Metal Office Equipment Limited goes into liquidation
Active Company no. 02125717 Incorporated Apr 1987 Manufacturing IP postcode area
Metal Office Equipment Ltd Chiswick Avenue, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7AY
The most recent insolvency notice for Metal Office Equipment Limited is an Appointment of liquidators (CVL), published 24 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Hayley Watson; Richard Bloomfield, appointed 18 September 2026. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 September 2025, showed total assets of £955k and net assets of £859k. Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.
Last filed balance sheet
As at 30 September 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: 30
Insolvency notices (2)
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Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 24 Sep 2026
The notice announces that liquidators have been appointed for METAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED in a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
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Resolution for winding up (CVL) 24 Sep 2026
Metal Office Equipment Limited resolved at its 18 September 2026 general meeting to be voluntarily wound up and appointed Hayley Watson and Richard Bloomfield of FRP Advisory Trading Limited as liquidators.
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Is Metal Office Equipment Limited in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for Metal Office Equipment Limited (company no. 02125717) is a Appointment of liquidators (CVL), published 24 September 2026 in The London Gazette. Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.
What were Metal Office Equipment Limited's last filed accounts?
Metal Office Equipment Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 September 2025, showed total assets of £955k, cash of £229k, net assets of £859k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Metal Office Equipment Limited have?
Metal Office Equipment Limited has 2 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of liquidators (CVL) on 24 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.