# G F Mercer Limited (06357878)

> Why UK company 06357878 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/06357878

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2011-05-17
- **Administrators:** Timothy Colin Hamilton Ball, Roderick John Weston
- **Administrators' firm:** Mazars
- **Incorporated:** 2007-08-31
- **Location:** Bristol
- **Industry:** 5122

## Why it went into administration

- Sustained trading losses
- Bad debts / customer insolvency
- Competition / price pressure
- Rising costs / inflation
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract

## From the administrators' statement

The business was mutually started by G F Mercer in 1928, trading as a fruit and vegetable seller in St Nicholas Market 1n Bristol

As a family run business, it expanded into the sale of plants and flowers On 31 August 2007, the business was incorporated as a Company under the name G F Mercer Limited, continuing to trade as a fruit and plant wholesaler

According to the unaudited financial statements prepared by the company’s accountants, for the year ended 31 March 2008, the company made a profit of £84,841 after taxation, based on a turnover of £1,208,590 No dividends were paid to shareholders during this year

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06357878/filing-history/MzA0MDQ5OTExN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06357878

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