SHL Realisations Limited (08203706): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2017-02-20
- Administrators
- Paul Nicholas Dumbell, David James Costley-Wood
- Administrators' firm
- KPMG
- Formerly
- Sophie Hulme Limited
- Incorporated
- 2012-09-06
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 96090 Other service activities n.e.c.
Why it went into administration
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Supply chain disruption
- Sustained trading losses
- Brexit
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
Sophie Hulme Limited was incorporated on 6 September 2012 and is a luxury accessories wholesaler and retailer, specialising in ladies’ leather handbags. The Company had an exclusive licence to sell products under the Sophie Hulme brand, which were sold to over 100 stockists in 23 countries and via a dedicated website
Sophie Hulme Limited operated from its leasehold premises at 7 Compton Avenue, London. The Company manufactured its stock in Europe, primarily Italy, which was subsequently held with a third party warehousing and logistics provider in Birmingham.
At the date of our appointment, the Company had 30 employees, all of which operated from its registered address in London.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2017-03-17) · Companies House register