Joint administrators Richard Cole and Steve Kenny of KBL Advisory were appointed at the historic Stockport printer and print finisher on 24 April, the same day the site was shuttered and all staff laid off. 

KBL has not responded to requests for comment about its involvement with a raft of businesses connected to Manchester Printers Ltd and Manchester Printers Group Ltd, resulting in an information gap about why Deanprint went into administration, and why it did not prove possible to find a buyer for the business.

Deanprint was established in 1890. Its closure has left former employees bereft and customers saddened at the loss of a valued supplier. 

The business was acquired by Manchester Printers Group in the summer of 2022, and relocated to a unit on the Lawnhurst Trading Estate. 

However, the group of companies began to unravel in March.

Last week a virtual meeting of creditors was called for yet another one of the connected firms, HCM (Commercial Printers) Ltd.

The meeting was called by director Sarah Pinkney who is the sole director of Manchester Printers Group and its various sister businesses. 

It will take place on 9 May at 10:15am.

Cole and Kenny were appointed as joint liquidators of Manchester Printers Ltd on 19 April.

Manchester Printers Group Ltd was clear of any insolvency filings today (4 May), but its accounts are flagged as overdue.

Pinkney is also the director of two recently incorporated companies, Oink Oink Ltd and MPG SPV 11 Ltd. 

She is also the director of ten other MPG SPV companies, numbered 1 through to 10.