Charles of Cheddar Limited (00799453): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2012-07-19
- Administrators
- Jason Daniel Baker, Gareth Rutt Morris
- Administrators' firm
- FRP Advisory
- Incorporated
- 1964-04-03
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 5139
Why it went into administration
- Sustained trading losses
- Competition / price pressure
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Weak consumer demand
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
From the administrators' statement
CCL was a distributor of confectionery and tobacco to the retail trade. It was incorporated in 1964 as an independent confectionery wholesale distribution business operating via van sales, growing steadily over many years to lorry sales while increasing its range of products and its distribution
area.
In 1998 It moved to a new purpose built distribution centre in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset The freehold trading premises are located on a small modern industrial estate situated on the edge of the town of Cheddar, with a gross internal area of approximately 11,505 sq ft.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2012-09-13) · Companies House register