Wiseman Press LTD wound up by court order

Active Company no. 11477266 Incorporated Jul 2018 Retail & Wholesale RG postcode area

2 Waterside Drive, Reading, RG7 4SW

The most recent insolvency notice for Wiseman Press LTD is a Winding up order (Companies), published 26 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holder is L Burgess, appointed 22 September 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Manchester (case No 000991 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

Accounts filed on paper only.

Insolvency notices (2)

Winding up order (Companies) 26 Sep 2026

The London Gazette announces that WISEMAN PRESS LTD has been wound up by order of the Business and Property Courts in Manchester, with L Burgess appointed as liquidator.
Petitions to wind up (Companies) 03 Aug 2026

A petition to wind up Wiseman Press Ltd has been filed by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and will be heard in Manchester on 22 September 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Wiseman Press LTD in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Wiseman Press LTD (company no. 11477266) is a Winding up order (Companies), published 26 September 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 Wiseman Press LTD's last filed accounts?

Accounts filed on paper only for Wiseman Press LTD at Companies House.

How many insolvency notices does Wiseman Press LTD have?

Wiseman Press LTD has 2 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Winding up order (Companies) on 26 September 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.