Harwell Engineering Limited (02631736): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2022-03-04
- Administrators
- Andrew Fender, Sandra Fender
- Administrators' firm
- Insolvency Practitioners of Sanderlings
- Incorporated
- 1991-07-23
- Location
- Solihull
- Industry
- 25620 Machining
Why it went into administration
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Pension deficit
From the administrators' statement
3.1 Following the association of trade notice in paragraph 2.2 above, the Director sought legal advice regarding what remedies were available. The company ceased trading in August 2019 and the employees employment was terminated.
3.2 The employees bought proceedings in the employment tribunal with the sum due to them relating to notice pay, unlawful deductions to wages, unpaid holiday pay, pension contributions and redundancy pay. On the 11th February 2020 the employee obtained judgement against the company. The employees that were awarded sums or had their redundancy pay, paid by the Redundancy Payment online service. However, the company never paid the other payments in respect of notice pay, unlawful deductions from wages and unpaid holiday pay.
3.3 There were sums due of £37,929.87 excluding redundancy pay. The affected employees issued a winding up petition on the 27 January 2022 which was due to be heard on the 8th March 2022. The winding up petition was suspended due to Adminisiration at the hearing.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2022-12-22) · Companies House register