Barkley Plastics Limited (00838669): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2025-08-28
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Incorporated
- 1965-02-23
- Location
- Birmingham
- Industry
- 22290 Manufacture of other plastic products
Why it went into administration
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- COVID-19
- Rising costs / inflation
- Supply chain disruption
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
APPOINTMENT
For over 60 years, Barkley Plastics Limited (“the Company’) was a key supplier of plastic components to the UK automotive industry and other sectors. However, in recent post-pandemic years the Company faced unprecedented challenges. UK car production has fallen from 1.5 million units pre-pandemic to around 800,000 annually, while global supply chain instability, chip shortages, and broader macroeconomic pressures such as rising costs in employment and energy, have all impacted volumes and margins.
Despite decisive restructuring steps, such as the sale of its freehold property in 2023 to repay bank and trade debts, significant workforce reductions, and diversification efforts into non-automotive sectors, the business remained highly exposed to its customers volatile and fluctuating order volumes.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-10-21) · Companies House register