KEY Catering PLC (01235023): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2012-03-20
- Administrators' firm
- ReSolve
- Incorporated
- 1975-11-25
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 7487
Why it went into administration
- Bad debts / customer insolvency
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Rising costs / inflation
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Parent or group failure
From the administrators' statement
211 The business was incorporated on 25 November 1975 and its principle trading activity was the wholesale and distribution of catering, hygiene and sanaterial consumables to various blue chip clients in the catering and allied trades
212 The Company initially began trading from premises at Thames House in Beckton The Company's growth throughout the 1980’s saw it open branches in Birmingham, Manchester, Portsmouth and Glasgow at which time Thames House became its head office
213 The Company offered an extensive range of products and became a specialist distributor in certain sectors of the market such as cinema supply, sandwich/coffee bar market, industrial and contract catering, health and education/government and local council supply
Administrators' statement of proposals (2012-05-16) · Companies House register