# Claire's Accessories UK Ltd (03115188)

> Why UK company 03115188 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/03115188

- **Status:** In administration
- **Administration began:** 2025-08-13
- **Administrators:** Christopher Robert Pole, William James Wright
- **Administrators' firm:** Interpath Advisory
- **Formerly:** Hackremco (No. 1091) Limited
- **Incorporated:** 1995-10-18
- **Location:** Birmingham
- **Industry:** 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)

## Why it went into administration

- Rising costs / inflation
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Weak consumer demand
- Competition / price pressure

## From the administrators' statement

The Group was originally founded in the United States in 1961 and headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

The Group expanded into the UK market in 1995 when it acquired Bow Bangles, a British chain with 71 stores in England, Wales, and Scotland.

The Company was incorporated in that year as a special purpose vehicle to facilitate the acquisition.

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03115188/filing-history/MzQ4MzUwODQxOGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03115188

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