Defence Line Ltd faces a winding-up petition

Active Company no. 12608277 Incorporated May 2020 Retail & Wholesale UB postcode area

28 Lees Road, Uxbridge, UB8 3AT

The most recent insolvency notice for Defence Line Ltd is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 02 October 2026 in The London Gazette. The petition was presented by HM Revenue & Customs. The case is before the High Court of Justice (case CR-2026-006456 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

Not yet retrieved. Accounts are currently overdue at Companies House.

Insolvency notices (1)

Petitions to wind up (Companies) 02 Oct 2026

A petition filed by HM Revenue & Customs seeks to wind up Defence Line Ltd, with a hearing set for 14 October 2026 at the High Court in London.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Defence Line Ltd in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Defence Line Ltd (company no. 12608277) is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 02 October 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 Defence Line Ltd's last filed accounts?

Not yet retrieved for Defence Line Ltd at Companies House.

How many insolvency notices does Defence Line Ltd have?

Defence Line Ltd has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Petitions to wind up (Companies) on 02 October 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.

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.