On 1st September 2026, the Board of Headlam Group plc confirms that Will Wright, Chris Pole, and Ryan Grant of Interpath Advisory will be appointed as joint administrators to Headlam Group plc. Headlam is Europe’s largest distributor of floorcoverings with its HQ in Coleshill, Birmingham. The objective is to stabilise operations and maintain service for customers whilst engaging directly with suppliers and other stakeholders to attempt to implement a comprehensive restructuring of the Group.

Headlam is best known in the UK tiling sector as the multi-brand flooring group that acquired the leading distributor Domus in 2012. DOATA understands that the joint administrators intend to keep Headlam business trading while a restructuring of the Group’s operations is implemented. However, given the scale of losses incurred by Headlam over recent years, and the exhaustion of liquidity under the existing Group’s existing facilities, administration provides the statutory protection and time required to pursue the restructuring.

However, Headlam’s subsidiaries – including Domus – are unaffected by this process and continue to operate as normal.  Since its acquisition, Domus Tiles Ltd and its specification project service has operated independently of Headlam’s distribution to retail model.

The proposed restructuring is expected to include a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) and a refinancing of the Group’s existing debt facilities, alongside significant cost reduction measures. Stephen Bird, Non‑Executive Chairman, and Nick Kelsall, independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair, will both step down from the Board. It is planned that Wilf Walsh, current Non‑Executive Director, will assume the role of Non‑Executive Chairman. Walsh served as Chief Executive Officer of Carpetright from 2014 to 2021 and then as Chair of parent company Nestware Holdings until his retirement in 2022.

More at: https://www.headlam.com/ or https://domusgroup.com/