{"name":"L.K. BENNETT LIMITED","company_number":"02699136","status":"Liquidation","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1992-03-20","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Ernst & Young Llp, No.1 Colmore Square, Birmingham, B4 6HQ","postcode":"B4 6HQ","sic_codes":[{"code":47190,"description":"Other retail sale in non-specialised stores"},{"code":47710,"description":"Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores"},{"code":47721,"description":"Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":["The annual accounts for this company are overdue.","The confirmation statement for this company is overdue."],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 July","last_made_up_to":"2017-07-29","next_due":"2019-04-30"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":1,"resigned":20,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":12,"outstanding":7},"gazette_notices":[{"date":"2025-11-11","kind":"insolvency"},{"date":"2023-03-02","kind":"insolvency"}],"insolvency_outcome":{"active_today":false,"filings":[{"form":"LIQ14","date":"2026-09-04","description":"Return of final meeting in a creditors' voluntary winding up"}]},"ai_summary":"L.K. Bennett Limited represents a cautionary case of a heritage British luxury brand that failed to adapt its physical retail model fast enough to survive shifting consumer dynamics and competitive pressures. The company's current Liquidation status, combined with overdue regulatory filings and insolvency practitioner oversight, confirms this entity has reached terminal decline. Any residual value lies primarily in brand IP rather than operational capability, and realisation of that value depends entirely on the liquidator's ability to attract an acquirer willing to rebuild under a fundamentally different business model.","website":"https://www.lkbennett.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/lk-bennett","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/lk-bennett/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/lk-bennett/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02699136","gazette":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/lk-bennett/gazette","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/lk-bennett/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/lk-bennett/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/lk-bennett/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/lk-bennett/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/lk-bennett"}