filed by HM Revenue and Customs and will be heard in the High Court on 7 October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Shears & Partners Limited in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Shears & Partners Limited (company no. 02000589) is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 25 September 2026 in The London Gazette. 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 were Shears & Partners Limited's last filed accounts?

Shears & Partners Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 September 2024, showed total assets of £304k, net assets of £57k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does Shears & Partners Limited have?

Shears & Partners Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Petitions to wind up (Companies) on 25 September 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.