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Vegetable Oil Company Ltd

Liquidation Company no. SC459982 Incorporated Sep 2013 G postcode area

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Gordon Chambers, 6th Floor, 90 Mitchell Street, Glasgow, G1 3NQ

The most recent insolvency notice for Vegetable Oil Company Ltd is an Appointment of liquidators (Court), published 14 August 2026 in The London Gazette. The office holder is David Meldrum, appointed 05 August 2026. Its last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 September 2024, showed total assets of £69k and net assets of -£81k. 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 30 September 2024 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 22 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£69k
Cash at bank
£19k
Net assets
-£81k
Total liabilities

Total liabilities is not shown for this company: the filed balance sheet did not reconcile against the figures we could read, so the total would be incomplete.

Average employees during the period: 1

Insolvency notices (1)

  1. David Meldrum of BK Plus Limited was appointed liquidator of Vegetable Oil Company Ltd on 5 August 2026 by the creditors.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Vegetable Oil Company Ltd in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for Vegetable Oil Company Ltd (company no. SC459982) is a Appointment of liquidators (Court), published 14 August 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 Vegetable Oil Company Ltd's last filed accounts?

Vegetable Oil Company Ltd's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 September 2024, showed total assets of £69k, cash of £19k, net assets of -£81k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does Vegetable Oil Company Ltd have?

Vegetable Oil Company Ltd has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Appointment of liquidators (Court) on 14 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.