# Richard Griffith House Plants Limited (04667579)

> Why UK company 04667579 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/04667579

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2025-08-28
- **Administrators:** Mark David Hodgett, David Antony Willis
- **Administrators' firm:** FRP Advisory
- **Incorporated:** 2003-02-17
- **Location:** Leeds
- **Industry:** 47190 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

## Why it went into administration

- Sustained trading losses
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- COVID-19

## From the administrators' statement

The Company was incorporated on 17 February 2023 with Richard Griffith and June Griffith being appointed as directors (“the Directors”) and equal shareholders. On 1 April 2023, the Company acquired the net assets and goodwill of Richard Griffith House Plants, a partnership owned equally by the Directors.

The Company continued to trade from Moorland Nurseries on Forest Moor Road, Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, suppling plants, garden accessories, gifts and garden furniture.

The Company traded successfully for a number of years and generated a prominent online presence in respect of its garden furniture sales. Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 showed a turnover of £3.6m. Furniture stock was stored at three leasehold units near Knaresborough, and the Company also had an agreement with a third party storage/fulfilment centre in Suffolk.

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04667579/filing-history/MzQ4NDg4NTYxMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04667579

Contains public sector information from Companies House, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.