# R J Herbert Group Limited (01696360)

> Why UK company 01696360 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/01696360

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2016-07-14
- **Administrators:** Clare Boardman, Matthew James Cowlishaw
- **Administrators' firm:** Deloitte
- **Formerly:** Herbert Farm Machinery Limited
- **Incorporated:** 1983-02-02
- **Location:** Birmingham
- **Industry:** 46140 Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft

## Why it went into administration

- Sustained trading losses

## From the administrators' statement

The Companies experienced a decline in_ trading performance in 2014, worsening in 2015, which the directors attributed to the difficult market conditions in the agricultural sector

Comparing the Group statutory results for 31 March 2014 with updated management account results for 31 March 2016, turnover declined from approximately £18 4m to £11 5m and has been attributed, by company personnel, to a deckne in the agricultural systems business in Engineering

Steps taken to remedy/turnaround

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01696360/filing-history/MzE1NzY5OTY5OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01696360

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