Hugh Strain & SON Limited (SC349386): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2019-07-11
- Administrators
- Donald Mckinnon
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Incorporated
- 2008-10-02
- Location
- Glasgow
- Industry
- 41201 Construction of commercial buildings
Why it went into administration
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Creditor pressure / legal action
From the administrators' statement
The business operated by the company has been in existence since 1963, and had a strong reputation in the west of Scotland for their workmanship. Hugh Strain & Son Limited was incorporated on 2 October 2008. The company offered multi-trade renovation services to home owners and to commercial premises owners. The services offered included joinery, building, roofing, painting and decorating, plumbing, heating, and electrical work.
The company had been struggling to make payments to HM Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) for a period of time and had made arrangements with HMRC to settle the amounts outstanding. The company had been making regular payments and liaising with HMRC; however, following further missed payments under the agreement, HMRC decided to proceed with a winding up petition against the company.
Following receipt of the winding up petition, the directors contacted me on 25 June 2019 to discuss the options available in respect of the winding up petition. The directors were referred to me by their accountants. It was established that the company had a number of ongoing projects that would ultimately fail should the company be wound up, with customers facing having unfinished projects with no warranties and potentially having to appoint another firm to finish the work at further cost to them.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2019-09-02) · Companies House register