Howard & Ward Properties Ltd faces a winding-up petition

Active Company no. 11972734 Incorporated May 2019 Real Estate DL postcode area

7-9 Victoria Road, Darlington, DL1 5SN

The most recent insolvency notice for Howard & Ward Properties Ltd is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 25 August 2026 in The London Gazette. The petition was presented by Voltz Power Services Limited. The case is before the County Court at Darlington (case No. 002 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. Accounts are currently overdue at Companies House.

Insolvency notices (1)

Petitions to wind up (Companies) 25 Aug 2026

A petition to wind up Howard & Ward Properties Ltd has been filed by Voltz Power Services Ltd and will be heard at the County Court at Darlington on 29 September 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Howard & Ward Properties Ltd in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Howard & Ward Properties Ltd (company no. 11972734) is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 25 August 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 Howard & Ward Properties Ltd's last filed accounts?

Accounts filed on paper only for Howard & Ward Properties Ltd at Companies House.

How many insolvency notices does Howard & Ward Properties Ltd have?

Howard & Ward Properties Ltd has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Petitions to wind up (Companies) on 25 August 2026.

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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.

K2 does not act as insolvency practitioner on these cases. To make a claim, contact the office holder named in the relevant notice.

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.