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The Oakleaf Brewing Company Limited (03946309): administration

Status
Administration ended
Administration began
2016-08-02
Administrators
Michael Robert Fortune, Carl Derek Faulds
Administrators' firm
Leonard Curtis
Formerly
The Oak Leaf Brewing Company Limited; Goldenglade Limited
Incorporated
2000-03-13
Location
Segensworth Fareham
Industry
11050 Manufacture of beer

Why it went into administration

From the administrators' statement

21 The Oakleaf Brewing Company Limited Is a private limited company which was Incorporated in 2000 by Mr and Mrs Pickersgiil and their son-in-law Mr Anderson The company operated as a brewery and sold its ales to local public houses and retail outlets The company’s customers included public house chains such as JD Weatherspoons and Punch Taverns together with the local retail outlets of Waitrose and ASDA stores

22 Mr Anderson had previously brewed for two different breweries and, following a discussion with Mr Pickersgill, it was decided to incorporate a company with the intention of opening a brewery The company subsequently entered into a lease for a unit at Clarence Wharf Industrial Estate, Gosport Mr and Mrs Pickersgill provided a £57k unsecured loan to the company with no terms for repayment which, together with finance provided by the bank, was used to purchase and install the required brewing equipment

23 Trading was initially slow however in 2002, when the company was awarded Hampshire Beer of the Year by the Campaign For Real Ale (‘CAMRA’), the level of sales began to increase In the years to follow the company was recognised with a number of honours from CAMRA and The Society of Independent Brewers (‘SIBA’), including winning Hampshire Beer of the Year five times

Administrators' statement of proposals (2016-10-05) · Companies House register

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