# Normandy Caravans Limited (04648423)

> Why UK company 04648423 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/04648423

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2012-07-13
- **Administrators:** Andrew Graham Mackenzie, Robert Alexander Henry Maxwell
- **Administrators' firm:** Begbies Traynor
- **Incorporated:** 2003-01-27
- **Location:** Leeds
- **Industry:** 29203 Manufacture of caravans

## Why it went into administration

- HMRC / tax arrears
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Competition / price pressure

## From the administrators' statement

The Company began trading as a caravan manufacturer in 1981 as a partnership In 2003 the Company was acquired by its current directors, Gary Cooper and Lesley Cooper (“the directors”), and was incorporated under the name Normandy Caravans Limited, trading as Normandy Holiday Homes

At the date of the directors’ acquisition, the Company employed 11 members of staff and traded from premises of 8,000 sq ft Over the coming years, the business expanded with the staff level nsing to 45 and the Company increasing their trading premises to 40,000 sq ft consisting of seven units, two of which were owned by the Company, and the remaining five were rented

The Company was producing upmarket caravans for the UK market and exporting static caravans to European countries such as France, Holland and Belgium Its growth continued throughout the recession

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04648423/filing-history/MzA2Mzk0MjgxM2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04648423

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