F.a. Gates & Son Limited
Reference number: 807595
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No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 24 July 2026.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
gatesgardencentre.co.uk
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Last known phone number
01664 454309
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Last known address
Gates Nurseries & Garden Centre, Somerby Road, Cold Overton, Oakham, Leicestershire, LE15 7QB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When gatesgardencentre.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01664 454309 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE15 7QB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Gates Garden Centre Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action. The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 03691840 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 January 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- Westwood House 78 Loughborough Road, Quorn, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8DX, England
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jancis Elizabeth Gates | Director | Oct 1935 | 12 Jan 1999 | 2 other companies |
| Nigel Anthony Gates | Director | Jun 1963 | 12 Jan 1999 | 5 other companies |
| Jack Arthur Gates | Director | Feb 1996 | 31 May 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Nigel Anthony Gates | Secretary | Not published | 12 Jan 1999 | 5 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 5
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 4
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£16.6m
+3.6% from £16.0m
Profit before tax
£1.03m
<1% from £1.03m
Net assets
£9.35m
+8.7% from £8.61m
Cash at bank
£712k
+191% from £245k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- Both charts, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03691840. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
F.a. Gates & Son’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
24 July 2026
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Stopped being authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2020
1 February 2020
- Gates Family Holdings Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Kathryn Grace Gates stopped being a part-owner
- Nigel Anthony Gates stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2018
22 June 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Kathryn Grace Gates became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Nigel Anthony Gates became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
1999
5 January 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 20 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk