📰 Breaking News: Lessons Learnt & Insights from UK’s first and to date only SME Restructuring Plan

Wholesale of mining, construction and civil engineering machinery Insolvencies (SIC 46630)

UK companies registered under SIC code 46630 (wholesale of mining, construction and civil engineering machinery) with insolvency notices in The London Gazette.

5 notices on record.

At a glance: 5 insolvency notices covering 4 companies, published in The London Gazette between 11 July 2026 and 11 November 2026 (most recent first below). By type: 3 winding up, 1 liquidation, 1 administration.

What these companies looked like before insolvency

Based on 4 companies under SIC 46630 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
50%
of 2 with filed figures
UK 42% · +8 pts vs UK
Age of last accounts at first notice
24 months
median
UK 19 months · +5 months vs UK
Accounts overdue at Companies House
50%
of 4 profiles
UK 40% · +10 pts vs UK
Company age at first notice
7.4 yrs
median · 0% under 3 years
UK 8.7 yrs

Median total assets in the last filed accounts: £5.6m. Figures are the companies' own filings and often predate the insolvency by a year or more.

Meetings of creditors (CVL) 11 Nov 2026

REME PAINTS LTD

Assets £4k · Jan 2025 Net assets -£10k

A creditors' meeting is being proposed for REME PAINTS LTD to consider appointing a liquidator and related matters, to be held by telephone on 18 November 2026.

Read the notice →
Petitions to wind up (Companies) 25 Sep 2026

VULCAN INDUSTRIES PLC

Assets —

A petition to wind up Vulcan Industries plc has been presented by creditor ABLRATE ASSETS LTD and will be heard in Bristol on 15 October 2026 at 3 pm.

Read the notice →
Appointment of liquidators (Court) 23 Sep 2026

HIGHWAY CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD

Assets £11.1m · Mar 2024

The notice announces the appointment of two joint liquidators for Highway Civil Engineering Ltd by the Secretary of State.

Read the notice →
Winding up order (Companies) 11 Jul 2026

HIGHWAY CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD

Assets £11.1m · Mar 2024

The notice announces that HIGHWAY CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD (company number 12155924) has been wound up by order of the High Court of Justice (case No 003831 of 2026) with S Brindley appointed as liquidator on 1 July 2026.

Read the notice →

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.