DPL Plumbing & Heating Limited (04348927): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2011-10-19
- Administrators
- Alan John Clark, Grant Pegg
- Administrators' firm
- Leonard Curtis
- Incorporated
- 2002-01-08
- Location
- St Neots
- Industry
- 4533
Why it went into administration
- Competition / price pressure
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Loss-making contracts / project overruns
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
DPL Plumbing commenced trading as a sole tradership in 1986 and carried out works as a subcontractor for other plumbing companies on new build projects
In 2000, DPL Plumbing won its first contract as the main plumbing subcontractor and rapidly established a reputation for good quality work at a competitive price The work increased from the historic base of domestic work to larger developments
On 8 January 2002, the company was incorporated and developed into a business with a turnover exceeding £3m per annum and posting good profits year after year
Administrators' statement of proposals (2011-12-19) · Companies House register