Ellesmere Engineering Co.Limited (00511468): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2018-03-23
- Administrators
- Craig Johns, Jason Mark Elliott, Nick Brierley
- Administrators' firm
- Cowgill Holloway Business Recovery
- Incorporated
- 1952-09-17
- Location
- Bolton
- Industry
- 43220 Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Why it went into administration
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Loss-making contracts / project overruns
- Bad debts / customer insolvency
From the administrators' statement
The business was established in 1945 and operated as a HVAC contractor, specialising in the design, installation, commission, service and maintenance of commercial heating, cooling, ventilation and air-conditioning systems
and equipment.
It had a long-standing customer base comprising of local authorities, schools and colleges, leisure facilities, private customers and building contractors. There were two main departments to the business; Contracting, which was responsible for carrying out the major works and contributed to approximately 75% of turnover, and Service and Maintenance, which carries out minor works and service contracts for clients, contributing to approximately 25% of turnover.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2018-04-17) · Companies House register