75 acre picturesque Leicestershire fly fishery offers fly fishing from its banks, boats and float tubes.
Situated 10 miles from Leicester and 4 miles from M1 its location ensures Thornton is a popular midland fly fishery.
Following the tragic passing of Ifor Jones on the 16th of January, 2024, there has been understandable speculation into the future of the business and the waters he managed so well for so many years. On his diagnosis back in November 2023, Ifor asked his 2 daughters, Sophia and Cassandra Rose, along with his friends, Arthur Olding and Mark Hunt to form an interim management team to help with the future transition of the business.
On the 7th December, 2023, the above were appointed directors of Fishery Management Ltd and set about consolidating the accounts to gain a view on the state of health of the business. This process took until late January, 2024.
The conclusion of the account consolidation made hard and unwelcome reading.
Unfortunately, the business was found to be very heavily in debt, with little working capital and a low asset base. The team explored every possibility to work through the identified issues and transition the business as a going concern. Sadly, to no avail.
Severn Trent are exploring other options for the future use of the fishing lodge.
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