Surfax Limited (00618046): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2011-10-24
- Administrators
- Anthony Cliff Spicer, Henry Anthony Shinners
- Administrators' firm
- Evelyn Partners
- Formerly
- Surfax Laboratories Limited
- Incorporated
- 1959-01-01
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 5134
Why it went into administration
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 1 Januaty 1959 Duting its intial ycars of operation the Company was pumaril, a chemical importing business but mo ed into the non-alcoholic beet market in 1982
Despite a long-term decline in the becr matket, the busincss initially performed well and turnover peaked at £5 milton Howcver, over time consumets began to grow dissatisfied with the poot quality of the products being offered and performance declined The Company became an importer of specialist alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers from Germany, Kenya and Sr lanka
Pre appointment work undertaken by the Joint administrators and employees
Administrators' statement of proposals (2011-12-22) · Companies House register