Administration · 26 March 2010

Jarvis

Construction · York · Yorkshire and the Humber

What happened

JARVIS PLC (company number 02238084), incorporated in 1988, entered administration on 26 March 2010. Its status at Companies House is now: dissolved.

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: J. JARVIS HOLDINGS P.L.C., JORRABAN (NO. 15) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY.

Timeline

The last accounts and payment report before the failure, then what happened, with the time between each.

31 March 2009
Last accounts filed were made up to this date
12 months later
26 March 2010
Administration started
18 months later
23 September 2011
Administration ended

AccountsPayment reportInsolvency

Before it failed

Key figures

Turnover in its last accounts, year to Mar 2009: £345.8m; Accounts at Companies House
Loss before tax, year to Mar 2009: £6.3m; Accounts at Companies House
Staff, year to Mar 2009: 2,930; Accounts at Companies House
Net liabilities, year to Mar 2009: £33.8m; Accounts at Companies House
Owed to unsecured creditors (estimated), as at 26 March 2010: £14.0m; of which trade creditors £4.8m. HMRC owed £5.2m. staff owed £2.6m. a further £17.0m owed to its lenders. Expected return to unsecured creditors: nil; Statement of affairs for Jarvis plc

The last accounts filed were group accounts made up to 31 March 2009, 12 months before it went into administration.

The full filing history, including any late filings, charges and director changes, is on Companies House.

Lessons learned report

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