H & G (Rutland) Limited (08769835): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2018-03-27
- Administrators
- Adam Harris, Patrick Alexander Lannagan
- Administrators' firm
- Mazars
- Incorporated
- 2013-11-11
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 47760 Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores
Why it went into administration
- Competition / price pressure
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Parent or group failure
- Weather / natural events
From the administrators' statement
History of the Group
Retail was incorporated in 2013 and was majority owned by Horti Investments Limited, a company jointly owned by David White and his sister, Karen Gill. The Group operated nine garden centres around the UK with its headquarters in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. An overview of the Group structure and its operations are set out in Appendix C.
The Group employed approximately 164 members of staff and seasonal agency staff during the peak trading period (March - August) The business expanded over the years, acquiring and operating garden centres via separate statutory entities, wholly owned by Retail. Retail would acquire stock from third parties to supply to garden centres and these would also be used as trading outlets for production nurseries operated by connected companies (Chessum Plants Limited, M.J. Giddings Farm Produce Limited (“Giddings Farm”) and Green Moon Plants Limited (“Green Moon’”)).
Administrators' statement of proposals (2018-07-02) · Companies House register