Administration · 23 January 2026
Roadform Civil Engineering Company
Main contractor · Newton Abbot · South West England
What happened
ROADFORM CIVIL ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED (company number 02287410), incorporated in 1988, entered administration on 23 January 2026. Its status at Companies House is now: administration.
Why it failed
Major customers delayed or withheld payments, including £2.5m from Persimmon, causing cash flow pressure; its largest housebuilder contract was disputed and terminated, and marketing drew no bids.
- Main reason: Clients not paying or failing
- Cash flow
- 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.
Previously known as: ROADFORM CIVAL ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED.
Timeline
The last accounts and payment report before the failure, then what happened, with the time between each.
31 October 2024
Last accounts filed were made up to this date
15 months later
23 January 2026
Administration started
AccountsPayment reportInsolvency
Before it failed
Key figures
- Owed to unsecured creditors (estimated), as at 23 January 2026
- £4.5m
- of which trade creditors £3.1m. HMRC owed £984k. Expected return to unsecured creditors: about 2p in the pound (prescribed part)
- Administrators' proposals
The last accounts filed were full accounts made up to 31 October 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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