Fairplane Solicitors Limited enters administration
Active Company no. 09365728 Incorporated Dec 2014 Professional Services SA postcode area
Orchard House, 10a Belle Vue Way, Swansea, SA1 5BY
The most recent insolvency notice for Fairplane Solicitors Limited is an Appointment of administrators, published 07 October 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Jonathan Thielmann (IP No. 25450); Sarah Megan Rayment (IP No. 9162), appointed 1 October 2026. The case is before the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts (case CR-2026-007594). Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 March 2025, showed total assets of £23.3m and net assets of -£907k. Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners (the administrators) take control of a company to try to rescue it as a going concern, or — where that is not possible — to achieve a better result for creditors than an immediate winding-up and to realise the assets. A statutory moratorium halts most legal action against the company while the administrators act.
Last filed balance sheet
As at 31 March 2025 · unaudited abridged accounts · unaudited · filed 18 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 28
Insolvency notices (1)
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Appointment of administrators 07 Oct 2026
FAIRPLANE SOLICITORS LIMITED has appointed Jonathan Thielmann and Sarah Megan Rayment of Kroll Advisory Ltd as administrators on 1 October 2026.
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What the public record showed for this company before its insolvency notice:
- Its last filed accounts, to March 2025, already showed negative net assets of -£907k, 18 months before the first insolvency notice.
Each of these is visible months before a Gazette notice. Directors who act at that stage keep far more options open, from an informal turnaround to a CVA or restructuring plan.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fairplane Solicitors Limited in administration?
The most recent insolvency notice for Fairplane Solicitors Limited (company no. 09365728) is a Appointment of administrators, published 07 October 2026 in The London Gazette. Administration is a formal insolvency process in which licensed insolvency practitioners (the administrators) take control of a company to try to rescue it as a going concern, or — where that is not possible — to achieve a better result for creditors than an immediate winding-up and to realise the assets. A statutory moratorium halts most legal action against the company while the administrators act.
What were Fairplane Solicitors Limited's last filed accounts?
Fairplane Solicitors Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 March 2025, showed total assets of £23.3m, cash of £35k, net assets of -£907k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Fairplane Solicitors Limited have?
Fairplane Solicitors Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of administrators on 07 October 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.