Griffin Bros (Dudley)Limited (00625177): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2012-01-17
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Incorporated
- 1959-04-07
- Location
- Sheffield
- Industry
- 2871
Why it went into administration
- Bad debts / customer insolvency
- Rising costs / inflation
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- HMRC / tax arrears
From the administrators' statement
The Company was formed in 1959 following on from a partnership formed in 1898 by William Gnffin and his brother Moses Gniffin The Company manufactured steel kegs and drums
The inttal partnership did not have a factory and the manufacturing operation was camed out in the back yard of the co-founders home which once stood on the site of the current factory at 10 Wellington Road
Over the years the Company has traded through recessions, 2 World Wars and changes in the industry The Company has been predominately run by family members The current directors were appointed when the previous directors retired although they had been employed by the company leading up to their appointment
Administrators' statement of proposals (2012-03-08) · Companies House register