Company Timeline

Nathan Winch, CEO at Winch & Co was invited in November 2022 as keynote speaker at Barnsley College for Entrepreneurship Week. He talked about his journey in business as well as his early career. Read more in our blog.

Winch & Co directors were cordially invited to the Mayor’s Charity Ball in Barnsley in November to raise money for the chosen charities. One of these charities was Winch & Co’s nominated charity, Hey! Let’s Talk – a mental health charity focussed on helping young people in Yorkshire. Read our blog for more.

Winch & Co’s management team were kindly invited to the annual Dealmaker Awards 2022, hosted by Insider Media at the Royal Armouries in Leeds city centre at the end of November 2022. Many notable guests included KPMG, AON, HSBC and Thin Cats. Read our blog for more.

Following a string of regulatory issues inherited from the outgoing management team, coupled with a number of unavoidable headwinds, Winch & Co took the difficult decision to place Eclipse Distribution Solutions into administration in November 2022. Winch & Co worked on a job program to ensure full re-employment of the employees, as well as working with the primary, financial creditors of the company to compensate for losses incurred. As a result of Winch & Co’s support, Eclipse was able to operate and employ people longer than it would have otherwise done. Read our blog for more.

Winch & Co took the decision in August 2022 to invest significantly in Eclipse Distribution to help counteract the headwinds of impacted supply chains brought on by the war in Ukraine. The board approved investment of over £500,000 to help bolster its position and clear down legacy credit balances left by the outgoing management. Read our blog for more.

The Winch & Co board of directors approve the appointment of Simon Biltcliffe as a non-executive director. Simon joins Winch & Co as a businessman of over 25 years, having built his print management company, Webmart, to over £20million in revenue organically. Read more in our blog.

Winch & Co launches new North East office, with the promise of further investment in the 250,000 sq ft warehousing and distribution site that it is located on. Read more in our blog.

Winch & Co develops in-house bespoke deal analysis software to semi-automate transaction due diligence and financial planning.

Winch & Co undertake major refurbishment of its North East offices in Cramlington.

Following successful turnaround of the business and its subsidiaries, Winch & Co agree the sale of Olympia Supplies to the management team for an attractive return.