On 13 November 2024 HHGL Limited and Hampden Group Limited trading as Homebase entered administration. This page gives information on how to claim redundancy or register as a creditor.
On 13 November 2024 HHGL Limited and Hampden Group Limited, operating under the brand Homebase, entered administration and Gavin Park, Gavin Maher and Adele Macleod of Teneo Financial Advisory Limited were appointed as Joint Administrators. Homebase has c.3600 employees and 133 stores across the UK.
Immediately following the appointment, the Joint Administrators acting for Homebase completed a sale of up to 70 UK stores, the brand and IP to CDS (Superstores International) trading as The Range and wilko, which is expected to secure up to c.1,600 jobs. Homebase stores will continue to trade until handed over to CDS. This follows the sale of 11 UK stores to Sainsbury's, with completion expected on a further three. The remaining 49 UK stores will continue to trade as normal whilst the Joint Administrators continue discussions with interested parties.
There will not be any immediate redundancies whilst the Administrators urgently assess the position of the Companies. All employee wages and benefits will be paid for their period of employment. Customer orders will still be fulfilled as far as possible, and arrangements will be put in place to allow gift vouchers to be used.
This will be a worrying time for employees, as well as creditors. Government will do all it can to support them.
If you are an employee or creditor of HHGL Limited and Hampden Group Limited, this page will provide you with advice and information.
Information for employees
In the event of dismissal
If you are dismissed, you might be entitled to statutory redundancy pay, arrears of pay, compensatory notice pay and holiday pay from the Insolvency Service.
Information about your rights, how to apply and how we calculate payments is available on GOV.UK.
Who is eligible
You can apply to the Insolvency Service for redundancy and other payments if you worked for HHGL Limited and Hampden Group Limited under an employment contract and have been dismissed.
Workers and self-employed contractors who provided services to HHGL Limited and Hampden Group Limited are not eligible to apply. Instead, these individuals should contact the administrator to register as creditors.
Company directors
Check if you can apply for redundancy payments if you have been dismissed and were a director.
How to apply
Following your dismissal, the administrators will write to all dismissed employees to provide them with the relevant information to make a claim for redundancy payments.
The administrators will give details about how to apply and will also give you a case reference number (example: CN12345678). Once you have this information, you can apply online .
Employees can contact the administrators at:
