Private equity backer: engineer hit by 鈥渟ignificant losses鈥� from Middle East expansion
Significant losses from its Middle East operations contributed to Morgan Tucker entering administration last week.
A spokesperson for private equity firm Foresight Nottingham Fund, which invested 拢1m in 2015 in the Newark-based firm to fund bolt-on acquisitions, said: 鈥淢organ Tucker had experienced organic growth initially in the UK, however it suffered significant losses when expanding into the Middle East.鈥�
The spokesperson added that the decision to appoint FRP Advisory as the business鈥� administrator came after Morgan Tucker鈥檚 directors were 鈥渦nable to source additional investment capital to support the business鈥�.
A spokesman for the administrators at FRP Advisory confirmed the appointment and that all 65 members of staff had been made redundant and that the company had ceased trading.
鈥淭he company had faced severe financial pressure for a number of months and had sought new investment which ultimately did not come to fruition,鈥� the spokesperson said.
Morgan Tucker initially engaged FRP Advisory to seek buyers for the business. Despite interest from number of parties, a buyer was not found, leaving the business with an unsustainable cash-flow issue which meant it had no alternative but to enter administration.
In its most recent accounts filed at Companies House for the year ended 30 April 2015, the firm reported that it owed creditors 拢1.3m and had net assets of 拢478,444.
Matthew Tucker founded the business in 2005 and was its managing director until he stepped down in February.
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