Macwhirter Limited (00308052): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2015-07-03
- Administrators
- Richard Michael Hawes, Matthew James Cowlishaw
- Administrators' firm
- Deloitte
- Incorporated
- 1935-12-11
- Location
- Birmingham
- Industry
- 43220 Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Why it went into administration
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
From the administrators' statement
The business was formed in 1882 and was later incorporated in 1935, operating mainly as an air conditioned and refrigeration installer During 2013/14, the directors decided to expanded its portfolio of installation work to include some mechanical and electrical work with a ratio of 80 20 to its service and maintenance work
The Company had experienced some cash flow issues with the expansion of Its installation work but the introduction of cost saving measures in 2014 along with some redundancies had put the Company back on track
Unfortunately, during 2014/15 Mr Tony MacWhirter, the Company's Chairman and main dnving force, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and passed away in January 2015 This had a significant impact on the work that the Company could deliver
Administrators' statement of proposals (2015-08-24) · Companies House register