World Airfares Limited wound up by court order
Liquidation Company no. 16191500 Incorporated Jan 2025 EC postcode area
128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX
The most recent insolvency notice for World Airfares Limited is a Winding up order (Companies), published 18 September 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holder is L Burgess, appointed 25 August 2026. The case is before the High Court of Justice (case 005968 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.
Insolvency notices (2)
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Winding up order (Companies) 18 Sep 2026
WORLD AIRFARES LIMITED has been wound up by a High Court order on 25 August 2026, with L Burgess appointed as liquidator.
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Petitions to wind up (Companies) 13 Aug 2026
A petition to wind up WORLD AIRFARES LIMITED has been filed and will be heard in the High Court on 25 August 2026
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Is World Airfares Limited in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for World Airfares Limited (company no. 16191500) is a Winding up order (Companies), published 18 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 World Airfares Limited's last filed accounts?
Not yet retrieved for World Airfares Limited at Companies House.
How many insolvency notices does World Airfares Limited have?
World Airfares Limited has 2 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Winding up order (Companies) on 18 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.