J B Stainless & Alloys Limited (02213422): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2025-02-28
- Administrators
- Robert Neil Dymond, Joanne Louise Hammond
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Formerly
- J B Stainless Limited; Bamforth (Bright Bars) Limited
- Incorporated
- 1988-01-25
- Location
- Northampton
- Industry
- 46720 Wholesale of metals and metal ores
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Rising costs / inflation
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 25 January 1988 under the name Bamforth (Bright Bars) Limited with the principal activity being the trade of stainless steels to the oil and marine industries. The Company later changed its name to J B Stainless Limited on 5 June 1995 and finally to J B Stainless & Alloys in 2007. Its current nature of business is the wholesale of metals and metal ores.
Jonathan Bamforth and Edith Bamforth were both appointed as directors prior to 31 August 1991, and resigned on 29 March 2014 and 26 June 1995 respectively. The former directors’ son, also named Jonathan Bamforth, and daughter Alison Bamforth took over the business and were appointed directors on 26 June 1995 and 8 July 2005 respectively, remaining as directors today.
The Company specialised in the supply of carbon steels, stainless steels and nickel alloys to the oil & gas, petrochemical, power generation and marine industries. Its primary activities were stockholding and processing with 6 bandsaws, enabling them to cut materials for machining customers. The Company traded from leasehold premises at 61 Washford Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield, SQ 3XW and had 5 employees ait the time it ceased trading.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-04-14) · Companies House register