# Mitchells of Lancaster(Brewers)Limited (00843510)

> Why UK company 00843510 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/00843510

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2018-12-12
- **Administrators' firm:** Kroll
- **Incorporated:** 1965-03-30
- **Location:** Manchester
- **Industry:** 56302 Public houses and bars

## Why it went into administration

- HMRC / tax arrears
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Weak consumer demand
- Property / lease costs
- Sustained trading losses

## From the administrators' statement

Statutory information on the Company and a summary of its financial history is included at Appendix 1.

The business was originally founded in 1871 by Willlam Mitchell after he signed the lease on his first pub and brewhouse. The Company has remained family-owned over the past 140 years comprising both managed and tenanted pubs across Lancashire.

For many years the Company was a quietly thriving local brewer with a small portfolio of pubs in the city and surrounding countryside.

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00843510/filing-history/MzIyNzAyMDUxN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00843510

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