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resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/postcode/E201HZ"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" content="TSO (The Stationery Office), customer.services@thegazette.co.uk" property="dc11:publisher"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" property="gaz:isAbout" resource="this:notifiableThing"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" property="prov:has_provenance" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491/provenance"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" property="prov:has_anchor" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" content="4983491" datatype="xsd:integer" property="gaz:hasNoticeNumber"></span><span resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" typeof="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/def/publication#Notice"></span><span 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resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64882"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" property="owl:sameAs" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64882/notice/4983491" typeof="gaz:Notice"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" property="prov:alternateOf" resource="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/id/issues/64882/notices/4983491" 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">Dismissal of Winding Up Petition</dd><dt>Publication date:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" content="2025-10-21T09:30:14" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="gaz:hasPublicationDate"><time datetime="2025-10-21T09:30:14">21 October 2025</time></dd><dt>Edition:</dt><dd>The <span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:editionName">London</span> Gazette</dd><dt>Notice ID:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" property="gaz:hasNoticeID">4983491</dd><dt>Notice code:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" datatype="xsd:integer" property="gaz:hasNoticeCode">2461</dd><dt>Issue number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64882" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasIssueNumber">64882</dd><dt>Page number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4983491" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasPageNumber">20404</dd></dl><div about="this:notifiableThing" class="content" data-gazettes="Notice" data-gazettes-type="2461"><div data-gazettes="Court" property="insolvency:hasCourtCase" resource="this:courtCase" typeof="court:CourtCase"><p property="court:hasCourt" resource="this:court" typeof="court:Court">In the <span data-gazettes="CourtName" datatype="xsd:string" property="court:courtName">High Court of Justice (Chancery Division)</span></p><p><span data-gazettes="CourtDistrict" datatype="xsd:string" property="court:courtDistrict" resource="this:court">Companies Court</span> <span data-court-number="CR-2025-005681" data-gazettes="CourtNumber" data-year="2025">No <span datatype="xsd:string" property="court:caseNumber">CR-2025-005681</span> of <span content="2025" datatype="xsd:gYear" property="court:caseYear">2025</span></span></p></div><div data-gazettes="Company" property="insolvency:hasCompany" resource="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/03119408" typeof="gazorg:LimitedCompany"><p>In the Matter of <strong data-gazettes="CompanyName" data-gazettes-class="Company" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:name">THE EMPIRE DESIGN COMPANY LIMITED</strong></p><p>(Company Number <span data-gazettes="CompanyNumber" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:companyNumber">03119408</span>)</p></div><p data-gazettes="CompanyGroup" datatype="xsd:string" property="gzw:companyGroup">and in the Matter of the <span about="this:notifiableThing" data-gazettes="Legislation" property="gaz:isEnabledByLegislation" resource="this:InsolvencyAct1986" typeof="leg:Legislation"><span about="this:InsolvencyAct1986" content="Insolvency Act 1986" property="rdfs:label">Insolvency Act 1986</span></span></p><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text"> A Petition to wind up the above-named Company, Registration Number 03119408 of <span about="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/03119408" data-gazettes="AddressLineGroup" data-gazettes-class="Company" property="vcard:adr" resource="this:company-1-address-0"><span about="this:company-1-address-0" content="130 Shaftesbury Avenue, 2nd Floor, London, W1D 5EU" property="vcard:label" typeof="vcard:Address">130 Shaftesbury Avenue, 2nd Floor, London, W1D 5EU</span></span> presented on  <span content="2025-08-15" data-date="2025-08-15" data-gazettes="Date" data-gazettes-class="Presentation" datatype="xsd:date" property="insolvency:dateOfPetitionPresentation">15 August 2025</span>  by the <span data-gazettes="CompanyName" data-gazettes-class="Petitioner" property="insolvency:hasPetitioner" resource="this:petitioner-1" typeof="gazorg:Organisation"><span datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:name">COMMISSIONERS FOR HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS</span><span content="COMMISSIONERS FOR HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS" datatype="xsd:string" property="foaf:name"></span></span> of <span about="this:petitioner-1" data-gazettes="AddressLineGroup" data-gazettes-class="Petitioner" property="vcard:adr" resource="this:petitioner-1-address-0"><span about="this:petitioner-1-address-0" content="14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ" property="vcard:label" typeof="vcard:Address">14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ</span></span>, claiming to be Creditors of the Company was advertised in <em>The London Gazette</em> on  <span content="2025-09-19" data-date="2025-09-19" data-gazettes="Date" data-gazettes-class="General" datatype="xsd:date" property="gaz:relatedDate">19 September 2025</span>  and heard at the <span about="this:notifiableThing" data-gazettes="AddressLineGroup" data-gazettes-class="Court" property="insolvency:placeOfHearing" resource="this:hearingAddress"><span about="this:hearingAddress" content="Royal Courts of Justice, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL" property="vcard:label" typeof="vcard:Address">Royal Courts of Justice, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL</span></span> on  <span content="2025-10-08" data-date="2025-10-08" data-gazettes="Date" data-gazettes-class="General" datatype="xsd:date" property="gaz:relatedDate">08 October 2025</span>. The Petition was dismissed  </p></div><div data-gazettes="Administration"><p data-gazettes="authoriser"><span property="gaz:hasAuthoriser" resource="this:authoriser" typeof="gaz:Authoriser"> The Petitioners' Solicitor is the General Counsel and Solicitor to, His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, <span data-gazettes="FirmName" property="gazorg:hasOrganisationMember" resource="this:authoriser-FirmName-1" typeof="gazorg:ForProfitOrganisation"><span property="gazorg:name">HM Revenue and Customs</span></span>, <span about="this:administrator-1-AddressLineGroup-1" typeof="vcard:Address"><span content="14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ," property="vcard:label"></span> 14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ,</span> telephone <span content="03000 589629" data-gazettes="Telephone" data-gazettes-class="Company" property="loc:phoneNumber">03000 589629</span> . (Ref 2097912) </span></p><p data-gazettes="DateSigned"><span content="2025-10-21" data-date="2025-10-21" data-gazettes="DateSigned" datatype="xsd:date" property="gaz:dateAuthorisationSigned">21 October 2025</span></p></div></div></article><section class="summary"><dl><dt>Company Address</dt><dd>130 Shaftesbury Avenue, 2nd Floor, London, W1D 5EU</dd><dt>Date of Petition Presentation</dt><dd><time datetime="2025-08-15"></time></dd></dl></section></body></html>