Merit Group Services Limited (10618779): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2025-11-17
- Administrators
- William James Wright, James Ronald Lumb
- Administrators' firm
- Interpath Advisory
- Incorporated
- 2017-02-14
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Industry
- 64209 Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Why it went into administration
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- HMRC / tax arrears
From the administrators' statement
The Merit Group delivered modular and offsite construction solutions, working with customers across the healthcare, life science, education, battery technology, and aerospace industries. The Group specialised in the offsite manufacture of pre-fabricated off-site development products (‘PODs’) and pre assembled module products (‘PAMS’), which were then installed at customer sites.
The Group operated from a freehold head office in Cramlington (‘Silverton Court’). The Group’s manufacturing operations were based at its freehold factory facility in Cramlington (‘Factory 2’) and a leasehold factory facility also based in Cramlington (‘Factory 1’). The Group also operated from small leasehold offices in Glasgow and London.
MGS employed 284 staff at the date of appointment.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2026-01-08) · Companies House register