The story
Coleman Milne was founded by John Coleman and Roderick Milne in 1953. At first they specialised in vehicle body repairs and horse boxes. They quickly found a niche in using those skills to create limousines and funeral hearses. In 1992 a management buy-out resulted in becoming a trading division under the holding company name of Woodall Nicholson Limited.
As of 20 November 2023 the company entered administration - the notice which appeared on their website read: "Daniel James Mark Smith and Julian Heathcote were appointed Joint Administrators over Treka Bus Limited, Promech Technologies Limited, Vehicle Conversion Specialists Limited, WN Vtech Holdings Limited, JM Engineering (Scarborough) Limited and WN Vtech Limited (together "the Companies") on 20 November 2023. The affairs, business and property of the Companies are managed by the Joint Administrators. The Joint Administrators act as agents of the Companies and contract without personal liability."
In 2024, Belgian industrial entrepreneur Guido Dumarey acquired the businesses of Coleman Milne, VCS Police, Mellor Bus, Treka Bus, Promech, and JM Engineering. These operations have since been consolidated under a new holding company, Woodall Nicholson, which continues the group’s legacy as a specialist vehicle manufacturer in Europe.
From Wikipedia’s article on Coleman Milne, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3