Alicia James Limited (09652879): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2025-02-21
- Administrators
- David Birne, Stephen Mark Katz
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Incorporated
- 2015-06-23
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 47770 Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Weak consumer demand
- Property / lease costs
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Weather / natural events
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 23 June 2015 and initially operated from two sites trading as Jewellery
shops, selling and repairing jewellery.
One shop was in Hatton Garden, London. This was acquired in April 2014 when the shops had traded as a partnership. Sadly, the Hatton Garden shop never traded successfully and drained the Company's finances which placed financial pressure on the Company’s other shop in Chelmsford. The Hatton Garden shop was eventually sold in 2020, but financial pressures remained on the Chelmsford shop. The Chelmsford trading premises was at 8-10 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 OSW, occupied under a Lease Agreement dated 4 November 2015. The term of the Lease was for 10 years expiring in November 2025. The Directors had also personally guaranteed the Lease.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-04-26) · Companies House register