The Health Dispensary Ltd enters administration
Administration Company no. 03982975 Incorporated Apr 2000 Retail & Wholesale BN postcode area
26 Stroudley Road, Brighton, BN1 4BH
The most recent insolvency notice for The Health Dispensary Ltd is an Appointment of administrators, published 07 July 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Chris Latos (IP No. 9399); Tom D'Arcy (IP No. 10852), appointed 1 July 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham (case CR-2026-BHM-000328). Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 March 2025, showed total assets of £2.0m and net assets of £87k. Those accounts were filed 15 months before the first insolvency notice, so they describe the company well before the process began. 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 March 2025 · micro entity accounts · unaudited · filed 15 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 22
Insolvency notices (1)
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Appointment of administrators 07 Jul 2026
The Health Dispensary Ltd has appointed Chris Latos and Tom D'Arcy of BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP as administrators on 1 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.
Quote case number CR-2026-BHM-000328 and the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham in any correspondence about the case, together with company number 03982975.
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What the public record showed for this company before its insolvency notice:
- Its most recent accounts were 15 months old when the first insolvency notice was published.
Each of these is visible months before a Gazette notice. Directors who act at that stage keep far more options open, from an informal turnaround to a CVA or restructuring plan.
Frequently asked questions
Is The Health Dispensary Ltd in administration?
The most recent insolvency notice for The Health Dispensary Ltd (company no. 03982975) is a Appointment of administrators, published 07 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 The Health Dispensary Ltd's last filed accounts?
The Health Dispensary Ltd's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 March 2025, showed total assets of £2.0m, net assets of £87k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does The Health Dispensary Ltd have?
The Health Dispensary Ltd has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of administrators on 07 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 March 2025, showed net assets of £87k, 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.
How much did the company owe?
The notices do not give a figure. The closest public number is total liabilities of £1.9m in its last filed accounts, to 31 March 2025. What was owed when the process began will differ, and is set out in the statement of affairs.
How many jobs are affected?
The notices do not say. The last filed accounts recorded an average of 22 employees in the period to 31 March 2025, which is the closest public figure and may be out of date.
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.