Merc Engineering U.K. Limited (04239982): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2015-04-17
- Administrators
- Kevin Gerald Murphy, Andrew Poxon
- Administrators' firm
- Leonard Curtis
- Incorporated
- 2001-06-22
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 25620 Machining
Why it went into administration
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated and commenced trading in June 2001 as a sub-contract engineering company, serving the defence, power generation, Formula 1 and commercial sectors with precision engineenng services, operating from leasehold premises based in Nelson, Lancashire, with a workforce of c80 employees
The Company had traded profitably for 12 years following incorporation, and had established Itself as a leading engineering company within its trading sectors
The toss of profitability in recent years has been attributed in part to the acquisition of two companies, Bnght Spark Precision Engineenng Limited (“Bnght Spark”) and Merc Aerospace Limited (“Aerospace”), further details of which are provided below
Administrators' statement of proposals (2015-06-08) · Companies House register