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Lavis Engineering Limited

Active Company no. 04454012 Incorporated Jun 2002 Manufacturing CH postcode area

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Dufton Kellner, Barnston House Beacon Lane, Heswall Wirral, CH60 0EE

The most recent insolvency notice for Lavis Engineering Limited is a Meetings of creditors (CVL), published 02 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holder is Stuart John Rathmell. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 June 2025, showed total assets of £175k and net assets of -£7k. Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.

Last filed balance sheet

As at 30 June 2025 · micro entity accounts · unaudited · filed 14 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£175k
Cash at bank
Net assets
-£7k
Total liabilities
£181k

Average employees during the period: 3

Insolvency notices (1)

  1. Creditors are invited to a virtual meeting on 4 September 2026 to consider the winding‑up of Lavis Engineering Limited and appoint a liquidator.

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Is Lavis Engineering Limited in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Lavis Engineering Limited (company no. 04454012) is a Meetings of creditors (CVL), published 02 September 2026 in The London Gazette. Liquidation winds a company up: a licensed insolvency practitioner (the liquidator) is appointed to sell the company's assets and distribute the proceeds to creditors in the order fixed by law, after which the company is dissolved. A creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is started by the company's own directors and shareholders once it can no longer pay its debts as they fall due.

What were Lavis Engineering Limited's last filed accounts?

Lavis Engineering Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 June 2025, showed total assets of £175k, net assets of -£7k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does Lavis Engineering Limited have?

Lavis Engineering Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Meetings of creditors (CVL) on 02 September 2026.

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.