Arthur M.Griffiths & SON Limited (00222595): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2021-08-06
- Administrators
- Conrad Alan Beighton, David Craig Griffiths
- Administrators' firm
- Leonard Curtis
- Incorporated
- 1927-06-17
- Location
- Birmingham
- Industry
- 41100 Development of building projects
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Supply chain disruption
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 17 June 1927, and traded successfully in the Wolverhampton and West Midlands area for many years following.
In recent years, the Company traded from freehold premises located at Thomas Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 ABY. The principal trading activity of the Company was development of building projects.
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the Company had a full order book of over 16 live jobs on site, together with a connected company, Stanford Construction Limited (“SCL”). For the summer of 2020, it was decided that the directors would not tender for work that required recruitment of staff and additional resources to
Administrators' statement of proposals (2021-09-14) · Companies House register