Bowland Manufacturing Limited (07417049): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2013-02-20
- Administrators
- John Malcolm Titley, Mark John Colman
- Administrators' firm
- Leonard Curtis
- Formerly
- Achill Textiles Limited
- Incorporated
- 2010-10-25
- Location
- Preston
- Industry
- 99999 Dormant Company
Why it went into administration
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 25 October 2010 and began trading from its inception from leasehold premises situated at Holmes Mill, Greenacre Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 1EB, at leasehold premises situated at Bleaklow Mill, Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bury, Greater Manchester BL8 4LL The Company also traded from leasehold premises situated at The Old Stables, Winterbourne, Whitechurch, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 9AW
The Company's principal trading activity was the design, manufacture and finishing of cloth for the home furnishings market The business in Dorset operated from a shop and marketed and sold fabric on the internet This business traded as a separate economic entity from the manufacturing division of the business in Clitheroe and Hawkshaw
The Company purchased the business and assets from Thornber Home & Leisure Limited in administration on 10 July 2012 The initial set up costs for the business resulted in immediate cash flow difficulties, resulting in the Company being unable to meet its expected forecasts
Administrators' statement of proposals (2013-04-25) · Companies House register