# Hoby Hotels Limited (03438812)

> Why UK company 03438812 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/03438812

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2012-06-11
- **Administrators:** Gary Steven Pettit, Alan Redvers Price
- **Administrators' firm:** PBC Business Recovery & Insolvency
- **Formerly:** Houseseeker Limited
- **Incorporated:** 1997-09-24
- **Location:** Northampton
- **Industry:** 7487

## Why it went into administration

- Weather / natural events
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Property / lease costs

## From the administrators' statement

Hoby Hotels began trading in 1998 and up until 2009 It operated three hotels it acquired the Lord Leycester Hotel in Warwick In 1998 and the Lincolnshire Oak in Sleaford in 2000 The Woodhall Spa Hotel in Woodhall Spa, Lincoinshire was acquired by Jeremy Walsh's Self Invested Personal Pension ("SIPP’) in 2005 and the Company operated under a lease since December 2005

In 2007, the Directors decided to place all three hotels on the market for sale and in January 2008, offers had been accepted on both the Lord Leycester Hotel and the Lincolnshire Oak however these both fell through

The hotels were remarketed and the Lord Leycester was eventually sold in September 2009 for £1 35m

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03438812/filing-history/MzA3OTUxODkxMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03438812

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