Roca Metals (UK) Limited enters administration
Active Company no. 11127910 Incorporated Dec 2017 Manufacturing LU postcode area
Unit 3 & 4 Cosgrove Way, Luton, LU1 1XL
The most recent insolvency notice for Roca Metals (UK) Limited is an Appointment of administrators, published 07 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Elizabeth Welch (IP No. 28610); Chris Knott (IP No. 17230), appointed 28 August 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Manchester (case CR-2026-001212). Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 March 2025, showed total assets of £6.4m and net assets of £910k. 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 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 17 months before the first insolvency notice
Insolvency notices (1)
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Appointment of administrators 07 Sep 2026
ROCA METALS (UK) LIMITED has appointed Elizabeth Welch and Chris Knott of Leonard Curtis as joint administrators on 28 August 2026.
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Is Roca Metals (UK) Limited in administration?
The most recent insolvency notice for Roca Metals (UK) Limited (company no. 11127910) is a Appointment of administrators, published 07 September 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 Roca Metals (UK) Limited's last filed accounts?
Roca Metals (UK) Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 March 2025, showed total assets of £6.4m, cash of £20k, net assets of £910k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Roca Metals (UK) Limited have?
Roca Metals (UK) Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of administrators on 07 September 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.