J.E.Wilson & Sons(Kendal)Limited (00504398): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2015-05-22
- Administrators
- Christopher Benjamin Barrett, John Allan Carpenter
- Administrators' firm
- Dow Schofield Watts
- Incorporated
- 1952-02-14
- Location
- Abingdon
- Industry
- 10821 Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
Why it went into administration
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was Incorporated on 14 February 1952 with James Ernest Wilson the Elder, Jenny Isabel Wilson, John Parker Wilson, Mary Isabel Wilson and James Ernest Wilson the Younger appointed directors of the Company The Company’s original share capital consisted of 4,000 ordinary shares, with all of the shares being held by the directors
Prior to the incorporation, the business had traded in Kendal since 1913 as a manufacturer of kendal mint cake and other confectionary products
The Company remained under the control of the Wilson family and traded in the Kendal area throughout its period of trading During the last 20 years tts working capital requirements were met by a combination of bank borrowing and invoice discounting The Company banked with HSBC Bank plc (“HSBC”) and used various tnvoice discounting providers over the years
Administrators' statement of proposals (2015-07-22) · Companies House register