Affiliated Factors
of High Wycombe
1972 Ten separate motor accessory factoring firms, all owned by Smiths Industries Ltd, were merged to form a new single national organization trading under the name Affiliated Factors Ltd with headquarters in High Wycombe and regional offices in Doncaster, Stoke-on-Trent, Worthing and Colchester. It was intended to be the nucleus of a chain of factors forming a nationwide network.[1]
The 10 companies were:
- Anco (Potteries) Ltd
- Autospares and Accessories (Portsmouth) Ltd
- Colbridge Motor Factors Ltd
- Fred Medcalf and Co. Ltd
- Garage Supply Factors Ltd
- LTR Distributors Ltd
- Lonsdale and Moffat Ltd
- Masons Motor Factors (Sussex) Ltd
- Smallbone Factors (Worthing) Ltd
- Yorfactors Ltd.
1984 GKN acquired the Godfrey Holmes and Affiliated Factors subsidiaries of Smiths Industries. Affiliated Factors had 50 branches specialising in paint, garage equipment and products for vehicle refinishing.[2]