Whisky Merchants Trading Limited (SC594833): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2025-05-02
- Administrators
- Stephen Hunt
- Administrators' firm
- Grant Thornton
- Incorporated
- 2018-04-19
- Location
- Commercial Quay
- Industry
- 46342 Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
Why it went into administration
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Rising costs / inflation
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 19 April 2018 with directors Edward Davidson and Patrick Costello. The Company was set up primarily to act as a service agent for the wider group of companies, in particular, Braeburn Whisky Singapore PTE. LTD. (202123420C), Braeburn Whisky PTE. LTD. (201726662H), and Cask 88 Trading PTE. LTD. (201717381W).
The Company would run the payroll for the group and liaise with the whisky warehouses based in Scotland and traded profitably until the year ended 31 December 2023 as seen in the below financial information.
The Company was the purchasing arm for the group selling bottles and casks to customers it also employed many of the UK based staff and also dealt with matters in respect of the group companies.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-06-26) · Companies House register