Administration · 5 September 2025
Kingston Modular Systems
Main contractor · Hull · Yorkshire and the Humber
What happened
KINGSTON MODULAR SYSTEMS LIMITED (company number 10017661), incorporated in 2016, entered administration on 5 September 2025. Its status at Companies House is now: insolvency proceedings.
Why it failed
Trading fell in 2024 on delayed orders and weaker leisure demand; in July 2025 a customer disputed £585,000, the invoice financier froze its facility and a pre-pack sale failed.
- Main reason: Clients not paying or failing
- Funding withdrawn
- Cash flow
- Market downturn
- Delays
- Sale or investment failed
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.
Timeline
The last accounts and payment report before the failure, then what happened, with the time between each.
31 May 2024
Last accounts filed were made up to this date
16 months later
5 September 2025
Administration started
12 months later
11 September 2026
Administration ended
AccountsPayment reportInsolvency
Before it failed
Key figures
- Owed to unsecured creditors (estimated), as at 5 September 2025
- £1.5m
- HMRC owed £311k. a further £476k owed to its lenders. Expected return to unsecured creditors: none expected
- Administrators' proposals
The last accounts filed were full accounts made up to 31 May 2024, 15 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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