# Caverswall English China Company Limited (02890913)

> Why UK company 02890913 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/02890913

- **Status:** In administration
- **Administration began:** 2026-03-12
- **Administrators:** John Allan Carpenter, Christopher Benjamin Barrett
- **Administrators' firm:** of Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery
- **Formerly:** Caverswall China Company Limited; Thomas Goode (Manufacturing Division) Limited; Caverswall China Company Limited; Planclass Limited
- **Incorporated:** 1994-01-25
- **Location:** Warrington
- **Industry:** 32990 Other manufacturing n.e.c.

## Why it went into administration

- Rising costs / inflation
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Energy costs

## From the administrators' statement

The Company was incorporated on 25 January 1994 with Waterlow Nominees Limited appointed as nominee director until the appointment of Alexander Riahi and Robert Newman as directors on 2 February 1994. The Company had several changes in directorship over the following years until the appointment of Patricia Harper on 17 April 2015 who remained as sole director of the Company thereafter. The Company’s issued share capital of 501 ordinary shares was purchased by Halcyon Days Holdings Limited at that time.

The Company specialised in the production of premium quality and bespoke handcrafted ranges of fine bone china, operating from a trading premises based in Stoke-on-Trent.

The Company encountered financial difficulties due to the challenging business environment in the UK along with constantly rising costs including high energy prices.

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02890913/filing-history/MzUyMDIyMzExOWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02890913

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