By Kieran Isgin

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A leading British beauty retailer will begin shutting down 30 outlets from today (September 16).

This follows Bodycare entering administration earlier this month, placing more than 100 shops in jeopardy. However, 30 branches are already set to close due to the administration process, with 450 positions also being cut.

Bodycare has confirmed that the fresh round of closures will occur on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Administrators explained the necessity for the shutdowns, stating it wasn’t economically feasible to maintain all 115 Bodycare outlets across the UK and that there was insufficient stock.

Nick Holloway, managing director at Interpath and joint administrator, commented on Monday: “We’d like to express our sincere thanks to the hundreds of dedicated Bodycare staff who have shown such professionalism since our appointment. We will continue to trade the remaining 85 stores while we remain in discussions with interested parties with the aim of preserving as much of the business as possible.”

Bodycare was initially established in 1970 on a Lancashire market stall by Graham and Margaret Blackledge. Nevertheless, it has been under the ownership of Baaj Capital since 2021.

It was previously disclosed that Bodycare obtained up to £7m in debt facility against its retail stock. Such debt arrangements are formal agreements whereby a lender supplies funds to a borrower over a specified timeframe.

Complete list of Bodycare shops closing

Here’s a complete list of all the Bodycare outlets shutting this week:

Bolton – Greater Manchester Bromsgrove – Worcestershire Castleford – West Yorkshire Chesterfield – Derbyshire Doncaster – South Yorkshire Dudley – West Midlands Dunfermline – Scotland Greenock – Scotland Hanley – Staffordshire Hull – East Riding of Yorkshire Hyde – Greater Manchester Ilford – Greater London Ipswich – Suffolk Mansfield – Nottinghamshire Morpeth – Northumberland Newark – Nottinghamshire Northallerton – North Yorkshire Ormskirk – Lancashire Redcar – North Yorkshire Rochdale – Greater Manchester Salford – Greater Manchester Shrewsbury – Shropshire Skipton – North Yorkshire St Helens – Merseyside Stevenage – Hertfordshire Sutton-in-Ashfield – Nottinghamshire Thornaby – North Yorkshire Ulverston – Cumbria Whitehaven – Cumbria Workington – Cumbria

Before it went into administration, Bodycare was already grappling with rising costs and dwindling sales. It had previously initiated clearance sales or announced closures at several stores.