# Three more Fruitful companies in administration

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/07/22/three-more-fruitful-companies-administration/
- Published: 2004-07-22T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Professional fundraising organisation Fruitful has gone into administration, together
with two other Fruitful companies, with around 750 staff losing their jobs, according
to Professional Fundraising magazine.**

Tenon Recovery was appointed as administrator on 14 July 2004 to handle three Fruitful
companies – the main Fruitful Fundraising (GB) Ltd, Fruitful Fundraising (HR) Ltd
and Fruitful Fundraising (Workplace) Ltd. There is no information yet on the companies’
debts.

Last month Fruitful Fundraising (Face to Face) and Fruitful Fundraising (Door to
Door) were also put into administration “with combined debts of more than £1.5m”.

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Fruitful bought its face-to-face fundraising business in 2003 from Open Air Fundraising
which went into administration as well owing £1.8 million.

Professional Fundraising was told by Chris Coleridge, CEO of Fruitful, that he blamed“
revelations” in the magazine and the [Daily Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/10/nchar10.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/07/10/ixhome.html)
for Fruitful’s closure.

Fruitful had previously been given the licence to run the face to face business 
of Push, which had also gone into administration.

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