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Firemaster Defender Gloves

Southcombe Gloves

£20

A general purpose, great value protective glove used in site clearances when protection from heat and sharps is essential Our general purpose, great value protective glove; the Firemaster Defender glove is used when protection from heat and sharps is paramout. Made from advanced materials with modern design it has a hard wearing palm and close fitting back. Thermoplastic rubber is sewn to the back of the fingers and knuckle areas and the glove is completed with a neoprene cuff to ensure a secure fit around the wrist and prevent debris from entering the glove while worn. Certified to EN420 and

Southcombe Gloves's own words, read from their page.

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Where this comes from

The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as SOUTHCOMBE BROTHERS LIMITED, number 00372391. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Southcombe own and operate a tannery, a glove factory, a warehouse and a head office" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.