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Compulsory liquidation · 5 October 2023

Squibb Group

Civil engineering · Stanford le Hope · East Anglia

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What happened

SQUIBB GROUP LIMITED (company number 01058215), incorporated in 1972, entered compulsory liquidation on 5 October 2023. Its status at Companies House is now: liquidation.

A court orders the company to be wound up, usually after a creditor petitions because it is owed money. The company's assets are sold and the proceeds shared among creditors.

Previously known as: SQUIBB GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED, SQUIBB DEMOLITION LIMITED, SQUIBB & DAVIES (DEMOLITION) LIMITED.

Timeline

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

  1. 31 January 2022

    Last accounts filed were made up to this date

    21 months later

  2. 5 October 2023

    Winding-up petition presented

    2 months later

  3. 4 December 2023

    Winding-up order made by the court

AccountsPayment reportInsolvency

Before it failed

Key figures

Turnover in its last accounts, year to Jan 2022
£32.9m
Accounts at Companies House
Profit before tax, year to Jan 2022
£274k
Accounts at Companies House
Staff, year to Jan 2022
204
Accounts at Companies House
Net assets, year to Jan 2022
£10.2m
Accounts at Companies House

The last accounts filed were group accounts made up to 31 January 2022, 20 months before it failed.

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

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