Hartlepool Business faces being wound up, after HMRC takes the firm to court.
- teessidetoday
- Apr 8
- 2 min read
The business 'Sea & Sky Pictures Ltd' run by a Hartlepool Businessman is set to be taken to court after amassing what HM Revenue & Customs claims are 'Considerable Sums Owed'.
6th April 2025
A Hartlepool Business has been warned it has just weeks to settle its debts before its set to be plunged into insolvency following a petition by HM Revenue & Customs over what they claim to be 'a substantial sum owed'.
HM Revenue & Customs has reportedly petitioned the High Court of Justice to wind up the Hartlepool Business Sea & Sky Pictures Ltd in just 14 days. The business reportedly trading from an address in Hartlepool’s Tower Street which was selected as the North East production company to co-develop a slate of ideas for BBC Comedy working alongside Hat Trick now reportedly has just a short window to address the petition from the court or face being wound up under a High Court order, likely leading to the business having to pay the creditors legal costs & any interest owed on its debts.
In the petition Durham & Teesside today has been shown, it reads :
A Petition to wind up the above-named Company, Registration Number 12489218, of 9-11 Tower St, Creative, Tower Street, Hartlepool, United Kingdom, TS24 7HH , was presented on the 28 February 2025 by the COMMISSIONERS FOR HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS of 14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ, 'the Creditors of the Company',
The case will be heard at the High Court, Royal Courts of Justice, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL on 16 April 2025 at 10:30am (or as soon thereafter as the Petition can be heard).
Any persons seeking to appear on the hearing of the Petition (whether to support or oppose it) must give their notice of intention to do so to the Petitioner or to their Solicitor in accordance with Rule 7.14 by 16:00pm on the 15 April 2025 .
The Petitioners' Solicitor is the General Counsel and Solicitor to, His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, HM Revenue and Customs...
Durham & Teesside Today understands the business operates Motion Picture & Production Activities, however companies house reports accounts for the business appear not to have been filled for the latest financial year and are late.
A decision on winding up the company is expected on the 16th April 2025
