Liberty Pipes (Hartlepool) Limited (09931472): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2026-03-04
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Formerly
- Liberty Clamps Limited
- Incorporated
- 2015-12-29
- Location
- London
- Industry
- 24200 Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
Why it went into administration
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Competition / price pressure
- Energy costs
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
Our proposals for achieving the purpose of the administration, which will be sent to creditors as soon as practicable, will provide detailed information in relation to the Company. The following background information is provided to assist creditors who may have limited knowledge of the Company and its affairs to better understand the reasons for the prepackaged sale.
The Company is part of a group of companies known as the Liberty Steel Group (“the Group”) which comprises of various Companies operating in the steel manufacturing industry. The Company traded in the manufacture of largediameter welded steel pipelines for oil and gas, carbon capture and hydrogen infrastructure and was the only UK producer of Longitudinal Submerged Arc Welding pipes. The immediate parent company is LPH Holdings Pte. Limited, registered in Singapore.
The Company was incorporated on 29 December 2015 and commenced trading from its site in Hartlepool on 1 August 2017, after an acquisition of assets from Tata Steel UK Limited. The Company employed approximately 180 staff at the time of the pre-packaged sale.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2026-04-10) · Companies House register