Bleiker's Smoke House Limited (02795468): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2022-04-29
- Administrators
- David Antony Willis, Martyn James Pullin
- Administrators' firm
- FRP Advisory
- Incorporated
- 1993-03-03
- Location
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Industry
- 10200 Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Property / lease costs
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated in 1993 and supplied premium smoked fish, primarily smoked salmon to UK retailers. The Company bought in fresh fish and processed it at its leasehold smokehouse facility in Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire. In March 2022 it had 84 employees. The Company supplied under its own Bleiker’s brand and also produced retailers’ own brand. The product range included a variety of smoked salmon along with smoked mackerel, trout and kippers.
The Company was wholly owned by Bleiker’s Holdings Ltd, a non-trading holding company. This in turn was ultimately majority owned (94%) by Charlie Andrew (sole director of the Company) and Annabel Andrew (former senior employee).
The Company’s principal funder was Clydesdale Bank PLC trading as ‘Virgin Money’ (‘Clydesdale’) who provided an invoice discounting facility alongside a term loan and trade finance facility. Clydesdale is the holder of a QFC pursuant to a debenture created and registered at Companies House on 1 November 2016.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2022-06-27) · Companies House register