The studio was one of the oldest architectural practices in the world, having been founded by Herbert Tooley in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, in 1892. It became Tooley & Foster Partnership in 1910, rebranding as Tooley Foster in 2021, when it boasted a workforce of 30 people.
But the practice’s main trading arm, Tooley Foster 1982 Limited, entered voluntary liquidation at the end of last year owing £1.6 million, with total assets estimated to be worth just £138,000.
Now a secondary company, The Tooley & Foster Partnership LLP, has entered liquidation this week. The group’s employee benefit trust, Tooley Foster Trustees Limited, is set to be dissolved later this month.
Liquidator Stewart Bennett…
