Solo Group (Holdings) Limited faces winding-up petition a decade into administration

A winding-up petition against Solo Group (Holdings) Limited is listed for hearing at the High Court on 8 June 2026, under case reference CR-2016-005981. The petition concerns a company that has been in administration since October 2016.

A winding-up petition is a court filing asking the court to make a winding-up order. Filing a petition does not put the company into liquidation; the court must first make the order at a separate hearing.

The petition is assigned to the Insolvency and Companies List (ChD), the specialist list within the Chancery Division of the High Court that hears insolvency and company-law applications. The hearing is scheduled for 10:30 at the Rolls Building, 7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL. Anyone intending to appear, whether to support or oppose the petition, must give notice under rule 7.14 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 by 16:00 on Friday 5 June 2026.

The notice is dated 19 May 2026. The bundle does not identify the petitioner by name.

The company

Solo Group (Holdings) Limited is registered at 7 More London Riverside, London SE1 2RT and is classified under SIC code 64205, covering the activities of financial holding companies. The company was incorporated on 25 June 2014, initially under the name AESA Holdings (UK) Limited, before adopting its current name in March 2015.

Companies House records show the company's status as administration. A progress report from PwC dated March 2023 names Douglas Nigel Rackham and David James Kelly as the administrators overseeing Solo Group (Holdings) Limited alongside several related entities. A notice of extension of the administration period was filed at Companies House in October 2017.

When a company enters administration, a moratorium under Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 takes effect. That moratorium is the legal pause on most creditor action, and it generally prevents creditors from commencing or continuing court proceedings without the court's permission. No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House.

The petition's solicitors

The petitioner's solicitors are McCarthy Denning Limited, of 70 Mark Lane, London EC3R 7NQ, with the matter referenced JY/IPS 1.1.

Officers

All directors on record have resigned. The most recent to leave was Richard Harper, who served as a director from 6 June 2016 until 14 March 2023. Before Harper, Anthony John Patrick Brereton held a directorship from 6 June 2016 until 2 March 2018.

Earlier directors included Anthony Craig Jarmyn and Michael Stephen Murphy, both of whom served from January 2016 until June 2016, and Sanjay Shah, whose directorship ran from 6 January 2016 to 28 January 2016. Simon John Tweddle served from April 2015 until March 2016. James Gordon Bowler held the role from January 2015 to April 2015, and Omar Husain Arti from September 2014 to January 2015. Anne Christine Stratford-Martin and Paul Kelly were both appointed at incorporation in June 2014; Stratford-Martin resigned at the end of 2015 and Kelly stepped down in September 2014.