W D P Limited (02114341): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2011-11-04
- Administrators
- Nigel Price, William John Kelly
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Formerly
- WHO Dares Play Limited; Ranchfield Limited
- Incorporated
- 1987-03-23
- Location
- Birmingham
- Industry
- 9272
Why it went into administration
- Sustained trading losses
- Competition / price pressure
- HMRC / tax arrears
From the administrators' statement
Angel Paintbafl Sports (Angel) ts a trading name of WDP Ltd Angel has been in the paintball business for over 24 years, starting with the opening of a paintball site near Birmingham
The success of the site meant that tts purchasing power for paintballs, paintball markers and other products enabled it to sell onto other sites in the UK and Europe for a profit As this area of the Company grew, a warehouse unit was leased tn Aston, Bimingham near to the motorway network and the Company started to work with manufacturers to brand tts own products
The business was split into two parts, WDP Ltd became the wholesale side of the business and the Nattonal Paintbail Fields paintball ste became WDP Paintball Ltd This continues today WDP Ltd branched further into manufacturing, designing and branding its own products and moved very strongly into the paintball gun business with the launch of its “Angel” brand of paintball guns in 1997 The Angel paintball gun was the first electronic, high end product to hit the market and sales were profitable for many years
Administrators' statement of proposals (2012-01-04) · Companies House register