Cross-Guard Limited (10521807): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2025-03-28
- Administrators
- Charles Howard Ranby-Gorwood, Gareth David Rusling
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Incorporated
- 2016-12-12
- Location
- Northampton
- Industry
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.
Why it went into administration
- Bad debts / customer insolvency
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 12 December 2016 and designed, engineered, manufactured and installed caging and energy containment to Datacentres through the UK and Europe. The Company traded from the leasehold premises at Unit 10, Dunlop Way, Queensway Industrial Estate and employed 40 members of staff.
The business initially traded through the Bradbury Group and was set up as an independent company in December 2016, changing partial ownership on 28 August 2019 with Debora-Jane Guppy and James Lee Matthews being appointed as directors. James Lee Matthews later resigned leaving Debora-Jane Guppy as the sole director.
60% of the Company's trade was in Europe, installing caging in countries including Germany and Italy. The Company was consistently profitable following the change in ownership, with reserves carried forward of c.£1.4m as at the year ended 31 December 2023.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-05-13) · Companies House register