Bayberry Limited faces High Court winding-up petition
The High Court has received a winding-up petition against Bayberry Limited, a Weston-super-Mare residential care operator formerly known as The Bayberry Community Limited. Full notice and Companies House record.
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A winding-up petition has been filed in the High Court of Justice against Bayberry Limited, a Weston-super-Mare company providing residential care activities for mental health, under case number CR-2026-003340.
A winding-up petition is a court filing asking a judge to place a company into compulsory liquidation. Filing the petition does not put the company into liquidation; the court must first make a winding-up order at a hearing before that can happen.
The petition, published in the London Gazette on 8 June 2026, names the company under its current registered title and notes its former name, The Bayberry Community Limited, which it carried from incorporation until July 2013. Bayberry Limited was incorporated on 4 February 2009 and its registered office is at 34 Boulevard, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1NF. The company's status at Companies House remains active.
The directors
Three directors are currently on record at Companies House. Andrew Blount and Vanessa Yvonne Averil Blount were both appointed on 3 February 2012. Amanda Pearl Cooper joined the board on 27 February 2019. None of the three has a resignation date on record.
Two earlier directors, Dr Albert Cornelius Fritz Zandvoort and Dr Ilze Zandvoort, served from incorporation on 4 February 2009 and both resigned on 26 January 2012. Dr Michelle Zandvoort was also appointed at incorporation on the same date and resigned on the same day as the other two.
Background
Bayberry Limited files accounts under the total-exemption-full regime, with its most recent accounts made up to 28 February 2025. The company operates under SIC code 87200, which covers residential care activities for mental health.
No secured charges are registered against the company at Companies House, and no administrators have been appointed. The identity of the petitioner is not disclosed in the Gazette notice.
The case sits in the Insolvency and Companies List within the Chancery Division of the High Court, which handles insolvency and company-law applications in England and Wales. No hearing date has been published.
Common questions
What does a winding-up petition mean for Bayberry Limited?
A petition is a court filing, not a court order. Bayberry 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 Bayberry 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 Bayberry 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 Bayberry 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 06809492
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