J.M. Gorry & Son Limited, based in Middlegate, Morecambe, appointed Alan Coleman and Nicola Baker of FTS Recovery Limited as administrators on 20 July 2026, BSR says. A notice confirming the appointment was published in The London Gazette on 22 July.
Fleet to be sold as administrators seek returns
Following the closure of the business, the company’s lorries are being offered for sale at auction.
Vehicles are often among the most readily realisable assets when a haulier stops trading, and their disposal can form a central part of administrators’ efforts to recover funds for creditors.
No information has yet been released about the impact on employees, including whether redundancies will be made. The reasons for the company’s financial difficulties have also not been disclosed.
More than five decades in road transport
J.M. Gorry & Son described itself as a well-established, family-run general haulage contractor with more than 50 years’ experience in the transport industry.
The company specialised in general road haulage, transporting standard freight rather than operating in a highly specialised segment of the market.
Companies House records show that the business was incorporated in 1986 and previously traded under the name Pinedeck Services Limited.
Further pressure on UK hauliers
The administration is the latest in a series of failures in the UK freight sector during the summer of 2026.
T.M.S Service Provider Limited appointed liquidators on 13 July, while Leicestershire-based S&B Haulage Ltd entered liquidation on 6 July.
The Road Haulage Association had previously warned that hundreds of operators were at risk of closure in 2026 and that insolvencies were expected to increase.
According to the trade body, almost 400 hauliers went out of business in 2025, following 470 failures in 2024 and more than 500 in 2023.
The RHA attributed the pressure on operators to higher interest rates, growing regulatory requirements and rising running costs. It also warned that insolvency levels could climb further as the effects of conflict in the Middle East feed through into operating expenses.
