Brian Leighton (Garages) Limited (00845651): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2014-06-25
- Administrators
- Howard Smith, Jonathan Charles Marston
- Administrators' firm
- KPMG
- Formerly
- Majestic Garages (Goole) Limited
- Incorporated
- 1965-04-13
- Location
- Goole
- Industry
- 45111 Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Why it went into administration
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 13 Apml 1965 as Majestic Garages (Howden) Limited, subsequently changing its name on 13 February 1974 to Majestic Garages (Goole) Limited and ultimately became known as Brian Leighton (Garages) Limited after a further name change on 3 November 1980
The Company was a second generation family business initially founded by Brian Leighton, who acted as a director of the Company unti! he passed away in 2006, after which point the Company was run by its remaining director, Timothy Leighton Nicholas Leighton became a director of the Company in 2006
The Company traded from freehold premises situated at a 356 acre site on Boothferry Road in Howden, East Yorkshire DN14 7TA The primary trading activity of the Company was the operation of a Nissan, SsangYong and Isuzu dealership, and latterly a Land Rover servicing centre
Administrators' statement of proposals (2014-08-22) · Companies House register