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JOHN ALEXANDER COLCHESTER LTD

Active Company no. 08428856 Incorporated Mar 2013 Real Estate CO postcode area

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99 London Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0NY

The most recent insolvency notice for JOHN ALEXANDER COLCHESTER LTD is a Appointment of liquidators (CVL), published 27 August 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.

Last filed balance sheet

As at 30 April 2025 · micro entity accounts · unaudited · filed 16 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£192k
Cash at bank
Net assets
£79k
Total liabilities
£112k

Average employees during the period: 7

Insolvency notices (2)

  1. John Alexander Colchester Ltd has appointed Manubhai Govindbhai Mistry and Hemal Mistry as liquidators in a creditors' voluntary liquidation.

  2. John Alexander Colchester Ltd resolved to voluntarily wind up and appointed Manubhai Govindbhai Misty and Hemal Mistry as joint liquidators.

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Is JOHN ALEXANDER COLCHESTER LTD in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for JOHN ALEXANDER COLCHESTER LTD (company no. 08428856) is a Appointment of liquidators (CVL), published 27 August 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 JOHN ALEXANDER COLCHESTER LTD's last filed accounts?

JOHN ALEXANDER COLCHESTER LTD's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 April 2025, showed total assets of £192k, net assets of £79k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does JOHN ALEXANDER COLCHESTER LTD have?

JOHN ALEXANDER COLCHESTER LTD has 2 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of liquidators (CVL) on 27 August 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.