Beluga Group Ltd faces winding-up petition from Great Places Housing Association
Great Places Housing Association has filed a winding-up petition against Beluga Group Ltd at the Manchester High Court, with a hearing set for 9 June 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Great Places Housing Association Limited has asked the High Court in Manchester to wind up Beluga Group Ltd, a construction company registered at Communico House, Vale Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport. The petition was presented on 13 March 2026 and an amended version issued on 15 May 2026, carrying court reference CR-2026-MAN-000410.
A winding-up petition is a court filing by a creditor asking the court to make a winding-up order. Filing the petition does not place the company into liquidation; the court must first consider the application at a hearing. That hearing 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 matters, at the Civil Justice Centre, 1 Bridge Street West, Manchester, at 10:00am on 9 June 2026.
Great Places Housing Association, whose address is given in the petition as 2A Derwent Avenue, Manchester, M21 7QP, is claiming to be a creditor of Beluga Group Ltd. The petitioner's solicitor is Trowers and Hamlins LLP, 55 Princess Street, Manchester, M2 4EW.
Anyone intending to appear at the hearing, whether to support or oppose the petition, must give notice of that intention to the petitioner or their solicitor by 16:00 on 8 June 2026, in accordance with Rule 7.14.
About the company
Beluga Group Ltd was incorporated on 15 November 2016 under the name Beluga Consultants Limited, changing to its current name on 27 October 2021. Its SIC code 41202 covers construction of domestic buildings. The company remains active on the Companies House register at the time of publication.
The directors
Paul Anthony Duffy has been a director since the company's incorporation on 15 November 2016 and remains in post. Niamh Anna Duffy served as a director from 9 April 2021 but resigned on 22 May 2026.
Secured charges
Beluga Group Ltd has a number of outstanding registered charges. PMJ Capital Limited holds multiple charges, including one created on 9 November 2017 that covers a legal mortgage over freehold and leasehold property, fixed charges over book debts, goodwill, intellectual property and securities, and a floating charge over the company's present and future undertaking and assets. Further charges in favour of PMJ Capital Limited were created between 2018 and 2022, with two of the 2022 charges referencing the Mermaid Hotel, Delamere Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, SK9 3RB. Seneca Bridging Ltd holds two outstanding charges, both created on 12 November 2018, over property at 183 Moss Lane, Bramhall, Stockport.
Common questions
What does a winding-up petition mean for Beluga Group Limited?
A petition is a court filing, not a court order. Beluga Group 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 Beluga Group 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 Beluga Group 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 Beluga Group 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 10480247
- Court: In the High Court of Justice, Business & Property Courts in Manchester, Insolvency and Companies List (ChD)
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