# De Brette (Timber Preservation and Damp Cure) Limited (00966074)

> Why UK company 00966074 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/00966074

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2011-09-26
- **Incorporated:** 1969-11-12
- **Location:** London
- **Industry:** 4534

## Why it went into administration

- HMRC / tax arrears
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Creditor pressure / legal action

## From the administrators' statement

The Company was incorporated in November 1969 offering services for the treatment of rising damp, dry rot, wet rot and woodworm The Company built a strong reputation for providing these specialist services and worked with chents, both commercial and residential, in London and the surrounding Home Counties

| am informed that in early 2004 the founders of the Company sold their sales to the current directors and shareholders

| first met with a Director of the Company, Mr Jonathan Whitmarsh (‘JW” or “the Director’), on 23 June 2011. At this time the Company was in arrears of amounts due to HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) and the Director was aware that if the arrears were not settled then HMRC may issue a winding-up petition

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00966074/filing-history/MzA0NzQxMjQ5MGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00966074

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