Fortissimo Chocolates Limited (06743016): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2023-02-01
- Administrators
- David Rubin, Stephen Mark Katz
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Formerly
- Conscious Chocolates Ltd
- Incorporated
- 2008-11-06
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 10821 Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Rising costs / inflation
- Brexit
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated in the name of Conscious Chocolates Ltd (“CCL”) on 6 November 2008 and traded under the control of Emma Jackman for a number of years.
Fortissimo Group Ltd (“FG”) was established to acquire, aggregate and develop a collection of categoryleading brands in the UK “free-from” food and beverage sector. Typical early-stage Food and Beverage businesses which were not able to fully harness their growth potential due to limited resources for marketing, distribution and limited working capital.
CCL was acquired on 11 April 2018 and was the first acquisition of FG and CCL subsequently acquired the business and assets from The Raw Chocolate Company Ltd, (which subsequently changed its name to BPT101 Limited as part of the sale) on 9 August 2018, the business became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, being The Raw Chocolate Company Limited (“TRCC”).
Administrators' statement of proposals (2023-04-04) · Companies House register