# The C.O.S. Group Limited (03383225)

> Why UK company 03383225 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/03383225

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2020-08-28
- **Administrators:** Bethan Louise Evans, John Dean Cullen
- **Administrators' firm:** Menzies
- **Incorporated:** 1997-06-09
- **Location:** Cardiff
- **Industry:** 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

## Why it went into administration

- COVID-19
- Sustained trading losses

## From the administrators' statement

The Company was incorporated on 9 June 1997 by the Emery family. The incorporation of the Company was a result of the acquisition of Cardiff Office Supplies Ltd, a company incorporated in 1980, by Celtic Office Supplies Limited, a Company incorporated by Peter Emery in 1971. The merged company was renamed The C.O.S. Group Limited. The Company continued to be run and controlled by the Emery family up until its Administration.

The Company’s principal activity was the sale of office stationery, print, business interiors and electrical office supplies throughout the Welsh business community.

The Company fared well over its life, trading as a successful family run business for circa 50 years. The Company’s principal activity was the sale of office stationery, print, business interiors and electrical office supplies throughout the Welsh business community. Work was primarily undertaken providing business solutions to the Welsh business community, with a client base which includes approximately 750 customers a year, ranging in size from Welsh Water and Admiral Insurance to smaller business and NHS trusts, schools and other public sector bodies. Approximately 40% of the Company’s sales were generated online and typically the Company was able to turnover approximately £4,000,000 per annum.

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03383225/filing-history/MzI3ODM2NTg2M2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03383225

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