About Spitfire Doors
WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT WE SELL THE BEST RESIDENTIAL ALUMINIUM ENTRANCE DOORS IN EUROPE.
Passionate about security, quality, design and service.
“Spitfire is a close-knit family, which we are immensely proud and protective of” – Hefin Richards
We are a hugely dedicated team of door ‘nuts’. Everyone at Spitfire Doors is passionate about providing exceptional service and we just love our doors. As a family-owned business, we feel that we are much more connected to customers than a big corporate entity, because customers really matter to us and we all have a say in how things are run, so we are all united, with common goals.
Other benefits of us being family-owned are:
We are all very committed to our long term vision
Anyone can approach our leaders and owners, anytime
Trust is two-way and is authentic
The business is stable with a flat management structure
Everyone is encouraged to be flexible and versatile
We offer long-term careers and next generation stability
Our Core Values were agreed by us all and we will always follow them in conducting our business with you. Our core values are:
Be Responsible
Take ownership and don’t duck issues
Do The Right Thing
Be honest, helpful and respectful to others
Be Positive and Passionate
Encourage others and take pride in what you do
We believe we offer the most comprehensive range of luxury residential entrance doors available in the UK and Ireland. We are authentic residential entrance door specialists – it is all we sell.
All door ranges are exclusive to Spitfire Doors and through verified local to you Spitfire Design Partners we offer a full survey, installation and warranty service.
Please feel free to request a quotation or seek advice about our products and services. We aim to respond to enquiries within a couple of hours. If we don’t live up to your expectations in any way please tell us, as we think a complaint is a gift.
Our Team
David Richards
Chairman
Having lived for many years in both Switzerland and Germany, it was obvious that consumers on the continent previously had access to a range of premium quality aluminium entrance doors that were not available in the UK and Ireland. Frustrated that the very best doors were not available here, with my son Hefin, we established Spitfire Doors to partner with the best door factories in Europe. Our mission is to bring you the most innovative, luxury, secure, designer front doors available. Doors are our passion and we believe that security, stunning design, hand-crafted individuality, longevity and very low maintenance are pre-requisites for your front door. Increasingly, most of us seek out authentic specialists when choosing important products for our homes and at Spitfire Doors we aim to be your front door partner. To that end, we invest a lot of time with our supply partners, their designers and factory teams, developing new products and training our people, to maintain our presence as number one in the UK. Spitfire Doors is part of our wider family-owned Kaliber Group of building product specialist companies, which includes 4 UK factories and over 120 team members.
Hefin Richards
General Manager - 'The Next Generation'
Hefin was born in the UK but lived in industrial Duisburg, in the Ruhr area of Germany from 5 to 20 years of age. Being bilingual has proved to be a great asset when working with our European partners, with whom Hefin has strong relationships. Hefin has a degree in Business Studies and IT and leads the Spitfire Doors team. He is passionate about service and being half German, he likes ‘rules’ in every area of our business. Hefin relaxes by road cycling, jogging, boxing and photography and is really enjoying the demands placed upon him in growing this ‘challenger business’.
Simon Richards
Part-time Consultant – South Wales
Si now lives in beautiful Pembrokeshire, returning to be close to our family’s origins in Wales. Si has worked in the glazing industry for over 12 years for both KAT and now Spitfire Doors. He has an extensive knowledge of our products and combines his role at Spitfire Doors with his calling, which is horticulture. Si is developing his own ‘walled garden’, whilst also teaching horticulture to college students, as well as enjoying stints working at The National Botanic Garden of Wales.