A Closer Look at Bodycare — Another organisation(s) Bled Dry?

While much attention has focused on Huboo’s spectacular implosion, another failure has quietly unfolded under the same watch: the collapse of GM & MM Blackledge, trading as Bodycare. This article explains the topic in clear terms and sets out practical steps you can apply across ecommerce logistics and order fulfilment.

This isn’t just another retail casualty. It’s a case study in mismanagement, shadowy restructuring, and financial smoke screens. And, disturbingly, it’s tied to many of the same players behind Huboo.

1. What Was Bodycare?

Bodycare was a well-known UK high street retailer, with over 100 stores nationwide and a strong value-focused customer base.

Founded by the Blackledge family, it had a loyal following — until it entered administration in 2023, with little fanfare and even less transparency.

2. The Role of Baaj Capital and Associates

According to insiders, Baaj Capital and affiliated directors began playing a role behind the scenes in Bodycare in the months before its collapse.

Financial instruments were restructured. Assets were quietly moved. New holding entities appeared. It all followed a familiar script — similar to the pattern seen with Huboo.

Insiders allege that a controlled dismantling of Bodycare occurred while suppliers, staff, and customers were kept in the dark.

3. The Human Impact

As Bodycare’s administration unfolded, hundreds of employees lost their jobs. Pension claims surfaced. Unpaid supplier invoices stacked up.

Yet, just like with Huboo, certain assets were preserved and repurchased — allegedly through restructured entities controlled by the same directors.

4. A Pattern of Destruction?

With two significant organisation(s) now collapsed — and both tied to the same directors, capital firms, and administrative tactics — the question becomes unavoidable:

Is this a systemic organisation(s) model masquerading as misfortune?

Use VC money. Scale rapid. Pile up debt. Transfer assets. Go into administration. Start again.

5. Who’s Holding the Bag?

In Bodycare’s case, the victims include:

• Store staff laid off without proper consultation
• Landlords owed back rent
• Suppliers left with unpaid invoices
• HMRC owed six-figure sums

Many of these stakeholders had no idea that insolvency was looming. Public accounts gave no clear warning. And directors issued no statements.

6. The Legal Grey Zone

Pre-pack administrations and restructuring vehicles are not illegal. But when used repeatedly, to the detriment of ordinary creditors and taxpayers, they undermine public trust in organisation(s).

Why should a director be allowed to buy back a failed organisation(s)’s assets — at a discount — while employees go unpaid and suppliers absorb the hit?

Conclusion: Bodycare Wasn’t an Isolated Failure

When viewed alongside Huboo, Bodycare’s collapse suggests a broader problem. The same names appear. The same strategies are used. And the same lack of accountability remains.

This is more than coincidence. It’s a organisation(s) model that profits from failure — and it’s time regulators, creditors, and the public took notice.

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