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Simbos Gun Dogs & Grooming

Simbos Gun Dogs & Grooming is licensed by Babergh District Council for dog boarding in Boxford. The council's most recent inspection awarded it 5 stars out of 5.

That puts it in the 81% of Suffolk licensed businesses rated 4 stars or above (101 of 124).

Its licence runs to 31 March 2029. Longer licence terms are awarded to higher-rated operators, which is why a distant expiry date is usually a good sign in itself.

On its own website the business describes itself as: "Simbos Gundogs & Grooming 5 Star Boarding and Breeding Licence issued by Babergh District CouncilLicence no: LN/000000856" We reproduce that as a summary of what it says about itself, not as anything we have checked.

We found no entry for this business on the ICO register of fee payers. That is common for sole traders and is not necessarily a failing, but a business holding your address and door key would normally be expected to be registered.

Under the star rating scheme a 5-star operator qualifies for a licence of up to 3 years and correspondingly fewer unannounced inspections, so the rating affects how often the council will look in as well as what it thought at the last visit.

Babergh District Council publishes an address for this licence, which is set out in full below.

We read 12 pages of its website on 2 August 2026, about 3,742 words in total, and extracted 10 details from them.

Licence record

From its own website

Contact details from its website

Questions and answers

Answers marked from their website are the business's own words. Answers marked from published details are assembled from facts stated on their site. Answers marked summarised were written from their site's text and checked so that every figure appears in the original — but they are a summary, not a quotation, and the business's own site is authoritative.

What are Gundog Working Tests (GWTs)?

Most Gundogs aren’t ready to work in competition for at least two years and the first sort of competition you will probably enter will be a Gundog Working Test. These competitions are for members of the organising club only. They are designed to further good, sound, Gundog work and encourage dogs’ natural working ability, but do not involve shooting live game. Work is done with dummies, and these friendly competitions are a natural extension of the training you will already be doing with your d…
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When is Simbos Gun Dogs & Grooming open?

Its website states: “Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00AM - 5:00PM” Collection and drop-off are often by appointment even where opening hours are published.
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Where is Simbos Gun Dogs & Grooming?

Its website gives the address as Stone Street, Boxford, Suffolk CO10 5NR.
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How do I contact Simbos Gun Dogs & Grooming?

Its website lists contact by phone on 01787 211626.
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Is there a trial or settling-in visit?

According to its website: “My aim is to compete in field trial tests.”
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Is the business insured?

According to its website: “Will you be getting insurance for your puppy?”
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What vaccinations does my pet need?

According to its website: “What are your views on vaccinations?”
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Are there rules about neutering?

According to its website: “Will you be neutering your puppy at some point in the future?”
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What types of dogs do you have?

Labradors, Springer Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels
Summarised from their website

This page reproduces factual entries from public registers. It is not a review, a recommendation, or an endorsement, and we have no commercial relationship with the businesses listed. Council star ratings are the licensing authority's assessment of risk and compliance, not a measure of service quality. If anything here is wrong or you would like your entry removed, see our privacy page — we act on requests without argument.

Where these figures come from

Last updated

2 August 2026

• Local authority animal activity licence registers — English local authorities. Factual fields extracted from each council's published public register: trading name, licence number, licensable activity, star rating and expiry date. Where a council redacts an address — as they routinely do for home boarders operating from a residential address — the record is kept without a location and never geolocated by inference. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Refreshed 1 August 2026.
• Operators' own public websites — The licensed businesses themselves. Factual metadata — description, opening hours, contact details and advertised services — extracted from each operator's own public website. robots.txt is checked and obeyed before every fetch, requests are rate-limited to one per host per run, and every field links back to the page it came from with the date we last checked. Claims operators make about themselves are not verified by us. Licence: Summarised, not reproduced. Refreshed 1 August 2026.
• Postcode geography — Office for National Statistics / Ordnance Survey, via postcodes.io. Postcodes already published in council registers are resolved to a parish or ward and coordinates. Only postcodes the council itself published are looked up. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Refreshed 1 August 2026.
• Licence details are republished from the Babergh District Council public register under the Open Government Licence.
• Companies House and ICO entries are matched by trading name and corroborated by location; unconfirmed matches are not published.