Metcalfe Plumbing and Heating Limited (06130937): administration and why it failed

Metcalfe Plumbing and Heating Limited (06130937): administration

Status: Administration ended
Administration began: 2011-06-02
Administrators: Andrew Appleyard, Nicholas Charles Osborn Lee
Administrators' firm: RSM
Incorporated: 2007-02-28
Location: Birmingham
Industry: 4533

Why it went into administration

Creditor pressure / legal action

From the administrators' statement

The Company was incorporated on 28 February 2007 The Company installed plumbing and heating, mainly into new build nursing homes

For the first year or so the Company traded from Stephen Metcalfe’s residential property and mainly utithsed sub contractors

There was no initial cash injection, and the Company relied heavily on credit

Administrators' statement of proposals (2011-07-26) · Companies House register

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