How this directory is put together

The three states

Confirmed — checked against a primary register or the business's own current website. Primary registers means the Food Standards Agency's hygiene database, Ofsted's childcare register, Companies House, NHS service listings, or a chain's own store finder.

Unchecked — the listing came from a secondary directory and nobody has confirmed it. It's shown greyed out. Treat it as a lead rather than a fact.

No trace — we went looking and found nothing current either way. It may have closed, moved, or simply never had a web presence. We don't delete these, because absence of evidence isn't evidence of closure.

Why we don't just delete the doubtful ones

Because we nearly deleted a nursery that had been trading continuously for years. Its Ofsted registration showed as closed — but the setting had simply re-registered under a new company, with a new reference number. Delete on that signal and you erase a live business.

The same trap runs the other way. Several places in Horsforth are still listed as open on the big review and booking sites long after they shut. A directory that trusts those sends people to a door that isn't there.

Where the information comes from

• Food Standards Agency — hygiene ratings and inspection dates for every food business, refreshed from their open API.
• Ofsted — registration status, reference numbers and inspection dates for nurseries and schools.
• NHS service listings — GP surgeries, dentists, pharmacies and opticians.
• Companies House — whether a company is still active, and under what name.
• Booking platforms — a salon taking appointments today is trading today.
• Local press and the town council — openings, closures and events.
• Residents and business owners — the most valuable source of all. Tell us something.

Ofsted grades changed

From November 2025 Ofsted replaced single-word grades with report cards graded across six areas: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, or Urgent improvement, with safeguarding judged separately. Older inspections still carry the previous Outstanding / Good / Requires improvement / Inadequate grades. Listings say which applies.

Removed listings

27 records have been removed because there's hard evidence they closed. They're kept on a suppression list rather than simply deleted, so a stale entry in an upstream feed can't quietly put them back:

• Cafe Marinetti, 9–11 Town Street — Marked closed on Foursquare; confirmed locally. Still listed as trading on Sugarvine, CAMRA WhatPub and TripAdvisor.
• J P Teal, 2 Town Street — 2 Town Street is now Horsforth Smile Clinic, listed on NHS.uk
• Barclays, 68 Town Street — Barclays' own branch-closure feedback document + the restaurant now occupying the banking hall
• HSBC, 88 Town Street — HSBC's own branch list shows no Horsforth branch — the town is served by the hub at Horsforth Community Hub, with HSBC staff on Thursdays only
• Lloyds Bank, 38 Town Street — Cash Access UK hub rota shows Lloyds community bankers attending Mon–Tue. A bank staffing a shared hub is not also running a branch in the same town.
• Sunnybank Nursery, 6 Church Lane, LS18 5LA — Ofsted URN EY558116 and provider RP558115, both closed. Still listed as open on three comparison sites.
• Sunnybank Playden, 30 Town Street — Address now occupied by a restaurant. Came from an ageing street directory.
• Cliffe House Day Nursery, Leeds Trinity University, Brownberrie Lane — Reported closed locally. Ofsted still shows the registration open — registers lag closures by months, so local knowledge is the better source here.
• Chicago Pizza & Balti Bazaar, 93 Town Street — 93 Town Street is now Gourmet Hut, food hygiene inspected Jun 2025. Chicago Pizza’s own site lists only Chapel Allerton. Confirmed locally.
• J City, 13 Town Street — 13 Town Street is now Horsforth Takeaway on the hygiene register. Confirmed locally.
• La Casita, Horsforth — The unit became Kuala Lumpur Malaysian and is now becoming MyMakan. No hygiene record anywhere in Leeds. Confirmed locally.
• Amelia Elliott Bridal, 121 Town Street — Company dissolved Feb 2017; Very Stylish Girl holds 121 Town Street. Confirmed locally.
• The Steelworks (UK), 89 Town Street — Company dissolved Mar 2020; TaxAssist trades at 89 Town Street. Confirmed locally.
• Ainsleys, 41 Town Street — 41 Town Street is now Card Factory. Confirmed locally.
• Pizza House Co, 90a Town Street — 90A–92 is now one unit occupied by Truly Scrummy; Pizza House’s own site lists no Horsforth branch. Confirmed locally.
• A & T Wright, 21 Town Street — Once Upon a Vine holds 21 Town Street. Confirmed locally.
• Swift News, 39 Town Street — Justfones registered at 39 Town Street since 2022. Confirmed locally.
• Broadgate Bathrooms, 116 Town Street — Horsforth Stationery registered at 116 Town Street since 2018. Confirmed locally.
• Mutleys, 94b Town Street — Horsforth Town Street Barbers trades at 94b. Confirmed locally.
• Cheeky Monkeys, 94 Town Street — Unity Leeds CIC took 94 Town Street in 2025. Confirmed locally.
• Tonic, 12b Town Street — Booking page returns “no longer available”; newest review about two years old. Confirmed locally.
• Absolute 72, 72 Town Street — Absent from every salon booking platform and from the Horsforth salon directory. Confirmed locally.
• Esquire Hairdressing for Men, 95 Town Street — Absent from every salon booking platform. Confirmed locally.
• La Bella Vita, 64 Town Street — Only trace is a street directory about fifteen years old. Confirmed locally.
• Liberty Point, 102 Town Street — Only trace is a street directory about fifteen years old. Confirmed locally.
• C B Litherland, 76 Town Street — 76 Town Street is an accountancy office providing registered addresses, not a podiatry practice. Confirmed locally.
• Broadgate Barbers, 77–79 Broadgate Lane — Superseded by Kenchy & Co at 77b Broadgate Lane, the same building. Confirmed locally.

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