Annual accounts
Full accounts
31/10/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/01/2025Due 31/10/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/01/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/01/2025
F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Westwood House 78 Loughborough Road, Quorn, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 8DX
- Classification (SIC)
- Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets (47.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 20/02/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-05 with updates
- 31/10/2025View PDF (30 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-01-31
- 18/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Jack Arthur Gates as a director on 2025-05-31
- 10/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Kathryn Grace Gates as a director on 2025-05-30
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 28 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
19/01/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 05/01/2026Due 19/01/2027
- Next statement date
- 05/01/2027
- Last statement dated
- 05/01/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£9.35M2025
8.69%vs 20242024: £8.61M
Total Assets
£16.89M2025
7.28%vs 20242024: £15.75M
Cash in Bank
£712.24K2025
190.61%vs 20242024: £245.08K
Total Liabilities
£7.54M2025
5.57%vs 20242024: £7.14M
Employees
1932025
+3vs 20242024: 190
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 7.28% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +9.7% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 193 | +3 |
| 2024 | 190 | -9 |
| 2023 | 199 | +32 |
| 2022 | 167 | +14 |
| 2021 | 153 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 153 in 2021 to 193 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
10Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 24/04/2025–30/05/2025 | 4 | |
| Director | 12/01/1999–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 05/01/1999–12/01/1999 | 28 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 05/01/1999–05/01/1999 | 97866 | |
| Secretary | 05/01/1999–12/01/1999 | 21 | |
| Director | 12/01/1999–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 31/05/2025–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 12/01/1999–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 12/01/1999–23/07/2016 | 1 | |
| Director | 12/01/1999–24/04/2025 | 4 |
Persons with significant control
5Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 7 | |
| 06/04/2016–01/02/2020 | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–01/02/2020 | 7 | |
| 01/02/2020–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 16
- Since 09/01/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -5 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 20/02/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 20/02/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 31/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 20/02/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-05 with updates
- 31/10/2025View PDF (30 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-01-31
- 18/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Jack Arthur Gates as a director on 2025-05-31
- 10/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Kathryn Grace Gates as a director on 2025-05-30
- 07/06/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Registration of charge 036918400007, created on 2025-05-30
- 28/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Kathryn Grace Gates as a director on 2025-04-24
- 25/04/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Kathryn Grace Gates as a director on 2025-04-24
- 10/02/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-05 with updates
- 31/01/2025View PDF (29 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-01-31
- 22/01/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-01-05 with updates
- 31/10/2023View PDF (30 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-01-31
- 24/04/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Gates Family Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control on 2020-02-01
Showing 12 of 16 filings
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About F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Westwood House 78 Loughborough Road, Quorn, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 8DX. Companies House classifies its business as Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets. It has been on the register for 27 years 8 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £9.35M and 193 employees.
F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets (47.99 - SIC 2007).
F.A. GATES & SON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 05/01/1999.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £9.35M, total assets of £16.89M, cash in bank of £712.24K and total liabilities of £7.54M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 20/02/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-05 with updates, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/10/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 19/01/2027.
Companies House lists 10 officers (4 currently in post) and 5 people with significant control (3 current).