# Gregory & Seeley (Windsor) Limited (01396277)

> Why UK company 01396277 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/01396277

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2012-05-11
- **Administrators:** Joanne K Rolls, Ian Malcolm Donald Graham Cadlock, Garry Wallace Lock
- **Administrators' firm:** Quantuma
- **Incorporated:** 1978-10-26
- **Location:** Brighton
- **Industry:** 47749 Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores (not incl. hearing aids) n.e.c.

## Why it went into administration

- Rising costs / inflation
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Competition / price pressure

## From the administrators' statement

The Company was incorporated on 26 October 1978 and traded as a high street optician under the trading name “Gregory & Seeley” There are two directors (Peter Hall and Feltx Gonnier) and two shareholders, Gregory & Seeley Limited and Gregory & Seeley Group Limited which own 60% and 40% respectively of the Company’s share capital

In addition to the Company, there are two other trading companies owned under the “Gregory & Seeley” Group of companies, Gregory & Seeley (Cranleigh) Limited and Gregory & Seeley (Fleet Street) Limited Both of these trading companies are also now in Administration The Company traded from leasehold premises in Windsor and employed one member of staff

We are informed that the business has faced increased costs over the last few years and as such trading conditions in 2010/11 and 2011/12 have been increasingly difficult

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01396277/filing-history/MzA1OTAyNjEwMWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01396277

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