Cumbrian coffee chain Bruce and Luke’s has officially gone into liquidation.
Official papers have been lodged a month after the chain closed all its branches saying they were no longer sustainable.
Liquidators have been appointed and a list 19 creditors have been published, owed a total of £110,241.37.
The firm owes the most to Barclays, with £37,500 outstanding and a London-based estate agency, with £25,289 listed. The least amount owed is £103.17 to delivery firm DPD Local. It owes £3836.25 to HMRC.
Owners Brice Brown and Luke Jackson – who is owed over £4,500 from the firm – said on March 6 that they had no choice other than to close the company’s four stores in Keswick, Carlisle and Caledonia Park, formerly Gretna Gateway.
The company was set up by the duo in 2011 when they took over Carlisle’s Foxes Cafe.
The first Bruce and Luke’s Coffee shop opened its doors in 2014 on Abbey Street, Carlisle.
In 2020, they revealed their ambition to open 100 stores by 2029.
