C.F.Booth Limited (00472265): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2026-01-16
- Administrators
- James Ronald Lumb, Howard Smith
- Administrators' firm
- Interpath Advisory
- Incorporated
- 1949-08-27
- Location
- Leeds
- Industry
- 24440 Copper production
Why it went into administration
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Rising costs / inflation
- Energy costs
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated in 1949 and traded as a metals recycling and processing business. The Company was originally founded in the 1920s and evolved from a small local scrap trader into one of the UK’s largest independently operated metal recycling companies. The business traded from the historic Clarence Metal Works site in Rotherham, where it became well known for dismantling railway rolling stock and serving major industrial customers nationwide and turning over approximately £110 million.
At appointment, the Group employed 169 staff, 149 of whom were employed by the Company.
3.2 Funding and financial position of the Company
Administrators' statement of proposals (2026-03-04) · Companies House register