Forresters Builders Merchants LTD. goes into liquidation
Active Company no. 12934896 Incorporated Oct 2020 Retail & Wholesale B postcode area
12 Ault Street, West Bromwich, B70 7HA
The most recent insolvency notice for Forresters Builders Merchants LTD. is a Resolution for winding up (CVL), published 12 August 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holders are Jessica Thomas; Philippa Smith, appointed 06 August 2026. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 October 2024, showed total assets of £186k and net assets of -£283k. 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 October 2024 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 21 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 2
Insolvency notices (2)
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Resolution for winding up (CVL) 12 Aug 2026
The members of Forresters Builders Merchants Ltd passed a special resolution to voluntarily wind up the company and appointed Jessica Thomas and Philippa Smith of Smith & Barnes Insolvency Practitioners Ltd as joint liquidators.
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Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 12 Aug 2026
The notice announces the appointment of joint liquidators Jessica Thomas and Philippa Smith to oversee the creditors voluntary liquidation of Forresters Builders Merchants Ltd.
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Is Forresters Builders Merchants LTD. in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for Forresters Builders Merchants LTD. (company no. 12934896) is a Resolution for winding up (CVL), published 12 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 Forresters Builders Merchants LTD.'s last filed accounts?
Forresters Builders Merchants LTD.'s last accounts filed at Companies House, to 31 October 2024, showed total assets of £186k, cash of £3k, net assets of -£283k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Forresters Builders Merchants LTD. have?
Forresters Builders Merchants LTD. has 2 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Resolution for winding up (CVL) on 12 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.