B. Shenkin & Company Ltd

B. Shenkin & Company Limited
Type	Private limited company (SC027094)
Founded	2 June 1949
Defunct	27 April 2012 (dissolved)
Headquarters	c/o KPMG LLP, 191 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LJ (last registered office)
Industry	Import and wholesale of oriental carpets and rugs

B. Shenkin & Company Limited was a Glasgow importer and wholesaler of oriental carpets and rugs. Barnet Shenkin imported oriental carpets first at Wolfson & Shenkin, 58 West Regent Street, Glasgow, and later as B Shenkin & Co. According to the same source, the firm merged with Mercado in the 1950s, when his son Lennie Shenkin and Bobby Mercado developed a partnership over a game of bridge.

Company history

The company was incorporated on 2 June 1949 as a private limited company, number SC027094. Its nature of business is recorded as wholesale of textiles (SIC 5141), and its last accounts were made up to 31 December 2004. It went into administration on 27 November 2006, with Blair Carnegie Nimmo, of 191 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LJ, and Gerard Anthony Friar, of 24 Blythswood Square, Glasgow, G2 4QS, as practitioners. The administration ended on 26 August 2011. The company was dissolved on 27 April 2012. Its last registered office was c/o KPMG LLP, 191 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LJ.

People

Name	Correspondence address	Role	Position	Date of birth	Appointed on	Resigned on	Nationality	Country of residence	Occupation
Scott McMurray	15 Welsh Drive, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, ML3 7AN	Role	Secretary		1 November 2005		British		Company Secretary
Antony Shenkin	10 Matherton Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 5EY	Role	Secretary		22 February 1990		British		Chartered Accountant
June Leask	15 Langlea Court, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G72 8HO	Role	Director	April 1968	1 November 2005		British	United Kingdom	Operations Director
Jack Paton	Tudor House The Crescent, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, PA17 5DX	Role	Director	March 1948	2 April 2003		British		Consultant
Antony Shenkin	10 Matherton Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 5EY	Role	Director	July 1955	Appointed before 30 September 1989		British		Chartered Accountant
Michael Shenkin	28 Broomfield Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G77 5JP	Role	Director	January 1953	Appointed before 30 September 1989		British	Scotland	Carpet Wholesaler
Colin Graham McKay	C/O Aitken Malone And Mckay 26 Newton Place, Glasgow, G3 7PY	Role Resigned	Secretary		Appointed before30 September 1989	22 February 1990	British
Alan Fellows	132 Longridge Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3JJ	Role Resigned	Director	January 1953	30 January 2004	29 September 2006	British		Director
William Forrest	Mill House, Cleghorn, Lanark, Lanarkshire, ML11 7RW	Role Resigned	Director	December 1958	30 January 2004	17 September 2006	British	Scotland	Director
Michael Kay	76 Haggs Road, Glasgow, G41 4AS	Role Resigned	Director	September 1958	15 July 1997	31 December 2002	British		Company Director
Barnet Shenkin	2 Rennie Court, London, SE1 9LP	Role Resigned	Director	July 1950	30 September 1989	9 March 1998	British		Carpet Wholesaler
Leonard Shenkin	16 Matherton Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G77 5EY	Role Resigned	Director	November 1919	30 September 1989	8 December 2002	British		Carpet Wholesale
Louis Shenkin	17 Mains Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G46 6QY	Role Resigned	Director	January 1917	30 September 1989	22 April 2003	British		Carpet Wholesaler

• https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC027094/officers

See also

• Shenkin family