Girbau UK Limited
Reference number: 917858
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Address
Girbau UK Ltd, Trust Industrial Estate, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0UZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When girbau.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01462 510810 is
- Who else gives the postcode SG4 0UZ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- 00641996 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 November 1959 (66 years old)
- Registered office
- Girbau House, Trust Industrial Estate,, Wilbury Way,, Hitchin, Herts, SG4 0UZ
- Nature of business
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- Wholesale of other machinery and equipment (SIC 46690)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Alamany | Director | Apr 1972 | 10 Feb 2011 | None |
| Mercè Girbau Junyent | Director | Oct 1963 | 18 Feb 2019 | None |
| Peter John Rankin | Director | Nov 1973 | 18 Feb 2019 | 1 other company |
| Alex Alamany | Secretary | Not published | 21 Mar 2019 | – |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
- All 18 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
−£306k
Up £1.20m from −£1.50m
Total equity
−£175k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£643k
−20% from £807k
Owed within a year
£4.72m
+14% from £4.13m
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £175k more than it owned.
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £10.5m, for the year to 31 December 2021.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 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 00641996. 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
Girbau UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
22 January 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2018
29 November 2018
- Girbau S.A. took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1959
16 November 1959
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 32 events
- All 32 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 26
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- All 32 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk