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Rake Car Sales Limited goes into liquidation

Active Company no. 07254150 Incorporated May 2010 Retail & Wholesale PO postcode area

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2 London Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5LJ

The most recent insolvency notice for Rake Car Sales Limited is an Appointment of liquidators (CVL), published 22 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Thomas Mark Harris (IP No. 23370); Martin Richard Buttriss (IP No. 9291), appointed 17 September 2026. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 May 2025, showed total assets of £44k and net assets of -£37k. 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 31 May 2025 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 15 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£44k
Cash at bank
£18k
Net assets
-£37k
Total liabilities
£81k

Average employees during the period: 2

Insolvency notices (2)

  1. RAKE CAR SALES LIMITED has appointed two liquidators on 17 September 2026 to handle a creditors' liquidation.

  2. Rake Car Sales Ltd has appointed Thomas Mark Harris and Martin Richard Buttriss as joint liquidators to voluntarily wind up the company following a resolution passed at a members' meeting on 17 September 2026.

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Is Rake Car Sales Limited in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Rake Car Sales Limited (company no. 07254150) is a Appointment of liquidators (CVL), published 22 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 Rake Car Sales Limited's last filed accounts?

Rake Car Sales Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 May 2025, showed total assets of £44k, cash of £18k, net assets of -£37k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does Rake Car Sales Limited have?

Rake Car Sales Limited has 2 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of liquidators (CVL) on 22 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.