GUARDSMAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
-£10,180,729
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the Group during the period continues to be the marketing and distribution of Guardsman furniture protection plans, consumer products and furniture care kits. The Company acts as an agent in the sale and administration of fabric and furniture protection insurance policies. The Group operates from Abingdon, Oxfordshire supporting the UK, Republic of Ireland, The Netherlands and Spain. Guardsman Industries Limited has an Irish subsidiary, Guardsman Europe Limited, which sells and manages unregulated service plans and service requests in Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands. This subsidiary began trading in January 2021.Guardsman Industries Limited is a master franchisor for a business that trades as 'Safeclean'. In this capacity, the Company sells franchises and supplies products and management services to its network of franchisees. Safeclean franchisees remove furniture and carpet stains.Guardsman Industries Limited has also developed and successfully built up n
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-03-13
- Employees
- 76 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- C/O Csc Cls (Uk) Limited 5 Churchill Place, 10th Floor, London, United Kingdom, E14 5HU
- Postcode
- E14 5HU
- Capital
- 5 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-10
- Next due by
- 2027-03-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47599 Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store
Officers 2 current · 24 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Guardsman Holdco Llc (N/A) — since 2018-10-02
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6425057 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- guardsman.co.uk
- Phone
- 03001239123, 01625545745, 08000234567
Guardsman, the home of furniture care & protection. A long-time leader in the furnishing industry, we know furniture! We have been protecting and repairing furniture since 1915 and always deliver quality products and services for the protection, care and repair of wood, fabric and leather furnishings.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| VALSPAR INDUSTRIES (UK) LIMITED | 2011-10-20 |
| LILLY INDUSTRIES (UK) LTD | 2001-06-26 |
| GUARDSMAN U.K. LIMITED | 1998-12-30 |
| RIMRAIL LIMITED | 1989-06-15 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 152 BROOK DRIVE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX14 4SD | 2018-10-03 |
| 152 MILTON PARK, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX14 4SD | 2013-02-07 |
| 10 BLACKLANDS WAY, ABINGDON BUSINESS PARK, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE. OX14 1DY | 1994-11-21 |
| 10 BLACKLANDS WAY, ABINGDON BUSINESS PARK, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE. OX14 1DY | 1994-11-21 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON EC4Y 0HP | 1989-06-15 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON EC4Y 0HP | 1989-06-15 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 62 similar companies in E, with 76 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors London
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2. DOKI LIMITED
This company ranks 98 among retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store in London.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2010-02-10
- Where
- Oxfordshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON290163 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2010-02-10 | — |
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