Longacres Garden Centre Limited
Reference number: 1040692
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
MBNA Limited Reference number: 204487 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.
- Longacres Garden Centre Limited (FRN 1040692) introduces customers to MBNA Limited (FRN 204487). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Longacres Garden Centre.
- Example: if Longacres Garden Centre refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Longacres Garden Centre itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Longacres Nursery, London Road, Bagshot, Surrey, GU19 5JB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When longacres.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01276 476778 is
- Who else gives the postcode GU19 5JB
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through MBNA 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.
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
- 07689770 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 July 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores (SIC 47760)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Julie Margaret Erridge | Director | Oct 1965 | 1 Jul 2011 | 4 other companies |
| Carol Jane Long | Director | Jan 1962 | 1 Jul 2011 | 2 other companies |
| Nigel Peter Long | Director | Nov 1968 | 1 Jul 2011 | 4 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
- 4
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 4
In the full report: all 4 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 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£61.9m
+1.2% from £61.2m
Profit before tax
£2.37m
+84% from £1.29m
Net assets
£24.6m
+1.8% from £24.2m
Cash at bank
£3.11m
+41% from £2.20m
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 07689770. 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
Longacres Garden Centre’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
27 August 2025
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2022
1 May 2022
- Peter John Long no longer has significant control
Companies House
2017
1 December 2017
- Mary Doreen Long no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Carol Jane Long became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Julie Margaret Erridge became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Mary Doreen Long gained significant control
- Nigel Peter Long became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Peter John Long gained significant control
Companies House
2011
1 July 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Longacres Garden Centre
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Longacres Garden Centre. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Longacres Garden Centre
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In the Guildford (GU) postcode area
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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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