Derwent Packaging Limited enters administration
Administration Company no. 02999616 Incorporated Dec 1994 Manufacturing LS postcode area
2nd Floor 10 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP
The most recent insolvency notice for Derwent Packaging Limited is an Appointment of administrators, published 15 July 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Benjamin Fallon; Louise Longley, appointed 9 July 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Leeds (case CR-2026-000686). Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 December 2025, showed total assets of £2.7m and net assets of £554k. 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 December 2025 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 6 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.
Insolvency notices (1)
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Appointment of administrators 15 Jul 2026
Derwent Packaging Limited has been appointed administrators Benjamin Fallon and Louise Longley on 9 July 2026.
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What happens next
The administrators must send their proposals to creditors as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within eight weeks of appointment. An administration lasts one year unless creditors or the court extend it. It ends in one of a small number of ways: a sale of the business or its assets as a going concern, a company voluntary arrangement, a move into liquidation, or dissolution where there is nothing left to distribute.
Quote case number CR-2026-000686 and the Business and Property Courts in Leeds in any correspondence about the case, together with company number 02999616.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Derwent Packaging Limited in administration?
The most recent insolvency notice for Derwent Packaging Limited (company no. 02999616) is a Appointment of administrators, published 15 July 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 Derwent Packaging Limited's last filed accounts?
Derwent Packaging Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 December 2025, showed total assets of £2.7m, cash of £142k, net assets of £554k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Derwent Packaging Limited have?
Derwent Packaging Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of administrators on 15 July 2026.
What happens next?
The administrators must send their proposals to creditors as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within eight weeks of appointment. An administration lasts one year unless creditors or the court extend it. It ends in one of a small number of ways: a sale of the business or its assets as a going concern, a company voluntary arrangement, a move into liquidation, or dissolution where there is nothing left to distribute.
Why did the company go into administration?
The Gazette notices record the legal steps, not the cause, so they do not say why the company failed. Its last filed accounts, to 31 December 2025, showed net assets of £554k, so any deterioration came after those figures or is not visible in them. For a fuller picture, look in the company's filing history at Companies House for the statement of affairs or the office holder's reports, where these have been filed.
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.