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resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64917"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/5007879" property="owl:sameAs" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64917/notice/5007879" typeof="gaz:Notice"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/5007879" property="prov:alternateOf" resource="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/id/issues/64917/notices/5007879" 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>Publication date:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/5007879" content="2025-11-28T16:20:19" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="gaz:hasPublicationDate"><time datetime="2025-11-28T16:20:19">28 November 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/5007879" property="gaz:hasNoticeID">5007879</dd><dt>Notice code:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/5007879" datatype="xsd:integer" property="gaz:hasNoticeCode">2450</dd><dt>Issue number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64917" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasIssueNumber">64917</dd><dt>Page number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/5007879" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasPageNumber">22886</dd></dl><div about="this:notifiableThing" class="content" data-gazettes="Notice" data-gazettes-type="2450"><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</span></p><p><span data-gazettes="CourtDistrict" datatype="xsd:string" property="court:courtDistrict" resource="this:court">BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES INSOLVENCY
AND COMPANIES LIST (ChD)</span> <span data-court-code="CR-2025-000616" data-gazettes="CourtNumber">Court Number: <span datatype="xsd:string" property="court:caseCode">CR-2025-000616</span></span></p></div><div data-gazettes="Company" property="insolvency:hasCompany" resource="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08292296" typeof="gazorg:LimitedCompany"><p>In the Matter of <strong data-gazettes="CompanyName" data-gazettes-class="Company" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:name">O'ROURKE PLANT HIRE (MIDLANDS) LTD</strong></p><p>(Company Number <span data-gazettes="CompanyNumber" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:companyNumber">08292296</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 (registered no 08292296) of <span about="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08292296" data-gazettes="AddressLineGroup" data-gazettes-class="Company" property="vcard:adr" resource="this:company-1-address-0"><span about="this:company-1-address-0" content="Kings Court 17 School Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, B28 8JG," property="vcard:label" typeof="vcard:Address">Kings Court 17 School Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, B28 8JG, </span></span>presented on <span content="2025-11-11" data-date="2025-11-11" data-gazettes="Date" data-gazettes-class="Presentation" datatype="xsd:date" property="insolvency:dateOfPetitionPresentation">11 November 2025</span>
 

by <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">PRAETURA ASSET FINANCE LIMITED </span><span content="PRAETURA ASSET FINANCE LIMITED" 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="Ewood House, Walker Road, Guide, Blackburn, BB1 2QE" property="vcard:label" typeof="vcard:Address">Ewood House, Walker Road, Guide, Blackburn, BB1 2QE
 

</span></span>claiming to be a creditor of the company, will be heard by Birmingham High Court, Priory Courts, <span about="this:notifiableThing" data-gazettes="AddressLineGroup" data-gazettes-class="Court" property="insolvency:placeOfHearing" resource="this:hearingAddress"><span about="this:hearingAddress" content="33 Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6DS" property="vcard:label" typeof="vcard:Address">33 Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6DS</span></span></p><p data-gazettes="Text"> 

Date: <span content="2026-01-13T00:00:00" data-date="2026-01-13" data-gazettes="Date" data-gazettes-class="Hearing" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="insolvency:dateOfHearing">13 January 2026</span></p><p data-gazettes="Text"> 

Time: <span data-gazettes="Time" data-gazettes-class="Hearing" data-time="10:00:00">10:00</span> hours</p><p data-gazettes="Text">
 

(or as soon thereafter as the petition can be heard)</p></div><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text"> 
	Any person intending to appear on the hearing of the petition (whether to support or oppose it) must give notice of that intention in accordance with Rule 7.14 of the IR 2016 by 16.00 hours on <span content="2026-01-12" data-date="2026-01-12" data-gazettes="Date" data-gazettes-class="General" datatype="xsd:date" property="gaz:relatedDate">12 January 2026</span>, to allow sufficient time to serve the relevant documents at the court.</p></div><div data-gazettes="Administration"><p data-gazettes="authoriser"><span property="gaz:hasAuthoriser" resource="this:authoriser" typeof="gaz:Authoriser">The petitioner’s solicitor is <span data-gazettes="FirmName" property="gazorg:hasOrganisationMember" resource="this:authoriser-FirmName-1" typeof="gazorg:ForProfitOrganisation"><span property="gazorg:name">Spratt Endicott Limited </span></span>t/a <span about="this:administrator-1-AddressLineGroup-1" typeof="vcard:Address"><span content="S E Solicitors, 52-54 The Green, South Bar Street, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 9AB." property="vcard:label"></span>S E Solicitors, 52-54 The Green, South Bar Street, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 9AB.  </span>Ref AXW/134242.277</span></p><p data-gazettes="DateSigned"><span content="2025-11-26" data-date="2025-11-26" data-gazettes="DateSigned" datatype="xsd:date" property="gaz:dateAuthorisationSigned"> 26 November 2025</span></p></div></div></article><section class="summary"><dl><dt>Company Address</dt><dd>Kings Court 17 School Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, B28 8JG,</dd><dt>Date of Hearing</dt><dd><time datetime="2026-01-13T00:00:00"></time></dd></dl></section></body></html>