Bishop's Move (Edinburgh) Limited (00318120): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2020-08-17
- Administrators' firm
- Evelyn Partners
- Formerly
- John H. Lunn Limited
- Incorporated
- 1936-09-02
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 49420 Removal services
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Pension deficit
- Parent or group failure
- Sustained trading losses
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Companies are part of the Group which provided domestic and corporate removals in the UK and abroad, as well as servicing niche sectors including retirement moves and government/military contracts. The Group also provided secure self-storage facilities from three locations in the UK. The Group was established in 1854 as a family owned and managed business with over 20 branches across the UK.
The Group is a well-known brand within the removals industry with locations throughout the UK and also in Spain and Gibraltar. The Group benefited from certification by both UK and international removal associations, including the British Association of Removers, the British Association of Remover’s Commercial Moving Group and Fédération Internationale des Déménageurs Internationaux.
The Companies had a workforce of circa 190 employees and a fleet of some 56 removal trucks and light vans. It also had significant other chattel assets including approximately 80 shipping containers and more than 4,000 wooden shipping containers.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2020-10-27) · Companies House register