Oirl Realisations (2025) Limited (05432837): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2025-07-21
- Administrators
- Mark James Tobias Banfield, Tom Crookham, Ross David Connock
- Administrators' firm
- PwC
- Formerly
- Oakman Inns and Restaurants Limited; Oakman Inns & Taverns Limited
- Incorporated
- 2005-04-22
- Location
- Leeds
- Industry
- 56302 Public houses and bars
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Rising costs / inflation
- Weak consumer demand
- Energy costs
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Over-expansion / investment not recovered
From the administrators' statement
The Company is a subsidiary of Oakman Group Plc, the holding company for the wider Group. The Group is privately owned, with a large and diversified shareholder base of approximately 1,100 individuals, including high-net-worth investors, management and retail shareholders.
The Company was originally named Oakman Inns & Taverns Limited and was incorporated on 22 April 2005. The Company was renamed "Oakman Inns and Restaurants Lid" on 24 August 2006.
It operates a portfolio of premium country-style pub-restaurants across the South East and Midlands regions, offering high-quality food and boutique accommodation. As of July 2025, the Company had 20 sites within its portfolio, including one site operated as a managed contract. From these 20 locations it employed 685 people across operations, kitchen, and support services. The Company’s property portfolio consisted of 18 leasehold sites, one freehold site and one managed contract site. As well as the trading and operating sites, there are also 10 residential leasehold properties, primarily used for employee accommodation, associated with some of the trading properties.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-08-01) · Companies House register