Thornton Sports Limited (05365778): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2016-05-04
- Administrators
- Claire Elizabeth Dowson, Joanne Louise Hammond
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Formerly
- Ninemanor Limited
- Incorporated
- 2005-02-15
- Location
- Sheffield
- Industry
- 43999 Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Why it went into administration
- Weather / natural events
From the administrators' statement
The Company traded as part of the Thornton Sports Group which consisted of five group companies, Thornton Sports Limited (“Sports”), Thornton Contracts Limited (“Contracts or the Company") Nordon Limited (‘Nordon"), GTC Sports Limited (“GTC”) and Protech Allweather Limited (“Protech”), together with one associated company, Soccerturf (UK) Limited (“Soccerturf’)
Sports is the ultimate parent company and held a sought after framework agreement to supply and fit sports pitches for projects funded by official sporting bodies
Contracts was responsible for overseeing the installation and fitting of the sparts pitches on behalf of Sports and also contracted directly with third party customers whose projects did not fall within the scope of the framework agreement
Administrators' statement of proposals (2016-07-06) · Companies House register