HMRC files winding-up petition against Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited
HMRC presented a winding-up petition against Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited on 14 April 2026, with a High Court hearing listed for 10 June 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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HMRC presented a winding-up petition against Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited, an Exmouth-registered engineering company, on 14 April 2026. The petition is listed for hearing at the High Court on 10 June 2026.
A winding-up petition is a court filing by a creditor asking the court to place a company into compulsory liquidation, an insolvent winding-up imposed by court order. Filing the petition does not put the company into liquidation; the court must first make a winding-up order at a formal hearing. The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs, acting from their Stratford office at 14 Westfield Avenue, London, are named as the petitioning creditor.
The petition carries case number CR-2026-002921 and is listed before the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division), Royal Courts of Justice, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London. The hearing is scheduled for 10.30 on 10 June 2026.
The company
Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited is registered at 28 Alexandra Terrace, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1BD. Companies House records the company under SIC code 71121, which covers engineering design activities for industrial processes and production. The company was incorporated on 21 March 2023.
Accounts for the period to 31 May 2025 were due by 28 February 2026 and remain outstanding. The confirmation statement due by 3 April 2026 is also overdue. A first gazette notice for compulsory strike-off was recorded on 28 April 2026, shortly after the HMRC petition was presented.
The directors
Jeffrey Dormer-Woolley and Kelvin Dormer-Woolley were both appointed as directors when the company was incorporated on 21 March 2023. Neither has since resigned. Both are recorded as resident in the United Kingdom.
The hearing
Anyone intending to appear at the 10 June 2026 hearing, whether to support or oppose the petition, must give notice to HMRC or its solicitor by 16.00 on 9 June 2026. HMRC's solicitor is the General Counsel and Solicitor to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, at 14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ, reference 2127751.
The petition was published in the London Gazette on 29 May 2026. The company currently holds active status on the Companies House register.
Common questions
What does a winding-up petition mean for Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited?
A petition is a court filing, not a court order. Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited is not yet in liquidation. The court will consider the petition at the date listed in the notice; until then, the company continues to trade, but its bank may freeze accounts and counterparties may stop extending credit. The court can dismiss the petition, adjourn it, or grant a winding-up order.
Are you owed money by Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited?
You are not yet a creditor in a liquidation; the company is still trading. If you support the petition, you may file a notice of support at the court named in the notice. If the petition is granted, you become an unsecured creditor in the resulting compulsory liquidation and the Official Receiver will invite you to submit a proof of debt.
Did you work at Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited?
A petition does not by itself terminate your employment. Wages and holiday pay continue to accrue until the company stops paying you or is wound up. Watch the bank position closely; if accounts are frozen, payroll will be the first thing to fail. If the petition is granted, statutory redundancy and notice claims become payable from the Redundancy Payments Service.
Are you a director of Blandford Welding and Fabrication Limited?
Once a petition is filed, the company's directors have a heightened duty to consider the interests of creditors. Continuing to trade where there is no reasonable prospect of avoiding insolvent liquidation can expose directors to personal liability for wrongful trading under Section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986. Specialist insolvency advice should be taken immediately.
Sources
- The London Gazette notice (code Petitions to Wind Up (Companies))
- Companies House record 14746475
- Court: High Court of Justice (Chancery Division), case CR-2026-002921
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