F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£9,352,912
Balance sheet as at 2025-01-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is that of retail through garden centre sites.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1999-01-05
- Employees
- 193 (2025 accounts · was 190 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Westwood House 78 Loughborough Road, Quorn, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, LE12 8DX
- Postcode
- LE12 8DX
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-01-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-05
- Next due by
- 2027-01-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Officers 4 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by GATES FAMILY HOLDINGS LTD — since 2020-02-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZC231282 (Tier 1), registered since 2026.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 22A BURTON STREET, MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE13 1AF | 2016-04-01 |
| 78 LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD, QURON, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE12 8DX, UNITED KINGDOM | 2016-04-01 |
| 28 BURTON STREET, MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE13 1AF | 2014-12-15 |
| HILL TOP FARM, LEICESTER ROAD, BILLESDON, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE LE7 9FD | 2004-03-03 |
| 28 BURTON STREET, MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE LE13 1AF | 2000-09-25 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 308 similar companies in LE
The largest employer among its local peers (193 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1999.
No.1 of the largest other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets companies in Leicester →
Competitors Leicester
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets in Leicester.
The class of 1999
38%
of the 308 companies in this sector incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 9 titles
- Freehold
- 6
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2022-07-12
- Price paid, where recorded
- £175,000
- Where
- Leicestershire (7), Rutland (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT547338 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2022-07-12 | — |
| LT532025 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2021-09-09 | — |
| LT488039 | Rutland | Freehold | 2017-01-30 | — |
| LT469607 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2015-05-12 | — |
| LT428413 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2010-03-25 | — |
| LT220850 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2009-06-17 | — |
| LT418967 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2009-06-17 | — |
| LT421229 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2009-06-11 | — |
| LT371001 | Rutland | Freehold | 2004-12-01 | £175,000 |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
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