Joseph Rhodes Limited (00063294): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2016-08-23
- Administrators
- Peter David Dickens, Toby Scott Underwood
- Administrators' firm
- PwC
- Formerly
- Joseph Rhodes & Sons Limited
- Incorporated
- 1899-08-12
- Location
- Leeds
- Industry
- 28410 Manufacture of metal forming machinery
Why it went into administration
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
summary of what we’ve done so far Background
The Companies were incorporated on 12 August 1899 and 3 August 1927 respectively S&C was a wholly owned subsidiary of JRL and they both formed part of ‘Group Rhodes’, a corporate structure containing 18 companies
The Companies were involved in manufacturing plant and machinery for a range of industries including aerospace, automotive, defence and construction JRL performed long term plant contracts whereas S&C’s activities were smaller scale machining projects
Administrators' statement of proposals (2016-11-02) · Companies House register