White Knight Laundry Services Ltd. (00836274): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2016-12-08
- Administrators
- William James Wright, Stephen John Absolom
- Administrators' firm
- KPMG
- Formerly
- White Knight Laundry & Cleaners Services Limited
- Incorporated
- 1965-02-02
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 96010 Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products
Why it went into administration
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
Established in 1904, the Company Is part of a small group of companies owned and run, until December 2016, by the Tomlin family
The Company provided laundry services to both domestic and corporate customers typically in the hospitality, healthcare and workwear sectors Latterly, the group operated laundry processing facilities from premises in Reading and Eastbourne with a separate transport hub based also tn Reading
In September 2015 the group sold its large Reading plant to Berendsen UK The sale included the fixed assets associated with the plant and a transfer of its staff However, we understand that no pension scheme commitments were transferred as part of the sale
Administrators' statement of proposals (2017-02-10) · Companies House register