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

Portrait photographic activities Insolvencies (SIC 74201)

UK companies registered under SIC code 74201 (portrait photographic activities) with insolvency notices in The London Gazette.

9 notices on record.

At a glance: 9 insolvency notices covering 3 companies, published in The London Gazette between 08 July 2026 and 06 November 2026 (most recent first below). By type: 7 liquidation, 2 other.

What these companies looked like before insolvency

Based on 3 companies under SIC 74201 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
100%
of 3 with filed figures
UK 42% · +58 pts vs UK
Age of last accounts at first notice
17 months
median
UK 19 months
Accounts overdue at Companies House
33%
of 3 profiles
UK 40% · -7 pts vs UK
Company age at first notice
14.6 yrs
median · 0% under 3 years
UK 8.7 yrs · +5.9 yrs vs UK

Median total assets in the last filed accounts: £97k. Figures are the companies' own filings and often predate the insolvency by a year or more.

Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 06 Nov 2026

I-IMAGES LTD

Assets £69k · Sep 2025 Net assets -£9k

The notice announces the appointment of Chris Parkman as liquidator of I‑IMAGES LTD in a creditors' voluntary liquidation.

Read the notice →
Resolution for winding up (CVL) 06 Nov 2026

I-IMAGES LTD

Assets £69k · Sep 2025 Net assets -£9k

I‑Images Ltd has been placed into Creditors Voluntary Liquidation and Chris Parkman has been nominated as the liquidator.

Read the notice →
Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 23 Oct 2026

MK CREATIVE IMAGES LTD

Assets £97k · Dec 2024 Net assets -£124k

MK Creative Images Ltd has appointed Jamie Playford as liquidator in a creditors voluntary liquidation effective 21 October 2026.

Read the notice →
Resolution for winding up (CVL) 23 Oct 2026

MK CREATIVE IMAGES LTD

Assets £97k · Dec 2024 Net assets -£124k

The notice announces that MK CREATIVE IMAGES LTD has voluntarily wound up and appointed Jamie Playford as its liquidator.

Read the notice →
Appointment of liquidators (CVL) 10 Aug 2026

7MAGPIE LIMITED

Assets £243k · Jan 2025 Net assets -£75k

The notice announces the appointment of liquidators Andrew J Cordon and James O Everist for 7MAGPIE LIMITED in a creditors' liquidation.

Read the notice →
Resolution for winding up (CVL) 10 Aug 2026

7MAGPIE LIMITED

Assets £243k · Jan 2025 Net assets -£75k

7MAGPIE LIMITED resolved to be voluntarily wound up and appointed Andrew J Cordon and James O Everist as joint liquidators.

Read the notice →
Re-use of a prohibited name 03 Aug 2026

7MAGPIE LIMITED

Assets £243k · Jan 2025 Net assets -£75k

The director of 7MAGPIE LIMITED, which entered insolvent liquidation on 31 July 2026, gives notice of his intention to continue the business under the new name CRAFT OF PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITED (trading as Mackney Photography).

Read the notice →
Re-use of a prohibited name 03 Aug 2026

7MAGPIE LIMITED

Assets £243k · Jan 2025 Net assets -£75k

The director of 7MAGPIE LIMITED, which entered insolvent liquidation on 31 July 2026, gives notice of intending to continue the business under the new name CRAFT OF PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITED (trading as Mackney Photography).

Read the notice →
Meetings of creditors (CVL) 08 Jul 2026

7MAGPIE LIMITED

Assets £243k · Jan 2025 Net assets -£75k

A virtual creditors' meeting for 7MAGPIE LIMITED is scheduled for 31 July 2026 to consider winding‑up resolutions, with proxy and proof of claim requirements and contact details for the convener and insolvency practitioners.

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.