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GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD

Liquidation Company no. 09636955 Incorporated Jun 2015 Hospitality & Food Service WC postcode area

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3 Field Court, Grays Inn, WC1R 5EF

The most recent insolvency notice for GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD is a Appointment of liquidators (CVL), published 21 July 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 June 2025 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 12 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£1.5m
Cash at bank
£197k
Net assets
-£158k
Total liabilities

Total liabilities is not shown for this company: the filed balance sheet did not reconcile against the figures we could read, so the total would be incomplete.

Average employees during the period: 43

Insolvency notices (3)

  1. The notice announces the appointment of a liquidator for GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD in a creditors' liquidation.

  2. GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD resolved to voluntarily wind up and appointed Hugh Francis Jesseman as liquidator.

  3. A virtual creditors' meeting for Gunpowder Restaurants Ltd is scheduled on 16 July 2026 to consider the liquidator's remuneration.

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Frequently asked questions

Is GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD (company no. 09636955) is a Appointment of liquidators (CVL), published 21 July 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 GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD's last filed accounts?

GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 June 2025, showed total assets of £1.5m, cash of £197k, net assets of -£158k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD have?

GUNPOWDER RESTAURANTS LTD has 3 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of liquidators (CVL) on 21 July 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.