# Conviviality PLC (05592636)

> Why UK company 05592636 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/05592636

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2018-04-05
- **Administrators:** David Robert Baxendale, Mark James Tobias Banfield
- **Administrators' firm:** PwC
- **Formerly:** Conviviality Retail PLC; Conviviality Retail Ltd; Bargain Booze Holdings Limited; Inhoco 3253 Limited
- **Incorporated:** 2005-10-14
- **Location:** Leeds
- **Industry:** 70100 Activities of head offices

## Why it went into administration

- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Credit insurance / supplier credit withdrawn

## From the administrators' statement

The Group was the UK’s largest independent drinks distribution business. This included being the UK’s leading independent On Trade distributor and the UK’s largest franchised off-licence and convenience store chain.

The Group had grown through a series of strategic acquisitions with revenues of £1.6bn in the financial year ended April 2017. Appendix A gives an overview of the Group’s recent history.

The Group operated as two distinct businesses:

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05592636/filing-history/MzIwNzEwMzI1OGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05592636

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