B S P Labels Limited (04119688): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2026-07-22
- Administrators
- Stephen Powell, Simon John Lowes
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Formerly
- Blue Star Pyramid Limited
- Incorporated
- 2000-12-05
- Location
- Ocean Village
- Industry
- 17290 Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard n.e.c.
Why it went into administration
- Rising costs / inflation
- COVID-19
- Sustained trading losses
- Brexit
- Supply chain disruption
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 5 December 2000 under the name Blue Star Pyramid Limited and changed its name to B S P Labels Limited on 4 February 2005. The Company ran as a family business which had been operating in the print and supply of labels for over 50 years, and as an ISO 9001:2015 certified company. The business was a small operation, with fewer than 10 employees. The directors of the company currently are Martin Attaway and Caroline Attaway holding 50% split shareholding position.
The Company manufactured and supplied bespoke self-adhesive labels, ranging from plain despatch labels to full-colour product labels with varnish or lamination finishing. The Company provided both short-run digital and long-run flexographic label printing capabilities, together with related products and services including warehouse labels, signage, variable data printing, thermal transfer solutions and prepress support. The Company traded from 11 Saxon Way, Melbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 6DN.
The financial growth of the business was steady over the 50-year trading period with an average turnover of approximately £950k over recent years.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2026-08-10) · Companies House register