GW Chapman & Sons Print liquidated

GW Chapman & Sons Print has been liquidated at a meeting of creditors, several weeks after the West Drayton company ceased trading.

The meeting, held by Leonard Curtis, brings an end to the final chapter of the litho printer, which sent staff home on 21 April.

At the time, a source claiming to be an ex-employee told PrintWeek that salaried staff had last been paid for March and that factory staff were three weeks in arrears when the firm closed.

According to Companies House, GW Chapman director David Chapman's appointment at the company was terminated on 19 April, a day after he was declared bankrupt on the Insolvency Register. An Anthony David Chapman was appointed director on the same day.

A new business called Anthony David Chapman Company was incorporated the following day (20 April) with Anthony Chapman the sole director. There is no other evidence to link the companies though.

GW Chapman & Sons Stationery changed its name to GW Chapman & Sons Print two days later. Both companies hold David Chapman as director and Christine Chapman as secretary.