13 business-related N.H. bankruptcies recorded in April

Total for month is 22 percent lower than a year ago

New Hampshire bankruptcies continued their downward trend in April after a slight uptick in March.

Some 240 Granite State households and businesses filed for bankruptcy protection in April, 25 fewer than in March and a 22 percent decline from April 2013. And it was the best April since 1997, when 237 filings were recorded.

There were 13 business-related filings, two more than in March. Six companies filed as businesses, but there were seven households that filed with recent business-related debt. As in past practice, NHBR will list the related businesses, not the individual:

 • Amish Country Barn LLC, Concord, filed April 2, Chapter 7. Assets: $75,432. Liabilities: $676,909. (Business filing)

 • Natural Lands Timber Cutting Service, Hollis, filed April 3, Chapter 7. Assets: $14,664. Liabilities: $213,966.

 • Taste of Texas, fdba Our Town Country Store, Bennington, filed April 7, Chapter 13. Assets: $157,841. Liabilities: $185,057.

 • O'Brien’s Painting, Manchester, filed April 9, Chapter 13. Assets: $165,200. Liabilities: $248,743.

 • Mason's Barley Pub Inc., Dover, filed April 14, Chapter 7. Assets: $5,044. Liabilities: $128,503. (Business filing)

 • Concord Power and Steam LLC, Hooksett, filed April 14, Chapter 7. Assets: 0. Liabilities: $4,981,234. (Note: This is not the owner of the Concord Steam plant, but the owners of a failed project to relocate it on the south end of the city. (Business filing).

 • NH Pick-Up & Delivery Inc., Claremont, filed April 18, Chapter 7. Assets: $109,893. Liabilities: $113,924. (Business filing)

 • Classie Clip, Keene, filed April 18, Chapter 13. Assets and Liabilities: $100,000 to $500,000

 • John Beckett Flooring, Lisbon, filed April 23, Chapter 7. Assets: $$12,050. Liabilities: $14,190. (Personal filing. Says business is ongoing)

 • Greg Noonan Construction, Greg Noonan Framing, Ashland, filed April 29, Chapter 7. Assets: Less than $50,000. Liabilities: $100,000 to $500,000.

 • Sparks Unlimited LLC, dba Stillwater Management Group, Dover, filed April 30, Chapter 11. Assets: $100,000 to $500,000. Liabilities: $500,000 to $1 million. (Business filing)

• Computer Sense, Hampton, filed April 30, Chapter 7. Assets and Liabilities: $74,989 to $60,263.

 • LSN Group, LLC, dba Archeez Pizza and Grill, Moultonborough, filed April 30, Chapter 7. Assets: $94. Liabilities: $53,221. (Business filing).