Operative Contracts LTD wound up by court order
Active Company no. 16702268 Incorporated Sep 2025 Construction LL postcode area
24 St. Davids Road, Llandudno, LL30 2UL
The most recent insolvency notice for Operative Contracts LTD is a Winding up order (Companies), published 02 October 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holder is S Brindley, appointed 21 September 2026. The case is before the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham (case No 000390 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) 02 Oct 2026
OPERATIVE CONTRACTS LTD has been wound up by the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham, with a winding‑up order dated 21 September 2026 and S Brindley appointed as liquidator.
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Petitions to wind up (Companies) 07 Sep 2026
A petition to wind up Operative Contracts Ltd has been filed by Wolseley UK Ltd and will be heard in Birmingham on 21 September 2026.
What happens next
The liquidator now realises the company's assets, invites creditors to prove their debts, and distributes what is recovered in the statutory order: the costs of the liquidation, preferential creditors (including employees' unpaid wages up to the statutory cap), secured creditors, then unsecured creditors. The liquidator must also report on the conduct of the directors. The company is normally dissolved about three months after the liquidator's final account.
Quote case number No 000390 of 2026 and the Business and Property Courts in Birmingham in any correspondence about the case, together with company number 16702268.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Operative Contracts LTD in liquidation?
The most recent insolvency notice for Operative Contracts LTD (company no. 16702268) is a Winding up order (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 Operative Contracts LTD's last filed accounts?
Not yet retrieved for Operative Contracts LTD at Companies House.
How many insolvency notices does Operative Contracts LTD have?
Operative Contracts LTD has 2 insolvency notices recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Winding up order (Companies) on 02 October 2026.
What happens next?
The liquidator now realises the company's assets, invites creditors to prove their debts, and distributes what is recovered in the statutory order: the costs of the liquidation, preferential creditors (including employees' unpaid wages up to the statutory cap), secured creditors, then unsecured creditors. The liquidator must also report on the conduct of the directors. The company is normally dissolved about three months after the liquidator's final account.
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.