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Blackthorn Finance Ltd

Administration Company no. 10024682 Incorporated Feb 2016 Financial Services EC postcode area

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C/O Rrs Department, S&W Partners Llp, 45 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7BG

The most recent insolvency notice for Blackthorn Finance Ltd is an Other corporate insolvency notices, published 13 August 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Adam Stephens; Philip Hemming; Kevin Ley (S&W Partners LLP), appointed 14 April 2025. The case is before the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts (case CR-2025-002375). Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 December 2023, showed total assets of £2.6m and net assets of £1.6m. This is a formal notice published in The London Gazette relating to the company's insolvency, restructuring or closure.

Last filed balance sheet

As at 31 December 2023 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 31 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£2.6m
Cash at bank
£237k
Net assets
£1.6m
Total liabilities
£952k

Insolvency notices (1)

  1. The notice announces that Blackthorn Finance Ltd has been placed in special administration and its joint special administrators have approved a first interim distribution of 60 pence per pound to customers with admitted unrestrained relevant‑funds claims.

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Is Blackthorn Finance Ltd in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Blackthorn Finance Ltd (company no. 10024682) is a Other corporate insolvency notices, published 13 August 2026 in The London Gazette. This is a formal notice published in The London Gazette relating to the company's insolvency, restructuring or closure.

What were Blackthorn Finance Ltd's last filed accounts?

Blackthorn Finance Ltd's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 December 2023, showed total assets of £2.6m, cash of £237k, net assets of £1.6m. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does Blackthorn Finance Ltd have?

Blackthorn Finance Ltd has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Other corporate insolvency notices on 13 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.