Swan Epping Limited faces a winding-up petition

Active Company no. 08964825 Incorporated Mar 2014 Hospitality & Food Service CM postcode area

73 Epping High Street, Epping, CM16 4BA

The most recent insolvency notice for Swan Epping Limited is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 02 October 2026 in The London Gazette. The petition was presented by HM Revenue & Customs. The case is before the High Court of Justice (case CR-2026-006642 of 2026). 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

Not yet retrieved. Accounts are currently overdue at Companies House.

Insolvency notices (1)

Petitions to wind up (Companies) 02 Oct 2026

A petition to wind up Swan Epping Limited has been filed by HM Revenue and Customs and will be heard in the High Court on 21 October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Swan Epping Limited in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Swan Epping Limited (company no. 08964825) is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 02 October 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 Swan Epping Limited's last filed accounts?

Not yet retrieved for Swan Epping Limited at Companies House.

How many insolvency notices does Swan Epping Limited have?

Swan Epping Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Petitions to wind up (Companies) on 02 October 2026.

About this page

Published by K2 Business Partners. Our founder has worked on the turnaround of struggling UK businesses since 1990, and K2 Partners Ltd has invested alongside company directors since 2001. The notice itself is reproduced from The London Gazette and matched to Companies House; the plain-English explanations are K2's. K2's partners include Tony Groom CTP — Certified Turnaround Professional, past President of the Turnaround Management Association UK and Turnaround Practitioner of the Year 2009 — and Mark Blayney MBA ACA, a chartered accountant specialising in the financial restructuring of SME businesses.

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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.