G.A.Wedderburn & Co.Limited (00272418): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2015-11-05
- Administrators' firm
- Quantuma
- Incorporated
- 1933-01-24
- Location
- Southampton
- Industry
- 47190 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Why it went into administration
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Creditor pressure / legal action
From the administrators' statement
The history of the business goes as far back as 1840 with various members of the Wedderburn family apprenticed into the scale-making trade The Company was incorporated in 1933
Post war diversity introduced many new areas of business including the introduction of the first cash register
Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, it became possible to network cash registers together for combined sales reporting This was followed by the introduction of back office software and the Company was among the first resellers to be selling and installing these packages written by the cash register manufacturers
Administrators' statement of proposals (2015-12-29) · Companies House register