Dawson Books Limited (06882367): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2020-06-19
- Administrators
- Martin Charles Armstrong, Andrew Richard Bailey
- Administrators' firm
- Interpath Advisory
- Incorporated
- 2009-04-20
- Location
- Sutton
- Industry
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Sustained trading losses
- Competition / price pressure
- Supply chain disruption
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
From the administrators' statement
‘Creditors should note that, unless otherwise stated, this section of my proposals has been prepared based on information provided to me by the directors of the Company and not from my personal knowledge as Joint Administrator. ,
DBL is part of the Group and was incorporated on 20" April 2009. A copy of the Group structure (prior to any disposal of Group companies in March and April 2020) is attached at Appendix 2. DBLis a wholly owned subsidiary of BTL.
’ DBL was a supplier of print and digital content to libraries, universities, and educational institutions in over 100 countries. DBL provided customers with access to the Dawsonenter system, a custom-built acquisition portal providing access to over 38.5m titles of print, eBook, and AV material, and Dawsonera, an eBook platform which hosted over 500,000 eBook titles.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2020-09-02) · Companies House register