The Outdoor Group Limited (00507794): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2012-01-09
- Administrators
- Richard Dixon Fleming, Brian Green, David James Costley-Wood
- Administrators' firm
- KPMG
- Formerly
- The Outdoor Group (Trading) Limited; The Outdoor Group Limited; Millets Leisure Limited; Millets of Bristol Limited; Millets of Bristol (Holdings) Limited
- Incorporated
- 1952-05-09
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 47710 Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Why it went into administration
- Property / lease costs
- Parent or group failure
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
TOG was incorporated in 1952 and 1s the main operating entity within a Group also consisting of the following companies and a number of other dormant subsidiaries
Blacks Leisure Group Ple (“BLG”) Just Add Water Limited (“JAW”) Eurohike Ltd (“Euro’’)
The Group operates as a retailer of outdoor clothing and equipment selling its own branded goods and also offering merchandise from a large number of well known brands It trades from 297 stores throughout the UK, Channel Islands and Ireland under the Blacks and Millets fascias The Group 1s based in Northampton and employs approximately 3,500 staffin its stores and over 350 people at its Head Office and distribution centre in Northampton
Administrators' statement of proposals (2012-03-16) · Companies House register