Gardner & Co. (Kent)

What happened

GARDNER & CO. (KENT) LIMITED (company number 02577082), incorporated in 1991, entered administration on 5 October 2026. Its status at Companies House is now: administration.

An administrator, a licensed insolvency practitioner, takes control of the company to try to rescue it, sell the business or get a better result for creditors than a liquidation.

Previously known as: INVICTA (DUCTWORK CONTRACTORS) LIMITED, INVICTA DUCTWORK CONTRACTORS LIMITED, DUCTWORK CONTRACTORS LIMITED.

Timeline

The last accounts and payment report before the failure, then what happened, with the time between each.

1. 31 July 2024

   Last accounts filed were made up to this date

   2 years later

2. 5 October 2026

   Administration started

AccountsPayment reportInsolvency

Before it failed

The last accounts filed were medium-sized company accounts made up to 31 July 2024, 26 months before it went into administration. Private companies have nine months after their year end to file, so a gap of more than 21 months usually means the next accounts were overdue, one of the warning signs worth checking for.

The full filing history, including any late filings, charges and director changes, is on Companies House.

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