57 companies took Sevenoaks addresses from 1 to 21 September, biotech to koi carp; a Swanley printer's liquidation and two HMRC petitions lead the closures.
Fifty-seven new companies were registered with Sevenoaks addresses between 1 and 21 September, Companies House records show (Companies House, advanced company search). The same three weeks brought a run of Gazette insolvency notices, including a Swanley Village printer in liquidation and two winding-up petitions from HM Revenue and Customs.
This is our fortnightly New in business round-up: every incorporation is from the Companies House register, and every closure is from The Gazette, the official public record.
The new names
Among the 57 are several firms with a recognisable local trade behind the name:
- Hills & Oaks Accountancy Ltd, Phelps Close, West Kingsdown, registered for accountancy and audit
- Heat 209 Ltd, Hillingdon Avenue, Sevenoaks, plumbing and heating installation
- MT Roofing and Damp Proofing Ltd, Manor Road, Sundridge
- BG Assessments Ltd, registered at the Springbank Clinic on Pembroke Road, classified for health activities
- Oast Medical Limited, Battlefields Road, general medical practice, and Immunodrip Limited at Badgers Mount, specialist medical practice
- Polaris Capital Advisory Limited, Locks Yard on Sevenoaks High Street, management consultancy
- Ancillary AI Ltd, Mount Close, Sevenoaks, business software development
- DDS Nishikigoi Limited, Platt Common, classified for specialist fish retail; nishikigoi is the Japanese name for koi carp
- Roseyard Live Ltd, West Kingsdown, sound recording and music publishing
One pairing stands out. Apheriva Biosource Ltd and Assaymera Bioanalytics Ltd were both registered on 10 September at the same first-floor address at One Suffolk Way, and both are classified for biotechnology research and development. Two more research and advisory firms, Cevoran Research and Cairvane Advisors, followed at the same address on 15 September.
Two caveats, as every month. First, a registered office is not a trading address: 19 of the 57 are registered at Ground Floor or Temple Court, 108-112 Main Road, Sundridge, a formation and accountancy service address, six more at Lakeview Stables near St Clere, Kemsing, and four at One Suffolk Way. Second, the search catches any address containing “Sevenoaks”, which includes villages such as Wrotham, Borough Green and Platt that use the Sevenoaks post town but sit in the Tonbridge and Malling district, and it misses firms registered in Swanley, Edenbridge and Westerham without “Sevenoaks” in the address.
The closures and winding-ups
The Gazette carried these corporate insolvency notices for the district since our August round-up:
- Rocha Print Solutions Limited, a publishing and print firm registered at The Old Barn off Wood Street, Swanley Village, went into creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 10 September. Its trading address was in Gravesend. Joint liquidators from Opus Restructuring were appointed (The Gazette, appointment of liquidators, 14 September 2026).
- Willow Court Services Limited, also registered at The Old Barn, Swanley Village, is being wound up in the High Court. The Official Receiver has called a creditors’ meeting for 13 October to appoint a liquidator in the Official Receiver’s place (The Gazette, meetings of creditors, 16 September 2026).
- Kelwood Contracts Ltd, Tweed House, Park Lane, Swanley, called a virtual meeting of creditors for 18 September to consider a winding-up resolution and nominate liquidators (The Gazette, meetings of creditors, 2 September 2026). Update, 22 September: the outcome is now on the record. The construction firm went into creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 18 September, and Michael Goldstein and Charlotte Jobling of RG Insolvency were appointed joint liquidators, confirmed by creditors the same day (The Gazette, resolutions for winding-up, 22 September 2026; The Gazette, appointment of liquidators, 22 September 2026).
- Capital Funding Partners Ltd, registered at Lakeview Stables, Lower St Clere, was wound up voluntarily by its members on 3 September, with joint liquidators appointed from Begbies Traynor (The Gazette, resolutions for winding-up, 11 September 2026). The notice does not say whether the closure is solvent.
- Gallatin Limited, with a trading address at Red House, Bank Lane, Underriver, was wound up voluntarily by its members on 27 August. A declaration of solvency is on the company’s file, so this is a solvent closure, not a failure (The Gazette, resolutions for winding-up, 1 September 2026; Companies House, filing history). Creditors have until 23 September to prove any debts.
Two winding-up petitions from HM Revenue and Customs are also on the record:
- Sevenoak Investigations Limited, formerly Whyte & Co Enforcement Services and formerly of White Oak Square, London Road, Swanley, now registered in Ipswich. HMRC’s petition, presented on 23 June, is listed to be heard at the High Court this Wednesday, 23 September (The Gazette, petitions to wind up, 11 September 2026).
- Knockholt Properties Limited, of Oaktree Farm, London Road, Halstead. HMRC’s petition was heard on 9 September. No winding-up order for the company had been published in the Gazette by 21 September. We covered the petition when it was published in August (The Gazette, petitions to wind up, 27 August 2026).
The month’s most visible closure was reported separately: GHOST (KH) Limited, the company behind the Pig & Pickle at Seal Chart, went into creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 11 September.
What the terms mean
A winding-up petition is a request to the court, not a decision: the company can pay, dispute the debt, or the petition can be dismissed. A creditors’ voluntary liquidation means the directors have concluded the company cannot pay its debts. A members’ voluntary liquidation with a declaration of solvency, like Gallatin’s, is an orderly closure of a solvent company. None of these notices names individuals’ home addresses, and we do not report personal insolvencies.
Sources
- Companies House, advanced company search (registered office address filter)
- The Gazette, appointment of liquidators, Rocha Print Solutions Limited
- The Gazette, meetings of creditors, Willow Court Services Limited
- The Gazette, meetings of creditors, Kelwood Contracts Ltd
- The Gazette, resolutions for winding-up, Kelwood Contracts Ltd
- The Gazette, appointment of liquidators, Kelwood Contracts Ltd
- The Gazette, resolutions for winding-up, Capital Funding Partners Ltd
- The Gazette, resolutions for winding-up, Gallatin Limited
- Companies House, Gallatin Limited, filing history
- The Gazette, petition to wind up, Sevenoak Investigations Limited
- The Gazette, petition to wind up, Knockholt Properties Limited
Image: Bligh Shopping Development, Sevenoaks by Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph. Chart by Sevenoaks Online.
Incorporation figures were extracted from the Companies House advanced search on 21 September 2026, for incorporations dated 1 to 21 September 2026 with a registered office address containing “Sevenoaks”. Company activities are as classified by each company’s own SIC codes at registration. Monthly totals in the chart apply the same method to each month.
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