Westminster Recliners Limited (07569432): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2017-03-08
- Administrators
- Christopher Nigel Mckay, Andrew Mctear
- Administrators' firm
- FRP Advisory
- Incorporated
- 2011-03-18
- Location
- Norwich
- Industry
- 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Why it went into administration
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 18 March 2011 as a retailer of reclining furniture based in Felixstowe, Suffolk. The Company’s main clientele were senior citizens and the Company would obtain orders for made to measure reclining furniture and then purchase these items from a manufacturer.
In 2013 the director and former director were found guilty of Consumer Protection offences and fined nearly £50,000 including costs.
In January 2015 the Company and its director were found guilty in the Ipswich Crown Court to offences under Consumer Protection legislation for using aggressive practices when dealing with vulnerable customers. The director was given an 18 month conditionai discharge and he along with the Company were ordered to pay legal costs of £86,000.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2017-05-11) · Companies House register