Geo.Heaphy and Sons Limited (00521599): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2016-01-08
- Incorporated
- 1953-07-09
- Location
- Birmingham
- Industry
- 14131 Manufacture of other men's outerwear
Why it went into administration
- Weak consumer demand
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company can trace its roots to the establishment of a fabric retatl business by two brothers in Redditch in 1831. There is extensive detail available as to the trading of the business over the last
186 years and at Appendix 3 of this report | attach a more detailed history prepared by the current Director
This report will however focus on the events and trading conditions in more recent years and the steps taken by the Directors to try and protect and preserve the business.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2016-02-19) · Companies House register