Welcome Care Homes Limited faces a winding-up petition
Active Company no. 04399530 Incorporated Mar 2002 Health & Social Care SE postcode area
26-28 Fordel Road, London, SE6 1XP
The most recent insolvency notice for Welcome Care Homes Limited is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 10 November 2026 in The London Gazette. The petition was presented by Andrew Lee David. The case is before the Royal Courts Of Justice (case CR-2026-008186). The petition is listed to be heard on 9 December 2026 at 10:30am. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 March 2025, showed total assets of £67k and net assets of -£203k. On those figures the company was already balance-sheet insolvent — its liabilities exceeded its assets — at that date, 19 months before its first insolvency notice. 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.
Last filed balance sheet
As at 30 March 2025 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 19 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 25
Insolvency notices (1)
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Petitions to wind up (Companies) 10 Nov 2026
A petition to wind up The Welcome Care Homes Ltd has been filed and will be heard on 9 December 2026 at the Royal Courts of Justice.
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What happens next
At the hearing the court decides whether to make a winding-up order. Until it does, the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, if the company has a cross-claim larger than the debt, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue or refinancing is put in place. If an order is made, the company stops trading, its bank accounts are frozen, control passes to the Official Receiver and a liquidator is appointed to sell the assets and pay creditors in the order fixed by law.
Quote case number CR-2026-008186 and the Royal Courts Of Justice in any correspondence about the case, together with company number 04399530.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Welcome Care Homes Limited in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for Welcome Care Homes Limited (company no. 04399530) is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 10 November 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 Welcome Care Homes Limited's last filed accounts?
Welcome Care Homes Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 March 2025, showed total assets of £67k, cash of £9k, net assets of -£203k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Welcome Care Homes Limited have?
Welcome Care Homes Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Petitions to wind up (Companies) on 10 November 2026.
What happens next?
At the hearing the court decides whether to make a winding-up order. Until it does, the petition can still be dismissed or withdrawn — if the debt is paid, if it is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, if the company has a cross-claim larger than the debt, or if the court is persuaded to adjourn while a rescue or refinancing is put in place. If an order is made, the company stops trading, its bank accounts are frozen, control passes to the Official Receiver and a liquidator is appointed to sell the assets and pay creditors in the order fixed by law.
How much did the company owe?
The notices do not give a figure. The closest public number is total liabilities of £270k in its last filed accounts, to 30 March 2025. What was owed when the process began will differ, and is set out in the statement of affairs.
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.