Woodford Heating & Energy Limited enters administration

Active Company no. 02868418 Incorporated Nov 1993 Construction IG postcode area

First Floor, Oakwood House, Oakwood Industrial Estate, Loughton, IG10 3TZ

The most recent insolvency notice for Woodford Heating & Energy Limited is an Appointment of administrators, published 07 October 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holder is Richard Jeffrey Rones (IP No. 8807) of ThorntonRones Limited, 311 High Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1AH, appointed 1 October 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in England And Wales (case CR-2026-007600). 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

Not yet retrieved.

Insolvency notices (1)

Appointment of administrators 07 Oct 2026

The notice announces the appointment of Richard Jeffrey Rones as administrator of Woodford Heating & Energy Limited effective 1 October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Woodford Heating & Energy Limited in administration?

The most recent insolvency notice for Woodford Heating & Energy Limited (company no. 02868418) is a Appointment of administrators, published 07 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 Woodford Heating & Energy Limited's last filed accounts?

Not yet retrieved for Woodford Heating & Energy Limited at Companies House.

How many insolvency notices does Woodford Heating & Energy Limited have?

Woodford Heating & Energy Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of administrators on 07 October 2026.

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Published by K2 Business Partners. Our founder has worked on the turnaround of struggling UK businesses since 1990, and K2 Partners Ltd has invested alongside company directors since 2001. The notice itself is reproduced from The London Gazette and matched to Companies House; the plain-English explanations are K2's. K2's partners include Tony Groom CTP — Certified Turnaround Professional, past President of the Turnaround Management Association UK and Turnaround Practitioner of the Year 2009 — and Mark Blayney MBA ACA, a chartered accountant specialising in the financial restructuring of SME businesses.

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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.