Xplosive Ape Retail Limited faces a winding-up petition
Active Company no. 14638638 Incorporated Feb 2023 Retail & Wholesale LE postcode area
76 Burnmoor Street, Leicester, LE2 7JJ
The most recent insolvency notice for Xplosive Ape Retail Limited is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 03 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The petition was presented by PRO CARRIER LIMITED. The case is before the Leeds Combined Court Centre (case CR-2026-LDS-000822). Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 28 February 2025, showed total assets of £392k and net assets of -£119k. 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
As at 28 February 2025 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 18 months before the first insolvency notice
Average employees during the period: 3
Insolvency notices (1)
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Petitions to wind up (Companies) 03 Sep 2026
A petition to wind up XPLOSIVE APE RETAIL LIMITED has been filed by PRO CARRIER LIMITED and will be heard in Leeds on 22 September 2026.
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Is Xplosive Ape Retail Limited in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for Xplosive Ape Retail Limited (company no. 14638638) is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 03 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 Xplosive Ape Retail Limited's last filed accounts?
Xplosive Ape Retail Limited's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 28 February 2025, showed total assets of £392k, cash of £54k, net assets of -£119k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.
How many insolvency notices does Xplosive Ape Retail Limited have?
Xplosive Ape Retail Limited has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Petitions to wind up (Companies) on 03 September 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.