Dartmouth General Contractors Limited (01276017): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2023-11-13
- Administrators' firm
- Leonard Curtis
- Formerly
- Rumbron Limited
- Incorporated
- 1976-09-06
- Location
- Fareham
- Industry
- 43999 Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Why it went into administration
- Rising costs / inflation
- COVID-19
- Sustained trading losses
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
Dartmouth General Contractors Limited was a general building contractor, providing design and build services for the retail and leisure projects. It carried out projects ranging from small works to large scale developments for Supermarket chains such as Sainsburys, education institutions including the University of Portsmouth and local councils.
The company was originally incorporated in 1976 by Michael J Dartmouth, the current shareholders late husband. In the early years the company carried out heating, plumbing and electrical maintenance of domestic properties within the many naval bases in Hampshire. In addition the company worked with British Gas converting domestic housing from town gas to North Sea gas, as well as maintaining and installing gas-fired heating in residential properties. As new properties were built with central heating and the MOD no longer managing the naval land bases, the company altered course to provide commercial heating, electrical and plumbing maintenance within the retail, hospitality, education and local authority sectors.
In the early 2000's, the company lost its long established relationship with Safeway, following its takeover by Morrisons, as all existing contracts were brought to an end. The company therefore sought work elsewhere and again changed direction, carrying out project management work in the private sector, completing refurbishment, extensions and new store works.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2024-01-05) · Companies House register