The High Court wound up Eden Estates (London) Ltd of Lewisham Way on 12 August. The Official Receiver is now liquidator; what landlords and tenants should do.

A property firm registered on Lewisham Way, and on the companies register for more than two decades, has been wound up by the High Court. A notice in The London Gazette, the official public record, states that the court made a winding-up order against Eden Estates (London) Limited on 12 August, in case number 003148 of 2026, following a petition presented on 24 April.

The order places the company into compulsory liquidation. J Peacock, an Official Receiver based in Birmingham, has been appointed liquidator, and the notice gives the Insolvency Service’s South East office as the contact for the case.

On the register since 2004

The Companies House register records that Eden Estates (London) Limited was incorporated on 20 February 2004 and is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis”. Its status is now listed as “Liquidation”.

Its filing history shows the company’s registered office was at 213 Lewisham Way, near St Johns station, until July 2023, when it moved along the road to 150 Lewisham Way in New Cross. The company was still filing: its most recent accounts, covering the year to 31 March 2025, were delivered in February 2026, and a confirmation statement followed in March.

The Gazette notice does not record who presented the petition or the debt behind it. A winding-up order is the end of that court process, not the start: the petition had been before the High Court since April before the order was made on 12 August. A company subject to a winding-up order can apply to the court to have it rescinded or stayed.

Timeline of Eden Estates (London) Limited. 20 February 2004: company incorporated. 24 April 2026: winding-up petition presented to the High Court. 12 August 2026: winding-up order made and the Official Receiver appointed liquidator. 20 August 2026: notice published in The London Gazette.
The path to liquidation, from the company's incorporation to the winding-up order, as recorded by Companies House and The London Gazette. Graphic by Lewisham News.

What it means for you

In a compulsory liquidation the company must stop trading, and the Official Receiver takes control of its affairs, investigates them as a matter of routine in every case of this kind, and distributes whatever assets exist to creditors.

If you are a landlord whose property was managed by the company, a tenant who paid rent to it, or a creditor owed money, the contact on the notice is the Official Receiver’s office: 0300 678 0016 or SouthEast.OR@insolvency.gov.uk, quoting the company name and number 05051069. Tenants’ deposits for assured shorthold tenancies are required by law to be held in a government-approved protection scheme, which is separate from any agent; the scheme that protected your deposit can confirm it directly.

Local business records for the borough appear in our directory, and the Gazette’s insolvency notices for the area are part of the public record we check each week.