Administration · 28 January 2013
Hewlett Civil Engineering
Civil engineering · Leeds · Yorkshire and the Humber
What happened
HEWLETT CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED (company number 02196045), incorporated in 1987, entered administration on 28 January 2013. Its status at Companies House is now: liquidation.
Why it failed
Housing development exposure and the economic downturn cut contracting work, delayed project starts hurt further, and the bank appointed administrators after failing to get comfort on a restructure.
- Main reason: Market downturn
- Delays
- Funding withdrawn
Our summary of the reasons given in the administrators' proposals. These record the administrators' and directors' account of what happened.
An administrator, a licensed insolvency practitioner, takes control of the company to try to rescue it, sell the business or get a better result for creditors than a liquidation.
Previously known as: MOONFIRM LIMITED.
Timeline
The last accounts and payment report before the failure, then what happened, with the time between each.
31 March 2012
Last accounts filed were made up to this date
10 months later
28 January 2013
Administration started
18 months later
30 July 2014
Administration ended
30 July 2014
Creditors' voluntary liquidation started (shareholders resolved to wind up)
3 years later
3 September 2017
Company dissolved
AccountsPayment reportInsolvency
Before it failed
Key figures
The last accounts filed were full accounts made up to 31 March 2012, 10 months before it went into administration.
The full filing history, including any late filings, charges and director changes, is on Companies House.
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