Breen Recovery (Carnbroe) Limited faces winding-up petition from Danish creditor
Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/S presented a winding-up petition against a Scottish-linked waste management company at the High Court on 6 May 2026, with a hearing set for 24 June. Full notice and Companies House record.
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Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/S, a Danish company based in Allerod, presented a winding-up petition against Breen Recovery (Carnbroe) Limited at the High Court of Justice on 6 May 2026. The hearing is listed before the Insolvency and Companies List (ChD), the specialist list within the Chancery Division of the High Court that hears insolvency and company-law applications, on 24 June 2026 at 10:30.
A winding-up petition is a court filing by a creditor 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 hearing. The case carries court number CR-2026-003429.
The notice published on 12 June 2026 is a substitution for an earlier notice (Gazette ID 5151813), indicating the original filing was superseded or corrected before the hearing date.
The company
Breen Recovery (Carnbroe) Limited was incorporated on 7 February 2025. Its SIC codes cover treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste, and remediation and other waste management services. That profile is consistent with industrial or site-clearance recovery operations.
The company's registered address is care of Clyde and Co LLP at The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR. The name includes "Carnbroe", a reference to an industrial area in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, which may indicate where operations are based.
No accounts have yet been filed with Companies House. The next accounts are due by 7 November 2026.
The director
Robert Gerard Breen is the sole director, appointed on 7 February 2025, the day the company was incorporated. Breen is recorded as resident in Wales. No other officers appear on the Companies House record and no secured charges have been registered against the company.
The petitioner
Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/S is named as a creditor of the company. The Danish firm is registered at Gydevang 39-41, DK-3450 Allerod, Denmark. The notice does not state the nature of the debt or the amount claimed, and gives no further detail about the commercial relationship between the Danish energy contractor and the newly formed UK waste management company.
The hearing
Anyone intending to appear at the 24 June hearing, whether to support or oppose the petition, must give notice to Scandinavian Energy Contractors A/S by 16:00 on 23 June 2026, in accordance with Rule 7.14 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016.
The company remains active on the Companies House register at the time of publication.
Common questions
What does a winding-up petition mean for Breen Recovery (Carnbroe) Limited?
A petition is a court filing, not a court order. Breen Recovery (Carnbroe) 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 Breen Recovery (Carnbroe) 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 Breen Recovery (Carnbroe) 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 Breen Recovery (Carnbroe) 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 16237605
- Court: High Court of Justice
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