Sauce Shed Limited faces winding-up petition from Edinburgh food firm
Big Jim's Kitchen Ltd has petitioned the High Court seeking a winding-up order against Sauce Shed Limited, a Bedford sauce maker. Hearing listed for 24 June 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Big Jim's Kitchen Ltd, an Edinburgh food business, has filed a petition asking the High Court to make a winding-up order against Sauce Shed Limited, a sauce manufacturer based on a Bedford industrial estate. The petition was presented on 24 March 2026. The case is listed before the Insolvency and Companies List (ChD) on 24 June 2026.
A winding-up petition is a court filing by a creditor asking the court to make a winding-up order; it does not place a company into liquidation. The court must consider the petition at a hearing before any order can be made.
Big Jim's Kitchen, of 3 Hill Street, Edinburgh, claims to be a creditor of Sauce Shed Limited. The petition carries court number CR-2026-002378 and is listed before the Insolvency and Companies List (ChD), the specialist list within the Chancery Division of the High Court that handles insolvency and company-law applications. The hearing is set for 10:30am on 24 June 2026 at the Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, or as soon thereafter as the petition can be heard.
Anyone intending to appear at the hearing, whether to support or oppose the petition, must notify the petitioner by 16:00 on 23 June 2026, in line with Rule 7.14 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016. Big Jim's Kitchen can be contacted at hello@bigjimskitchen.com.
About Sauce Shed Limited
Sauce Shed Limited was incorporated on 15 January 2020 and operates from 65 Murdock Road on the Manton Industrial Estate in Bedford. According to its Companies House filing history, the company moved its registered office from 53a Chaucer Road, Bedford to its current address in March 2021.
Sauce Shed's SIC codes cover the manufacture of other food products and other food service activities. Its most recent accounts on record were made up to 31 July 2024 and filed as total exemption full accounts.
The two directors listed at Companies House, both appointed on the day of incorporation, are David Perrett and Oliver Tempest-Reynalds, both resident in the United Kingdom. No charges are registered against the company at Companies House.
The petition notice was published in the London Gazette on 26 May 2026. Sauce Shed Limited remains listed as an active company on the Companies House register.
Common questions
What does a winding-up petition mean for Sauce Shed Limited?
A petition is a court filing, not a court order. Sauce Shed 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 Sauce Shed 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 Sauce Shed 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 Sauce Shed 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 12406157
- Court: INSOLVENCY AND COMPANIES LIST (ChD)
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