Aldershot Town F.C. (1992) Limited (02711473): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2013-05-02
- Administrators
- Paul Anthony Goddard, Carl Stuart Jackson
- Administrators' firm
- Quantuma
- Incorporated
- 1992-05-01
- Location
- Southampton
- Industry
- 93110 Operation of sports facilities
Why it went into administration
- Sustained trading losses
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated in May 1992, to operate as the legal trading entity of Aldershot Football Club (‘the Club”), which operated as a professional! football club in England in League 2 (during the 2012/13 season) The Club was relegated from League 2 at the end of the 2012/13 season and 1s due to play in the Football Conference, Blue Square Premier division in the 2013/14 season
The Company was a shareholder and member of the Football League and The Football Association Limited (“FA”) The holding of this shareholding entitled the Club's first team squad to compete in competitions organised by the Football League and FA, subject to complying with the relevant rules of both these bodies In addition to this, the Club also received central funding from the FA, again subject to the Club complying with the regulations of the Football League and FA It is proposed that the Club becomes a shareholder and member of the Football Conference Limited for the coming season, and the above provisions with regard to complying with the rules and regulations of that organisation, will apply
The Company operated from premises at Recreation Ground, High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1TW under the terms of a 15 year lease, which commenced in 2008, between the Company and Rushmoor Borough Council The Company is currently paying an annual rental! of £7,500
Administrators' statement of proposals (2013-06-24) · Companies House register