Friarwood Fine Wines Limited (09348046): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2026-07-03
- Administrators
- Hugh Francis Jesseman, William Antony Batty
- Administrators' firm
- Antony Batty
- Formerly
- Ingleby (1969) Limited
- Incorporated
- 2014-12-09
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 46342 Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
Why it went into administration
- Rising costs / inflation
- COVID-19
- Supply chain disruption
- Sustained trading losses
- Weak consumer demand
- Property / lease costs
- Brexit
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
Creditors should note that, unless otherwise stated, this section of the proposals has been prepared based on information provided by the Board of Directors ("the Board") of the Company and not from our personal knowledge as Joint Administrators.
The Company was incorporated on 9 December 2014 and commenced trading on 31 January 2015 operating as an independent fine wine and spirits merchant serving wholesale, retail and private customers. The business was acquired from Friarwood Limited under an Asset Purchase Agreement dated 31 January 2015. Ben Carfagnini [Mr. B Carfagnini], together with his father Jay Carfagnini [Mr. J Carfagnini], acquired the business with the intention of preserving and developing the Friarwood brand. Mr. B Carfagnini had previously worked for Friarwood Limited as Sales Manager.
The Friarwood business was established in 1967, initially specialising in the distribution French wines from Bordeaux and Burgandy.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2026-09-04) · Companies House register