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about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4976086" property="owl:sameAs" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64871/notice/4976086" typeof="gaz:Notice"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4976086" property="prov:alternateOf" resource="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/id/issues/64871/notices/4976086" typeof="gaz:Notice"></span></div>            <dl class="metadata"><dt>Notice category:</dt><dd data-ui-class="category">Corporate Insolvency</dd><dt>Notice type:</dt><dd data-ui-class="notice-type">Petitions to Wind Up (Companies)</dd><dt data-gazettes="earliestpublicationdate">Earliest publication date:</dt><dd about="noticeid:" content="2025-10-09T00:10:45" data-required="true" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="gaz:hasPublicationDate"><time datetime="2025-10-09T00:10:45">9 October 2025</time></dd><dt>Edition:</dt><dd>The                     <span about="edition:" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:editionName">London</span> Gazette                </dd><dt>Notice ID:</dt><dd about="noticeid:" property="gaz:hasNoticeID">4976086</dd><dt>Notice code:</dt><dd about="noticeid:" datatype="xsd:integer" property="gaz:hasNoticeCode">2450</dd><dt>Issue number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64871" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasIssueNumber">64871</dd><dt>Page number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4976086" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasPageNumber">19646</dd></dl>            <div about="this:notifiableThing" class="content" data-gazettes="Notice" data-gazettes-type="2450">                <div><p>In the <span about="this:court-1" datatype="xsd:string" property="court:courtName">High Court of Justice</span></p><p><span>No. <span about="this:court-case-1" datatype="xsd:string" property="court:caseNumber">006118</span> of <span about="this:court-case-1" datatype="xsd:gYear" property="court:caseYear">2025</span></span></p><p>In the matter of <strong about="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08914046" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:name" typeof="gazorg:LimitedCompany gazorg:Organisation gazorg:ForProfitCompany">ARK WHOLESALE LIMITED</strong></p><p>Previously: <span about="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08914046" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:previousCompanyName">ARK Furniture Wholesale Ltd</span>,</p><p>Trading As: <span about="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08914046" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:tradingAs">ARK Wholesale Limited</span>,</p><p>Previously Trading As: <span about="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08914046" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:previouslyTradingAs">Other engineering activities</span>,</p><p>and in the Matter of the <span about="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/45" datatype="xsd:string" property="legislation:legislationTitle">Insolvency Act 1986</span>,</p><p>A Petition to wind up the above-named company of ARK Wholesale Limited (<span about="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08914046" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:companyNumber">08914046</span>) of <span about="this:principal-trading-address-1" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">Bottom Croft Mill</span>, <span about="this:principal-trading-address-1" property="vcard:extended-address">Blackburn Road</span>, <span about="this:principal-trading-address-1" property="vcard:locality">Darwen</span> <span about="this:principal-trading-address-1" property="vcard:postal-code">BB3 1QJ</span><span about="this:principal-trading-address-1" property="vcard:country-name"> United Kingdom</span>, previously of, <span about="this:company-registered-office-1" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">Bottom Croft Mill</span>, <span about="this:company-registered-office-1" property="vcard:extended-address">Blackburn Road</span>, <span about="this:company-registered-office-1" property="vcard:locality">Darwen</span> <span about="this:company-registered-office-1" property="vcard:postal-code">BB3 1QJ</span><span about="this:company-registered-office-1" property="vcard:country-name"> United Kingdom</span> (where service of the petition was effected), whose nature of business is <span about="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08914046" data-recommended="true" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:natureOfBusiness">46470 - Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment 46900 - Non-specialised wholesale trade</span>, presented on <span about="this:notifiableThing" content="2025-09-05" datatype="xsd:date" property="corp-insolvency:dateOfPetitionPresentation">Friday 05 September 2025, at 13:00</span> by <span about="this:petitioner-1" datatype="xsd:string" property="foaf:name">LOMBARD NORTH CENTRAL PLC</span>, of <span about="this:petitioner-address-1" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">Cyan Building</span>, <span about="this:petitioner-address-1" property="vcard:extended-address">Adwick Park</span>, <span about="this:petitioner-address-1" property="vcard:locality">Rotherham</span> <span about="this:petitioner-address-1" property="vcard:postal-code">S63 5AD</span><span about="this:petitioner-address-1" property="vcard:country-name"> United Kingdom</span> claiming to be a <span about="this:notifiableThing" datatype="xsd:string" property="corp-insolvency:presentedBy">Creditor</span> of the Company, will be heard at the <span about="this:notifiableThing" datatype="xsd:string" property="corp-insolvency:nameOfPlaceOfHearing">The High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts</span>, <span about="this:hearingAddress" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">Rolls Building</span>, <span about="this:hearingAddress" property="vcard:extended-address">Fetter Lane</span>, <span about="this:hearingAddress" property="vcard:locality">London</span> <span about="this:hearingAddress" property="vcard:postal-code">EC4A 1NL</span> on <span about="this:notifiableThing" content="2025-10-22T10:30:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="corp-insolvency:dateOfHearing">Wednesday 22 October 2025, at 10:30</span> (or as soon thereafter as the Petition can be heard).</p><p>Any person intending to appear on the hearing of the Petition (whether to support or oppose it) must give notice of intention to do so to the Petitioners or to their Solicitor in accordance with Rule 7.14 by <span about="this:notifiableThing" content="2025-10-21T16:00:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="corp-insolvency:dateToRequestAppearance">16:00 hours on Tuesday 21 October 2025</span></p><p>The Petitioner's <span about="this:IP1" property="corp-insolvency:practitionerType">Solicitor</span> is <span about="this:IP1" datatype="xsd:string" property="foaf:name">Sarah Hancock</span>, <span about="this:IP-company-1" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:name">SOLARIS LAW LTD</span>, <span about="this:IP1-address-1" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">2 Rushmills</span>, <span about="this:IP1-address-1" property="vcard:locality">Northampton</span> <span about="this:IP1-address-1" property="vcard:postal-code">NN4 7YB</span>,, Telephone: <span about="this:IP1" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:telephone">03432900262</span>,  Email: <span about="this:IP1" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:email">sarah.hancock@solarislaw.co.uk</span> (Reference number: <span about="this:IP1" datatype="xsd:string" property="person:hasIPReferenceNumber">M-00884510.)</span></p></div>                            </div>        </article>    <section class="summary"><dl><dt>Date of Hearing</dt><dd><time datetime="2025-10-22T10:30:00"></time></dd></dl></section></body></html>