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Towles P L C

Liquidation 98 years old · 204th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1920s

Company number00231690
StatusLiquidation
Incorporated02/07/1928
Accounts last made up to30/06/1996
Next accounts due31/01/1998
Accounts typeACCOUNTS TYPE NOT AVAILABLE
Charges outstanding14

Registered office

WESLEY HOUSE, CHAPEL LANE, BIRSTALL, BATLEY, WF17 9EJ

Online

No website could be identified for this company.

Insolvency

Companies House publishes 3 insolvency cases for this company.

Administrative receiver appointed case 1

Receiver appointed by charge holder 22/12/1994

Appointed to this case:

  • Gerald Clifford Smith Insolvency practitioner Rsm Robson Rhodes Llp, Centre City Tower, 7 Hill Street, B5 4UU Appointed 27/05/1997 , ceased to act 16/11/1998
  • Neil Tombs Insolvency practitioner 7 Hill Street, Birmingham, B5 4UU Appointed 27/05/1997 , ceased to act 16/11/1998

Administrative receiver appointed case 2

Receiver appointed by charge holder 14/08/1996

Appointed to this case:

  • John Phillip Walter Harlow Insolvency practitioner Hkm Harlow Khandhia Mistry, The Old Mill, 9 Soar Lane, LE3 5DE Appointed 04/03/1998
  • Kirankumar Mistry Insolvency practitioner Hkm Harlow Khandhia Mistry, The Old Mill, 9 Soar Lane, LE3 5DE Appointed 04/03/1998

Creditors' voluntary liquidation case 3

Wound up 14/08/2001
Dissolved 29/04/2007

Appointed to this case:

  • Peter O'Hara Insolvency practitioner Wesley House, Chapel Lane, Huddersfield Road, WF17 9EJ Appointed 14/08/2001

Case types, dates and the names of appointed practitioners as published by Companies House. An insolvency case is a matter of record and says nothing about how or why a company came to be in one.

Filing history

This company has 93 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 31/01/1997. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 15/08/1996.

Filings: insolvency24
Filings: officer changes24
Filings: charges14
Filings: accounts12
Filings: annual returns11
Filings: resolutions2

The most recent filings

Restored by court order 27/03/2015
Legacy 30/07/2007
Insolvency filing 30/04/2007
Insolvency filing 06/03/2007
Insolvency filing 23/08/2006
Insolvency filing 14/03/2006
Insolvency filing 09/09/2005
Insolvency filing 22/03/2005
Insolvency filing 21/09/2004
Insolvency filing 31/03/2004

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 2 current officers and 15 who have resigned.

Philip Gerald Cooper Directorappointed 21/09/1994
Peter Edward John Murray Directorappointed 21/09/1994

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 14 registered charges, of which 14 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Assignment of debts by way of security
London City Equities Limited
Outstanding, created 22/05/1997
Memorandum of deposit of stocks and shares
London City Equities Limited
Outstanding, created 22/05/1997
Assignment
Barclays Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 22/05/1997
Mortgage
London City Equities Limited
Outstanding, created 16/05/1997
Debenture
London City Equities Limited
Outstanding, created 14/08/1996
Letter of undertaking to create a debenture
London City Equities Limited
Outstanding, created 19/06/1996
Chattel mortgage
Barclays Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 03/05/1996
Legal charge
Barclays Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 23/03/1995

Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

  • 1771 - Manufacture of knitted & crocheted hosiery

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 204th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1920s cohort
  • Liquidation

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

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