Bowood Farms Limited (02833151): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2015-08-05
- Administrators
- Julien Robert Irving, John Malcolm Titley, Philip Deyes
- Administrators' firm
- Leonard Curtis
- Formerly
- Bowood Yorkshire Lamb Limited; Bowood Farms Limited; Bowood Event Hire Ltd; Winfern Limited
- Incorporated
- 1993-07-05
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 01450 Raising of sheep and goats
Why it went into administration
- Weak consumer demand
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Property / lease costs
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 5 July 1993 and commenced to trade under the name Bowood Event Hire Ltd supplying portable toilets and porta cabins for concerts, festivals and construction sites in the south of England
The initial business of the Company was sold tn 2012, which created a deferred tax liability in the sum of £13m The Company then acquired the shares of Peter Haworth Limited (“PHL”) for a sum of £4m in 2012 and the Company has traded as an abattoir in Thirsk, North Yorkshire since that time incorporating both sheep and cattle halal slaughter lines The Company employed 52 members of staff at the date of appointment
The Company was previously funded by Clydesdale who provided an invoice finance facility, overdraft facility and a loan, and held secunty as detailed at 2 7 above
Administrators' statement of proposals (2015-10-07) · Companies House register