# UBC Group Ltd. (SC070817)

> Why UK company SC070817 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/SC070817

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2012-05-08
- **Administrators:** Anne Clare O'Keefe, Elizabeth Galbraith Mackay
- **Administrators' firm:** AlixPartners
- **Formerly:** Uist Builders (Construction) Limited
- **Incorporated:** 1980-03-05
- **Location:** Glasgow
- **Industry:** 41201 Construction of commercial buildings

## Why it went into administration

- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Bad debts / customer insolvency
- Parent or group failure
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Sustained trading losses

## From the administrators' statement

The Companies were part of a leading construction and civil engineering group together with UBC Central Limited, UBC Holdings Limited, UBC Homes Limited and UBC East Limited and Wyvis Roofing Limited (the Group). The Group was a key employer in the North of Scotland and the Western isles, employing approximately 300 people and 100 subcontractors.

UBC traded as a building and civil engineering contractor, Wyvis traded as a plumbing and heating contractor and Mardon traded as a painting and glazing contractor.

The Companies, together with Wyvis Roofing Limited, traded independently of each other but atso as sub-contractors on contracts awarded to the various companies in the Group.

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC070817/filing-history/MzA2MDkyNjQzMWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC070817

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