WS Retail Ltd (07847433): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2017-12-15
- Administrators
- Ian David Green, Zelf Hussain
- Administrators' firm
- PwC
- Incorporated
- 2011-11-14
- Location
- Leeds
- Industry
- 47110 Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Why it went into administration
- Property / lease costs
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Parent or group failure
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
our appointment
“The Company was a subsidiary of P&H, a wholesaler and distributor of grocery products, supplying supermarkets, convenience stores, forecourts and other retail outlets with tobacco and ambient goods. P&H, along with the Other Group Companies, entered administration on 28 November 2017.
The Company was a convenience store operator which traded under the brand Central Convenience Stores and. operated across the South and South West of England. The Company was started in 2012 and expanded its footprint rapidly. The average store size was between 1,000 and 2,000 sq ft with approximately 3,500 products being displayed in each store. Post Office services were also offered at some locations.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2018-07-19) · Companies House register