Procter Bros. Limited (00144614): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2020-08-20
- Administrators
- Patrick Alexander Lannagan, Conrad Alexander Pearson
- Administrators' firm
- Mazars
- Formerly
- Procter Bros (Wireworks) Limited
- Incorporated
- 1916-08-15
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 23610 Manufacture of concrete products for construction purposes
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Sustained trading losses
- Regulatory change or action
- Pension deficit
From the administrators' statement
The business was originally established by William Varley in 1740 and during the 18" and 19" centuries was involved in the manufacture of a range of agricultural and domestic wire products in a number of small factories in Yorkshire.
The business was incorporated as Procter Bros (Wireworks) Ltd in 1916 under the control of John and Charles Procter and began manufacturing mousetraps, a business line that continued for almost 100 years, culminating in the expansion of the Pest Stop range and the eventual sale of this division of the business in 2012.
In the first half of the 20" century, the Company developed a wider range of products, including machine guards, fireguards and wire fencing. To fulfil the demand for its products, the Company established a factory in Cardiff, which was later moved to Caerphilly and in 1970 to the existing premises at 11 Pant Glas Industrial Estate, Bedwas, Caerphilly CF83 8XD (‘the Bedwas property’).
Administrators' statement of proposals (2020-10-28) · Companies House register