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Manufacture of tools Insolvencies (SIC 25730)

UK companies registered under SIC code 25730 (manufacture of tools) with insolvency notices in The London Gazette.

8 notices on record.

At a glance: 8 insolvency notices covering 4 companies, published in The London Gazette between 09 July 2026 and 15 September 2026 (most recent first below). By type: 8 liquidation.

What these companies looked like before insolvency

Based on 4 companies under SIC 25730 with a distress notice on our record (solvent members' voluntary liquidations excluded), using each company's Companies House profile and last filed accounts.

Negative net assets at last filing
25%
of 4 with filed figures
Age of last accounts at first notice
16 months
median
Accounts overdue at Companies House
0%
of 4 profiles
Company age at first notice
55.1 yrs
median · 0% under 3 years

Median total assets in the last filed accounts: £214k. Figures are the companies' own filings and often predate the insolvency by a year or more.

Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 15 Sep 2026

AI PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED

Assets £24k · Jun 2025 Net assets -£11k

The notice announces the appointment of liquidator Molly Monks to AI Precision Engineering Limited in a creditors' liquidation on 10 September 2026.

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Resolution for winding up (CVL) 10 Sep 2026

PEN CUTTING TOOLS LIMITED

Assets £620k · Mar 2025

PEN CUTTING TOOLS LIMITED resolved to voluntarily wind up the company and appointed Gareth David Rusling and Ian James Royle as joint liquidators

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Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 10 Sep 2026

PEN CUTTING TOOLS LIMITED

Assets £620k · Mar 2025

PEN CUTTING TOOLS LIMITED has been placed into a Creditors Voluntary Liquidation and two joint liquidators have been appointed on 8 September 2026.

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Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 28 Jul 2026

AQUATOOLS LIMITED

Assets £248k · Jun 2025

AQUATOOLS LIMITED has appointed Richard Paul James Goodford as liquidator in a creditors' liquidation on 23 July 2026.

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Resolution for winding up (CVL) 28 Jul 2026

AQUATOOLS LIMITED

Assets £248k · Jun 2025

AQUATOOLS LIMITED resolved at a general meeting on 23 July 2026 to voluntarily wind up the company and appointed Richard Paul James Goodwin as liquidator.

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Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 09 Jul 2026

SWINDENS PATENTS LIMITED

Assets £180k · Dec 2024

The notice announces the appointment of Colin Nicholls as liquidator of Swindens Patents Limited in a creditors' voluntary liquidation.

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Resolution for winding up (CVL) 09 Jul 2026

SWINDENS PATENTS LIMITED

Assets £180k · Dec 2024

Swindens Patents Limited resolved to voluntarily wind up the company and appointed Colin Nicholls of Smart Insolvency Ltd as liquidator on 7 July 2026

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Is your own business showing the same warning signs?

Falling margins, stretched creditors, overdue filings and HMRC arrears usually appear months before a Gazette notice. Directors who act at that stage keep far more options open, from an informal turnaround to a CVA or restructuring plan.

Notices from The London Gazette, matched to Companies House records. Financial figures are the company's last filed accounts and may predate the insolvency event. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.