Big Lukes Metrocentre Limited goes into liquidation
Active Company no. 11683475 Incorporated Nov 2018 Hospitality & Food Service NE postcode area
Big Lukes World Buffet, 3 Garden Walk, Gateshead, NE11 9XY
The most recent insolvency notice for Big Lukes Metrocentre Limited is a Resolution for winding up (CVL), published 14 August 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Gillian Margaret Sayburn; Andrew Little, appointed 5 August 2026. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 December 2022, showed total assets of £23k and net assets of -£179k. 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 31 December 2022 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 44 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 56
Insolvency notices (2)
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Resolution for winding up (CVL) 14 Aug 2026
BIG LUKES METROCENTRE LIMITED resolved to be voluntarily wound up and appointed Gillian Margaret Sayburn and Andrew Little as joint liquidators at its members' meeting on 5 August 2026.
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Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 14 Aug 2026
The notice announces the appointment of liquidators for BIG LUKES METROCENTRE LIMITED in a creditors' liquidation.
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Is Big Lukes Metrocentre Limited in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for Big Lukes Metrocentre Limited (company no. 11683475) is a Resolution for winding up (CVL), published 14 August 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 Big Lukes Metrocentre Limited's last filed accounts?
Big Lukes Metrocentre Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 December 2022, showed total assets of £23k, cash of £11k, net assets of -£179k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Big Lukes Metrocentre Limited have?
Big Lukes Metrocentre Limited has 2 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Resolution for winding up (CVL) on 14 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.