# W.H.Marren Limited (00752022)

> Why UK company 00752022 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/00752022

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2017-07-18
- **Administrators' firm:** KPMG
- **Incorporated:** 1963-03-01
- **Location:** Birmingham
- **Industry:** 46770 Wholesale of waste and scrap

## Why it went into administration

- HMRC / tax arrears
- Competition / price pressure
- Supply chain disruption
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Sustained trading losses
- Management failings / irregularities

## From the administrators' statement

The Company, whose origins date back to 1906 and was subsequently incorporated in 1963, was a fourth-generation family owned business and a leading scrap metal recycler in the Midlands.

The Company, which operated from two sites in Willenhall and Rowey Regis, specialised in the acquisition, processing and distribution of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals and nonmetal products, ready for the manufacture of new goods.

There were 46 employees at the Company as at the date of our appointment, in addition to two statutory directors.

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00752022/filing-history/MzE4NTE1MTMyOWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00752022

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