THE company which organised a parachute jump where two people died on the Blackdown Hills over Dunkeswell Airfield is still active six months after the tragedy.

Sole director Jason Farrant, aged 54, said shortly after the incident his company Skydive Buzz Ltd would be put into compulsory liquidation by the Official Receiver.

A company notice was placed outside the firm’s premises at the airfield following the deaths of skydiving instructor Adam Harrison, aged 30, and mother of four Belinda Taylor, aged 48, who made a 15,000 feet tandem jump on June 13.

However, Companies House this week was still listing the status of the business, which was founded in 1999, as ‘active’.

A spokesman for the Official Receiver told the Wellington Weekly they were not involved in winding up Skydive Buzz and only a court could make such an appointment, it was not for company directors to do so.

Three sister companies run by Mr Farrant have gone into administration, a process which directors can instigate.

They are Wingwalk Buzz Ltd and Aviator Coffee Bar and Restaurant, which both operated from Dunkeswell, and Skydive UK.

The three firms between them had a £1.444 million financial deficiency.

An investigation into why the two parachutes failed to open properly was started with Devon and Cornwall Police taking the lead on behalf of Devon coroner Philip Spinney.

The investigation was continuing this week with no initial findings having been released.

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Constabulary told the Wellington Weekly: “Due to the complex nature of this multi-faceted investigation, there are a number of statutory agencies involved with a view to obtaining the best evidence for both the coroner, and, most importantly, for the families of the deceased.

“This inquiry will be protracted and once completed the coroner will review all evidence and provide a conclusion.”