Fibregen

Hi Chris, I did a Google on Fibregen and they appear to still be trading at;
FIBREGEN LIMITED
31 HARLEY STREET
LONDON
W1G 9QS

I am going to try and find them in Companys House and see what the financial situation is.

Cheers,
Mark

In reply to HairLoss, post #1

Good morning,
Thanks for your comment. I hope you have better luck than I have had. All routes that I have tried have provided no information - even the "Evergreen" Group who are, (or were?) tied up with FBG fail to reply to requests for an update. FBG was delisted some time ago and has disappeared from all the places that I have looked. Once a company fails to keep its own web site going, it does not look very promising!
Best of luck!
Regards,
Chris

Hi Chris,

Had a quick look on companies house database. They are still trading and the last accounts were made up to 30/06/10. 2011 accounts will be available end 2011 or early 2012. (it costs £1 to download them through companies house so I'll get a copy when they are available).

It seems most of the old directors have gone;
APPOINTMENT TERMINATED, DIRECTOR RICHARD SQUIRES
25/05/2010 DIRECTOR APPOINTED MR JOHN HAROLD STIRLING
25/05/2010 APPOINTMENT TERMINATED, DIRECTOR MARK CAMPANALE
25/05/2010 APPOINTMENT TERMINATED, DIRECTOR JOHN STIRLING
25/09/2008 APPOINTMENT TERMINATED DIRECTOR PETER GREENSMITH

There is a statement of capital showing. Not sure what this refers to exactly but it is not an exciting amount;
21/02/11 STATEMENT OF CAPITAL;GBP 639000
09/02/10 STATEMENT OF CAPITAL GBP 591976.86

And it is now a private Ltd company rather than a PLC
27/09/2010 CERTIFICATE OF REREGISTRATION FROM PLC TO PRIVATE

The Harley Street address seems to be merely a postal address as Google shows several companies trading from this address.

So they are still trading in some fashion but the low statement of capital suggests that there isn't much left of the original company. I guess we put the shares under the bed and see what is happening when we reach retirement!

In reply to HairLoss, post #3

Good morning Mark,

Thanks for the info. When I tried that route ages ago, I found nothing, so perhaps I was doing something incorrectly, or do I need an account or similar?
Meanwhile, I'll try again and see what happens, and perhaps write direct to the company's address using good old paper since they aren't available electronically as far as I know at present.
It seemed like a good company etc, when it was Libra, but has not improved with age!

Regards,

Chris

In reply to Bengola, post #4

Hi anyone interested in Fibregen,

Because of umpteen different commitments (including enjoying the summer!), not much progress has been made by me. Directory enquiries (192.com or similar) still list FBG at the Harley Street address, but when you call the number quoted, the answering receptionist can only say that they left the building some time ago and left no forwarding details. I have found another address for them: City Tower Level 2, 40 Basinghall Street EC2V 5DE, but no phone number. If anyone lives or works near there, it may be interesting to pay them a visit and ask a few questions!

Any further info will be gratefully accepted.

Regards to all,

Chris.

Morning All,

Still no news - I have now writen to the co at the Basinghall address - probably a waste of a stamp, but what other suggestions are there?

Regards and BOLTA,

Could try their former registrars - Share Registrars Limited at Craven House, West Street, Farnham, GU9 7EN.

Thanks for the suggestion - will do that in the fullness of time. Not hopeful though!

In reply to HairLoss, post #1

Share Registrars have confirmed to me that FibreGen is trading from the Harley Street address and that my shareholding is on record. So far I have failed to discover a value for the shares but I suspect it may prove to be minimal.

In reply to HairLoss, post #3

When you say "I guess we put the shares under the bed and see what is happening when we reach retirement!" I have little comfort from it - I am well into that blessed state now. However,the consolation in retirement is that the world and national economic debacle is less disturbing to the tranquillity of a pensioned existence.

In reply to Gresham24, post #10

Thanks for the update. I am in a similar state to your good self, pension wise. Interesting that the Share Registrars still think FBG are at Harley Street. When I phoned them there, the receptionist said they had moved out (see earlier post). No response from the Basinghall address either. Begins to look like a very dead duck.

Good afternoon to anyone still interested in FBG. It seems that trying to extract any information from anyone is flogging a dead horse. My letter to the Basinghall address has been reurned unopened. The Company Secretary a

Having disappeared off the planet for 4 years since delisting from AIM, Fibregen have sent me a share certificate!

The nominal value of ordinary shares is 3p.

Hope this helps