Callidus Associates Limited (03206366): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2013-01-16
- Incorporated
- 1996-05-31
- Location
- Salisbury
- Industry
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Why it went into administration
- Rising costs / inflation
From the administrators' statement
Callidus Assoctates Limited ("the Company) was formed in June 1996 providing its owner a vehicle to gain access to consultancy roles in the defence industry The sole director, upon incorporation, was Ian MacDonald who was also the principal shareholder, the Company director was his wife, Sandra, who was also a minority shareholder
The early 1990s had seen a considerable change in UK Defence, with the introduction of enforced manpower redundancies and the breaking up of what had been Government owned research and development facilities Consolidation of research and test facilities, the closing of sites and moving employees (eg from Farnborough to Bristol), coupled with changes in Ministry of Defence (MoD) procurement methods led to wide-scale scientific personnel taking redundancy.
As a result, there was a large demand for contracted support in the form of Subject Matter Experts (SME) across various military disciplines, to carry out studies These research laboratories became Agencies offto the MoD, controlled their own budgets and were effectively "privatised"
Administrators' statement of proposals (2013-04-02) · Companies House register