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Iron Founders
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1963 [[Beauford Engineers]] Ltd was incorporated by Joseph Beaumont and Geoffrey Crawford
1972 Name changed to Beauford Group Ltd


1975 Reported reduced profits due to the 3-day week; engineering division had received capital investment to enable it to take on larger contracts; the machine tool division had expanded rapidly over the previous 3 years.<ref>The Times May 30, 1975</ref>
1975 Reported reduced profits due to the 3-day week; engineering division had received capital investment to enable it to take on larger contracts; the machine tool division had expanded rapidly over the previous 3 years.<ref>The Times May 30, 1975</ref>
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1981 US operations were loss making and were discontinued<ref>The Times June 3, 1981</ref>
1981 US operations were loss making and were discontinued<ref>The Times June 3, 1981</ref>


1982 re-registered as  a public limited company
By 1986 the holding company was Beauford Group PLC
1989 Name changed to '''Beauford''' PLC
By 1992 Beauford Group PLC was at Olney, Bucks.


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== See Also ==
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== Sources of Information ==
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Revision as of 10:28, 16 January 2024

Beauford Group Ltd

of Cleckheaton (1981)

of Park Works, Park Road, Elland

Iron Founders

1963 Beauford Engineers Ltd was incorporated by Joseph Beaumont and Geoffrey Crawford

1972 Name changed to Beauford Group Ltd

1975 Reported reduced profits due to the 3-day week; engineering division had received capital investment to enable it to take on larger contracts; the machine tool division had expanded rapidly over the previous 3 years.[1]

1981 US operations were loss making and were discontinued[2]

1982 re-registered as a public limited company

By 1986 the holding company was Beauford Group PLC

1989 Name changed to Beauford PLC

By 1992 Beauford Group PLC was at Olney, Bucks.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times May 30, 1975
  2. The Times June 3, 1981
  • Companies House filings