N.I.R.A.H. Holdings Limited (05008000): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2014-11-11
- Administrators
- Simon Robert Thomas, Arron Simon Kendall
- Administrators' firm
- Moorfields
- Incorporated
- 2004-01-07
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 91040 Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities
Why it went into administration
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Weather / natural events
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 7 January 2004 as NIRAH Holdings Limited and was established to design, bulld and operate a £650 million freshwater facility near Bedford providing a unique combination of conservation, leisure, education and science This was a flagship project for Bedfordshire, similar to the Eden Project in Cornwall, and had a high local profile
Three phases were initially envisaged for the scheme
1 Pre seed phase to establish a corporate structure and secure outline planning permission,
Administrators' statement of proposals (2015-01-06) · Companies House register