W H DARBY LIMITED in London (London) entered administration. Andrew James Pear has been appointed as insolvency practitioner. The case reference is 05337453-overig. The principal activity of W H DARBY LIMITED is manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.. 4 reports are available.
General information
NameW H DARBY LIMITED
TownLondon (London)
Company number05337453
Case no.05337453-overig
StatusAdministration
Order date13/02/2026
Company typePrivate limited company
Incorporated on19/01/2005
Company statusadministration
Sector
GroupManufacturing
Primary codeManufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25990)
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLCLegal charge14/04/2005 · Outstanding
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLCDebenture10/03/2005 · Outstanding
Directors
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Notices
DateDescriptionReference
23/02/2026Moratoria, Prohibited Names and Other: Re-use of a Prohibited Name
RULE 22.4(2) OF THE INSOLVENCY (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2016
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF AN INSOLVENT COMPANY REGARDING THE RE-USE OF A PROHIBITED NAME
W H DARBY LIMITED
05337453Trading Name:
W H DARBY
Registered office16 Well Street, Hockley, Birmingham, B19 3BJ
Principal trading address16 Well Street, Hockley, Birmingham, B19 3BJ On 12 February 2026, the above-named Company went into administration. We, Danielle Lorraine Hobbis, Nicholas John Hobbis and Martyn Wykes of 16 Well Street, Hockley, Birmingham, B19 3BJ were directors of the above-named Company during the 12 months ending with the day before it went into administration. We hereby give notice to the creditors of the Company that it is our intention to act in all or any of the ways specified in section 216(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986, in connection with, or for the purposes of, carrying on the whole or substantially the whole of the business of the insolvent company, under the following name: WH DARBY / W H DARBY 1886 / W H DARBY UK It should be noted that we would not otherwise be permitted to undertake those activities without the leave of the Court, or the application of an exception created by the Insolvency Rules made under the Insolvency Act 1986. Breach of the prohibition created by section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 is a criminal offence. Section 216(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 lists the activities that a director of a company that has gone into insolvent administration may not undertake unless the Court gives permission or there is an exception in the Insolvency Rules made under the Insolvency Act 1986. (This includes the exceptions in Part 22 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016.) These activities are: (a) Acting as a director of another company that is known by a name which is either the same as a name used by the company in insolvent administration in the 12 months before it entered administration or is so similar as to suggest an association with that company; (b) Directly or indirectly being concerned or taking part in the promotion, formation or management of any such company; or (c) Directly or indirectly being concerned in the carrying on of a business otherwise than through a company under a name of the kind mentioned in (a) above. The notice is given under rule 22.4 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 where the business of a company which is in, or may go into, insolvent administration is, or is to be, carried on otherwise than by the company in administration with the involvement of a director of that company and under the same or similar name to that of that company. The purpose of giving this notice is to permit the directors to act in these circumstances where the company has entered insolvent administration without the directors committing a criminal offence and in the case of the carrying on of the business through another company, being personally liable for that company’s debts. Notice may be given where the persons giving the notice are already the directors of a company which proposes to adopt a prohibited name.
Recorded in The Gazette, issue 65000, 23 February 2026
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Insolvency practitioner
Andrew James Pear
Address82 St John Street, EC1M 4JN London
Milan Vuceljic
Address82 St John Street, EC1M 4JN London
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