Wren Kitchens Acquires Moores Furniture Group Assets in Pre-Pack Deal

Yorkshire-based Moores Furniture Group has entered administration, with Wren Kitchens buying its customer list and certain intellectual property assets via a pre-pack deal. James Clark and Will Wright from Interpath were appointed joint administrators to Moores Furniture Group Limited earlier today. They immediately concluded the sale of Moores’ assets to Wren Contracts, a division of Wren Kitchens. Administrators say that Moores had experienced challenging trading conditions in recent months, which had been made worse by by rising input costs and low levels of housebuilding activity. In response to this, Moores’ directors explored a variety of options such as potential sale or investment. However, when “no solvent outcomes were available”, they took the difficult decision to file for the appointment of administrators. The administrators have been able to retain 336 members of staff to to try to reduce disruption in the supply chain for customers. However, the administrators have confirmed the redundancies of approximately 124 employees. Prior to its administration, Moores supplied kitchens for private developers, affordable housing, trade channels, and consumers. The company was founded in 1947 by George Moore, who reportedly started the business out of a second-hand hen hut, using just £45 to start his own joinery business. Moores began supplying kitchen units for public sector and affordable housing associations in 1969, before introducing products to the retail market in 1990. Moores underwent a management buyout back in September 2025, which saw CEO Mike Barratt, group finance director David Richardson and group operations and supply director Guy Tooth taking ownership of the company. Hilco Capital had taken ownership of Moores back in 2017, as part of a buyout led by then-CEO Steve Parkin, which saw the company acquired from Masco Corporation, the company’s owners since 1996. A statement released by Wren Contract Kitchens said that ,although it had been in talks with the company and its administrators, it was unable to save the business as a whole. However, Wren says the pre-pack deal will enable it to “seamlessly transfer outstanding contracts over to us”. Wren says customers will be able to continue their operations with no impact on price, delivery schedules or administration costs. Wren continued: “Whilst the company was a competitor of ours, we believe it is in everyone’s interests to have a strong kitchen industry based here in the UK. “Due to the unique way Wren manufacture, we will also be able to assist customers by supplying cabinets and doors in the bespoke sizes which Moores had been supplying to the market, we envisage this will help housebuilders and public sector landlords with any warranty issues they or their customers may have been having or may need to resolve in the future. “Wren’s Contract division had recently committed to a sales office in Harrogate, and we have agreed with the administrator that we will engage immediately with Moores management team to see if there are opportunities to provide alternative employment to a significant number of Moores sales, operations and internal support teams.” National kitchen retailer Magnet also offered its condolences to Moores Furniture Group, adding: “Our thoughts are with everyone affected by today’s announcement from Moores Furniture Group. As a fellow Yorkshire business with a long history in the industry, this news is particularly close to home.” James Clark, managing director at Interpath and joint administrator, commented: “The strong headwinds facing the UK construction industry continue to have an impact on companies up and down the supply chain. Against this backdrop, we are pleased to have been able to secure a transaction which provides an opportunity to minimise disruption for customers and suppliers, and which will enable Moores’ heritage in kitchen manufacturing to continue as part of the Wren family.”