Workplace Giving UK ceases trading
Melanie May | 21 December 2015 | News
Workplace Giving UK has become the latest company in the beleaguered Fundraising Initiatives Group to cease operations.
The payroll giving company made all 25 staff redundant on 4th December, paying them up until the end of November, and has since been placed into liquidation by David Rubin & Partners.
The management team had previously tried to sell the company, listing it with Lambert Smith Hampton.
Workplace Giving UK managing director Peter O’Hara, who founded the company in 2004, attributed its collapse to financial issues within the group that had placed debts upon the business.
Speaking to UK Fundraising, O’Hara said:
“I’d like to thank my team who have been incredibly strong and carried on until the end to make sure everything was tied up. I’d also like to thank all the charities and employers we’ve worked with over the past 11 years, and to assure people that their donations will continue to reach their destination.”
Workplace Giving UK is the fourth company in the Fundraising Initiatives Group to close its doors this year. Telephone agency R Fundraising went into administration in July, while last month face-to-face fundraising agencies Person to Person Direct and Fundraising Initiatives were also placed into administration.
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