Artisan (UK) PLC winding-up petition dismissed

Active Company no. 03630998 Incorporated Sep 1998 Professional Services S postcode area

Spire Business Park, 2nd Floor, Spire Walk, Chesterfield, S40 2WG

The most recent insolvency notice for Artisan (UK) PLC is a Dismissal of winding up petition, published 14 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The petition was presented by THE PROPERTY BOX LOAN COMPANY PLC. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham (case CR-2026-BHM-000184). The petition was listed to be heard on 8 September 2026 — a date that has now passed, and the Gazette notice is not updated afterwards. 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.

The petitioning creditor is another company, so the debt behind the petition is a commercial one — typically an unpaid invoice, rent, or a judgment that went unsatisfied — rather than a tax liability.

Last filed balance sheet

Accounts filed on paper only. Accounts are currently overdue at Companies House.

Insolvency notices (1)

Dismissal of winding up petition 14 Sep 2026

The winding‑up petition against Artisan (UK) PLC was dismissed by the High Court in Birmingham on 8 September 2026.

What happens next

The petition has been dismissed, so the company is not being wound up on the back of it. A dismissal does not stop another creditor presenting a fresh petition for a different debt, and it is not in itself a statement that the company is solvent.

Quote case number CR-2026-BHM-000184 and the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham in any correspondence about the case, together with company number 03630998.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Artisan (UK) PLC in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Artisan (UK) PLC (company no. 03630998) is a Dismissal of winding up petition, published 14 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 Artisan (UK) PLC's last filed accounts?

Accounts filed on paper only for Artisan (UK) PLC at Companies House.

How many insolvency notices does Artisan (UK) PLC have?

Artisan (UK) PLC has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Dismissal of winding up petition on 14 September 2026.

What happens next?

Who presented the winding-up petition, and why?

The petition was presented by THE PROPERTY BOX LOAN COMPANY PLC. The petitioning creditor is another company, so the debt behind the petition is a commercial one — typically an unpaid invoice, rent, or a judgment that went unsatisfied — rather than a tax liability.

About this page

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.

K2 does not act as insolvency practitioner on these cases. To make a claim, contact the office holder named in the relevant notice.

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.