Mayfair Brassware Limited (02823720): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2019-05-28
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Formerly
- Tackdeck Limited
- Incorporated
- 1993-06-03
- Location
- Leeds
- Industry
- 46740 Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
Why it went into administration
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Supply chain disruption
From the administrators' statement
The business was originally formed as a unincorporated entity known as ARW Enterprises by Alan Winch in 1988, and subsequently incorporated as a limited company known as Tackdeck Limited in June 1993. The Company was renamed Mayfair Brassware Limited in July 1993 and has since traded under this name and Mayfair Taps and Showers from its freehold premises located at Lancaster Business Park in Sherburn-InElmet, Leeds since 2005.
The Company was initially established to import ceramic basins into the UK from Europe. The Company latterly changed its focus in the mid 1990s from ceramic basins to importing and distributing kitchen and bathroom taps. As the business grew, it continually reviewed its supply base in order to ensure that it was sourcing the highest quality products at the lowest prices to maintain or improve its gross margin.
As a result, the Company changed its supply chain from Europe to China in the early 2000s, setting up a relationship with a new factory through an existing contact. The former managing director regularly visited the various factories in China to ensure the Company's rigorous quality expectations were being adhered to.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2019-07-30) · Companies House register