ECA Contracts Limited (05051474): administration and why it failed

ECA Contracts Limited (05051474): administration

Status: Administration ended
Administration began: 2015-02-17
Incorporated: 2004-02-20
Location: Birmingham
Industry: 43210 Electrical installation

Why it went into administration

Cash flow / liquidity pressure
Bad debts / customer insolvency
Supply chain disruption
Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
Sustained trading losses

From the administrators' statement

ECA Contracts Ltd originally began as Electrical Contractor (Ashfield) Ltd in the 1960's

carrying out maintenance and repair works in the Birmingham industrial sector In 1976 the

Company was taken over by Tony Moorcroft and Frank Taylor and began to develop beyond

Administrators' statement of proposals (2015-04-21) · Companies House register

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