# Beaconsfield Footwear Limited (00641365)

> Why UK company 00641365 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/00641365

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2023-07-18
- **Administrators:** William James Wright, Richard John Harrison
- **Administrators' firm:** Interpath Advisory
- **Incorporated:** 1959-11-06
- **Location:** London
- **Industry:** 15200 Manufacture of footwear

## Why it went into administration

- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Sustained trading losses

## From the administrators' statement

The Company was incorporated on 6 November 1959, and traded under the brand ‘Hotter Shoes’. Its principal activity was the design and sale of footwear through a multi-channel business structure via its 26 retail sites in the UK, mail order catalogue and online platforms. The Company manufacturers the majority of its own products from its leasehold facility in Skelmersdale, which is also the Company's registered office address.

The Company is a subsidiary of UBG, an entity listed on AIM. The Company employed 421 employees across the business. At the date of appointment of the Joint Administrators, the Company had two statutory directors: Gavin Manson (CFO) and lan Watson (CEO) (together the ‘Directors’).

1.2. Funding and financial position of the Company

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00641365/filing-history/MzM4OTI0MzIwM2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00641365

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