The Blackburn haulage company is said to date back to 1935, but looks unlikely to last for long given its current predicament.
A document uploaded to the Companies House database on Wednesday shows that John Gaskell had been terminated as director the previous day. Companies House records also show that Leslie Webb was terminated as director just over 3 months before Gaskell’s termination.
Kenyon Haulage’s last yearly accounts published on Companies House show the firm’s health back in 2021. For the year ended July 2021, the haulier made a loss of £131,648.
In that financial statement, the authors of the document stated the following:
“The directors feel that whilst the business has been loss making in the 12 months up to 31 July 2021, these have been tough times for the industry in which it operates. The Sales pipeline reduced during the Covid lockdown but the pipeline after lockdown has ceased, has bounced back showing probability levels of securing new business at levels over £1,200,000 and growing.”
Unfortunately, history has shown that the business has been unable to make a full recovery.
A spokesperson for Kroll’s, who have been called in as administrators, told the Lancashire Telegraph:
“Michael Lennon and Steven Muncaster of Kroll were appointed as administrators to Kenyon Road Haulage Limited and Kenyon Warehousing Limited yesterday (March 20 2023). Due to the financial position of the entities both companies ceased to trade upon the appointment of administrators with 90 of the 97 road haulage and 18 of the 22 warehousing employees being made redundant. The remaining staff have been retained by the administrators to assist in the administrators with their duties and wind down operations.”
An anonymous driver who had been working for Kenyon Haulage also told the Lancashire Telegraph that the company had been struggling so badly that some truckers had even had to use their own cash to buy fuel.
Moreover, it has been alleged that some drivers are yet to receive wages for last week’s work.