Horticultural Trades Association (The)
Reference number: 1007510
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1920
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
Responsible principal firm
Advisory Insurance Brokers Limited Reference number: 313250 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- HORTICULTURAL TRADES ASSOCIATION(THE) (FRN 1007510) introduces customers to Advisory Insurance Brokers Limited (FRN 313250). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not HORTICULTURAL TRADES ASSOCIATION(THE).
- Example: if HORTICULTURAL TRADES ASSOCIATION(THE) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from HORTICULTURAL TRADES ASSOCIATION(THE) itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Horticulture House, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RN, United Kingdom
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- When hta.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 003 3550 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode OX11 0RN
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Advisory Insurance Brokers Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
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Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
Concerns on the company record
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 00169606 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 12 August 1920 (106 years old)
- Registered office
- Horticulture House, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RN, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of business and employers membership organisations (SIC 94110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Victoria Anne Nuttall | Director | Dec 1968 | 18 Jun 2020 | None |
| Jane Elizabeth Crosland | Director | Oct 1962 | 18 Jun 2020 | None |
| Neil Stuart Grant | Director | Sep 1958 | 25 Mar 2021 | 3 other companies |
| Geoffrey Caesar | Director | Sep 1965 | 25 Mar 2021 | 1 other company |
| Alan Edward Down | Director | Sep 1949 | 12 May 2022 | None |
| William Bell Armitage | Director | Jul 1974 | 12 May 2022 | 6 other companies |
| Frances Alison Barnes | Director | Apr 1972 | 22 Mar 2023 | None |
| Mark Pitman | Director | Jan 1966 | 13 Jun 2024 | 5 other companies |
| Michael David Burks | Director | Sep 1963 | 25 Sep 2024 | 7 other companies |
| James Stanhope Owen | Director | Jan 1969 | 17 Apr 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Jacqueline Ann Prior | Director | Oct 1967 | 25 Sep 2025 | 1 other company |
| Brett Michael Avery | Director | Dec 1970 | 25 Sep 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Martin Wyndham Rowe | Director | Jun 1969 | 25 Sep 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 13 directors
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- other companies
- 25
- closed down
- 10
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 25 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 13 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 13 directors run together
- All 53 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£2.77m
From a loss of £141k
Net assets
£7.23m
+226% from £2.22m
Cash at bank
£5.45m
+139% from £2.28m
Owed within a year
£28.8m
+2.3% from £28.1m
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 £5.19m, for the year to 31 December 2022.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 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 00169606. 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
Horticultural Trades Association (The)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
25 September 2025
- Timothy James Kentish Barnes no longer has significant control
Companies House
2024
12 November 2024
- Alexandria Christine Vick no longer has significant control
Companies House
25 September 2024
- Alan Edward Down no longer has significant control
- Frances Alison Barnes gained significant control
- William Bell Armitage gained significant control
Companies House
2023
22 December 2023
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2022
9 September 2022
- Alan Edward Down gained significant control
- Boyd John Douglas-Davies no longer has significant control
Companies House
2019
11 September 2019
- Boyd John Douglas-Davies gained significant control
- The Hon Adam Edwin John Taylor no longer has significant control
- Timothy James Kentish Barnes gained significant control
Companies House
2017
12 September 2017
- Adam William Wigglesworth no longer has significant control
- The Hon Adam Edwin John Taylor gained significant control
Companies House
30 April 2017
- Carol Paris no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
20 July 2016
- Alexandria Christine Vick gained significant control
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Adam William Wigglesworth gained significant control
- Carol Paris gained significant control
Companies House
1920
12 August 1920
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 113 events
- All 113 events in its history (18 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 95
Firms connected to Horticultural Trades Association (The)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Horticultural Trades Association (The). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Horticultural Trades Association (The)
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Didcot
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- 25 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 113 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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- 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
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