Ragged Bears Publishing Limited (03598174): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2012-02-17
- Administrators
- Jeremy Charles Frost, Dorothy Avice Brown
- Administrators' firm
- Frost Business Recovery
- Incorporated
- 1998-07-15
- Location
- Christchurch
- Industry
- 2211
Why it went into administration
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
2.1 Company Formation & Principal Business
The Company was incorporated in 1998 foliowing the separation of two businesses that were trading side by side for a number of years as sole traders run by Mr and Mrs Shirley The publishing side of the business was separated from the distribution, following the advice of the family member two companies were formed, one of which was the Company, and at the time of incorporation the Director was Henrietta Stickland the daughter of Mr and Mrs Shirley Soon after incorporation they began trading Initially, the Company traded from smaller industrial premises The Company was financed with lending from High Street Banks, and payments for shareholdings The shareholders of the Company were Hennretta Stickland and Ann Pamela Shirley
The main business of the Company has been the publishing of books for children namely titles such as, Dinosaur Roar! The Director and her ex husband were also the creators and artists of many titles that the Company published
Administrators' statement of proposals (2012-03-30) · Companies House register