73 firms owed £736K as UK housebuilder collapses with jobs lost

A new Companies House document has revealed the full list of creditors for award-winning company Sporn Construction Limited.

Based in Stratton Audley in Bicester, following a meeting in May it was decided that the 60-year-old family-run firm would be wound up.

Liquidators from BTG Begbies Traynor were appointed with a statement of affairs having been published in early June.

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This shows that 73 creditors want a combined £736,190.31 from the collapsed company.

Some of the highest amounts include £234,000 owed to Mr R and Mrs D Sporn, £139,525.45 to ten employees and £113,686.62 to the tax man HMRC.

Gallagher Insurance Brokers are owed £25,591.60 and D Carter Plastering – based in Woodstock – wants £22,913.90 returned.

Caswell House Barns, a wedding venue that was renovated by Sporn Construction (Image: Oxfordshire County Council)

At the other end of the scale Lloyds Bank wants £7 and Post Office Counters wants £8.75.

Witney Plant Ltd is owed £15.367.09, Radcot Groundworks Ltd wants £17,385.75 and Oxford Plumbing and Heating Limited has logged a £20,966.67 debt.

Meanwhile Screwfix has said £1,373.70 is owed.

Robin Sporn outside the house his firm renovated in Norham Road, North Oxford (Image: NQ)

Set up in the 1960s, Sporn Construction focuses on the renovation, conversion and extension of historic properties, and bespoke luxury new build properties, within Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties.

The company has been trading for over 60 years, having been founded by Bernard Sporn, who was then succeeded by his son Robin and daughter-in-law Debi.

It won a number of recent awards.

Sporn Construction on site in 2012 (Image: NQ)

These include the ‘building conservation’ category at the Oxford Preservation Trust Awards 2017 for its renovation of The White House a Georgian property in Oxford.

In the same year the firm won for ‘large renovation – Southern Counties region’ at the Federation of Master Builder Awards and in 2016 it was shortlisted at the Royal Institute of British Architects Awards 2016 for the extension of two Victorian houses into one home.

In 2015 Sporn Construction won at the Federation of Master Builders Awards, beating 70 other competitors to take home the overall national title and the ‘large renovation project’ trophy.

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Sporn was awarded the prize for work on an 1890s home in Norham Road, the owners of which nominated them.

However, recent times have seen major challenges for the construction company and in its accounts up to 31 March, 2025, it listed creditors falling within a year of £1,376,874, a considerable amount more than logged in the more recent Statement of Affairs document.

In addition its average number of employees had gone down with the business reportedly having 18 staff, plus another half-dozen specialist sub-contractors, in 2012 and 11 in 2024.

These employees will have lost their jobs with the company’s collapse.