• DISCOMBE, Neil
Correspondence address: Garador, Bunford Lane, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2EJ
Role: Director
Date of birth: November 1968
Appointed on: 23 July 2018
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Managing Director
Contact
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The company is a subsidiary of the Hormann Group.

Hormann KG (Germany)
(Germany’s largest door producer and the fourth biggest door manufacturer in the world.)

Key people: Thomas J. Hörmann, Martin J. Hörmann, Christoph Hörmann

↳Hormann (UK) Ltd 
↳Garador Holdings Limited
↳Garador Ltd
↳IG Doors Ltd

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)
Class of Shares: ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 2
Aggregate nominal value: 2

• Statement of Capital (Totals)
Currency: GBP
Total Number of shares: 2
Total Aggregate nominal value: 2
Total aggregate amount unpaid: 0

• Full Details of Shareholders

Shareholding 1: 2 Ordinary shares held as at the date of this return
Name: Garador Holdings Ltd.

Strategy

• Originally formed as part of Westland’s Engineers Ltd in 1948, as part of a diversification strategy away from military products, Garador Limited was setup to manufacture one-piece garage doors.
• Focus on continual investment in both production technology and product development. Over the last 15 years they have invested over £14 million in production technology.
• The group is known for its decentralized sales strategy to allow for fast customer service and a better ability to react to fluctuations in the market.
• The business has experienced a small sales growth through pricing and retained their gross margin despite significant increases in product cost.
• They work within a competitive market where products sold by their competition continually improves.
• The majority of the company’s raw materials are purchased in Euro’s and the effect of exit from the European Union will impact on the company’s performances going forward. The necessary steps will be taken to limit any negative impact on the Company’s performance as best as possible. The Company monitors exchange rates daily and takes advantage of the best rates available when cash flow allows.
• The main financial risks arising from the company’s activities are credit, interest rate, price risk and liquidity risks.
• Employee Retention: The company’s performance depends largely on its managers and local staff. The loss of key individuals and the inability to recruit people with the right experience and skills from the local community could adversely impact the company’s results. To mitigate these risks, the business has a succession plan in place for senior employees, while seeking to maintain a core employee base that are suitably rewarded and incentivised.
• Garador implemented TrueCommerce’s fully managed B2B Electronic Trading Service to rapidly integrate its business processes with those of its customers. Using Wesupply, they have realised a significant reduction in the number of order and invoice problems to resolve and the time taken to deal with any issues.
• The prospect is doing business with BDO LLP (merged with Moore Stephens LLP) as auditor.
• The prospect also enlisted the services of Rebecca Bevins HR some 5 years ago, when the issues relating to employment Law and HR Processes became just too complex and time consuming to deal with on a day to day basis. Testimonials

• The company leads the way in more environmentally friendly manufacturing.

Ambitions

• To produce a range of high quality, reliable products at affordable prices.
• To produce garage doors that are unsurpassed in the industry.

Potential customers categories:
• Homeowners
• Architects
• Housebuilders
• Trade & Distributors

Customer Example:

The Garage Door King (Owned by Castle Doors Ltd)
Company number 03179355
http://thegaragedoorking.co.uk./
Online Garage Doors Supplier, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Company Director: Lee Moon
Ownership of shares – More than 25% but not more than 50%

Customer Reviews:

Source: Trust Pilot

1.17 Jul 2019

“I bought a Garador Horizon Canopy door in 2011 from TheGarageDoorKing.co.uk.
The torsion cable had come loose and jammed the door, I rang TheGarageDoorKing who disowned responsibility and referred me to Garador. Gardor in turn disowned any responsibility, referring me back to TheGarageDoorKing.

Garador sales brochure deceptionally claim to provide, quote
“The door mechanism and steel frame (if applicable) is covered by the 10 year
warranty period.”.
Unquote, I hereby rename their motto to:
“Deceiving Garage Door owners in the UK since 1952” “

2. 9 Jan 2020

“I had a new electric door fitted in november 2019. It was a very good experience and I was really pleased.
It was fitted very quickly on the day promised. I would highly recommend them.
The guy who gave me a quote was very thorough”

3.

9 Jul 2020

“Sadly this was not the experience I would expect from a professional company..The quality of the door was poorly made with a 10mm gap surrounding the frame.. After asking them to resolve this Laura passes the responsibility to the manufacturer who said the door was made to specifications.. This is not a cheap door at over £600 Definitely not worth the money!!”

• Offering each customer, a beautiful range of material finishes, designs and operation.
• Treating every customer in a timely manner
• Future-Proofing the homes of their customers

• The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the group and company during 2019, amounted to 137 (2018: 119/2017:120), of which:

• Once a member of staff has been with the team for 25 years, they are awarded a £250 cash bonus to thank them for their loyalty to the company.
• Employees at leading garage door manufacturer Garador were among the first in the country to bake a fabulous array of cakes in aid of the official Macmillan Coffee Morning which was held on September 25th, 2015. The cakes were sold as part of Garador’s official support for the Macmillan Coffee Morning with all proceeds going to the charity.

Employee Reviews

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• The company has setup a dedicated EasiQuote team to handle calls and enquiries. This EasiQuote system is a real benefit to merchants, both the larger national chains and also the smaller independents
• Garador’s range of Up & Over garage doors (Steel Up & Over garage door remains a popular staple in the garage door market.)
• All Up & Over, Sectional and Roller doors are supplied with a 10 year limited warranty as standard and a 5 year limited warranty on all GaraMatic operators.
• Their Up & Over garage doors have 2-point locking to prevent unauthorised entry, and an anti-drop safety device to prevent the door crashing down in the event of spring or cable failure.
• All doors are manufactured to ensure they comply with European Safety standard BS EN 13241.
• New BlueSecur App: a Bluetooth receiver making it possible for homeowners to control their garage door using Garador’s BlueSecur app.
• Exclusive image tool to help customers visualize their new Garador garage door

Garador Ltd’s activity is broken down into 2 sectors:

• Garage Doors
• Front Doors

And many Door Types

• Complete Range
• Up & Over Doors
• Sectional Doors
• Roller Doors
• Side Hinged Doors
• Garage Side doors
• FrontGuard &
• Accessories & Spares

Annual Report File

Locations

Garador Bunford Lane, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2EJ

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Competitors List (alphabetical order)

Criterion: Industry subcategory, Company Size and Product

• Alluguard

Employee count: 20 – 2018 (19 – 2019)

Also SBD Awarded – Secured by Design

• Gliderol

Employee count: 33

• Henderson

Employee count: 10

Henderson garage doors are also covered by a 10-year warranty, which is reassuring for homeowners who purchase these products.

• Hormann UK (also part of the Hormann KG group)

Employee count: 142 (2018)

• Novoferm UK Limited

(& Cardale C/O Novoferm UK Limited – Cardale dissolved voluntarily)

Employee count: 138 (2018)

• Ryterna UK Limited

Employee count: 4

• Wessex garage doors

Employee count: 18