Ingle & Rhode

What Ingle & Rhode does

Ingle & Rhode Ltd was a UK-based, privately held manufacturer and retailer of fine jewellery, specialising in ethical wedding and engagement rings. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in London, the company operated as a direct-to-consumer brand serving the UK market, with 51-100 employees at its operational peak. Its value proposition centred on ethically sourced materials, differentiating in a category where provenance and responsible supply chain claims can support premium positioning. The company accessed capital markets via three equity rounds between June 2018 and November 2019, totalling approximately $790,954 in disclosed funding (including a Crowdcube crowdfunding raise), but this capital was insufficient to sustain operations.

The business has since collapsed and ceased operations. Its domain (ingleandrhode.co.uk) was acquired by Queensmith (Group) Ltd from receivers for an undisclosed sum. Queensmith, an award-winning manufacturing jeweller based in London's Hatton Garden, does not assume any financial liabilities or obligations towards Ingle & Rhode's historical customers, suppliers, or service providers. Further information regarding the closure is directed to [email protected]. No product catalogue, pricing, technology stack, distribution channels, marketing channels, or management team information is available for the defunct entity beyond the co-founder Tim Ingle.

Name

Ingle & Rhode

Legal name

Ingle & Rhode Ltd

Website

https://ingleandrhode.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Ingle & Rhode Ltd was a London-based direct-to-consumer fine jewellery retailer specialising in ethically sourced wedding and engagement rings for UK consumers. Founded in 2007 by Tim Ingle, the company has since collapsed and ceased operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Jewellery

NAICS

Jewelry Retailers (458310), Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing (33991)

SIC

Retail-Jewelry Stores (5944), Jewelry, Precious Metal (3911)

akta.pro primary industry

Bridal & Engagement Jewelry Retail (CRAKAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Engagement Rings (CRAKACAA), Bridal & Engagement Jewelry Manufacturing (CRAKAIAC)

Keywords

• Ethical engagement rings
• Wedding jewellery
• Fine jewellery manufacturing
• Responsibly sourced diamonds
• Bespoke bridal jewellery

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Ingle & Rhode manufactured and sold ethical wedding and engagement rings, specialising in responsibly sourced fine jewellery. The company positioned itself in the UK bridal jewellery market with an emphasis on transparency around sourcing of precious metals and gemstones before it ceased operations.

Product overview

The source data pertains to the acquisition of Ingle & Rhode Ltd by Queensmith (Group) Ltd. Following the collapse of Ingle & Rhode Ltd, Queensmith purchased ingleandrhode.co.uk from receivers. The page does not contain detailed product/service information about Ingle & Rhode's original offerings. Queensmith, the acquiring entity, operates as an award-winning manufacturing jeweller based in London's Hatton Garden, offering bespoke engagement rings, wedding rings, lab grown diamonds, loose natural diamonds, and diamond jewellery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ethical Engagement Rings

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Queensmith: UK bespoke bridal jeweller based in Hatton Garden that directly acquired Ingle & Rhode's domain. Queensmith offers engagement rings, wedding rings, lab-grown diamonds, and bespoke design, serving the same UK ethical-bridal customer profile.
• Taylor & Hart: UK-based direct-to-consumer jeweller specialising in ethical engagement rings and bespoke bridal jewellery with lab-grown and natural stones. Closest UK-headquartered competitor in the same ethical-bridal niche Ingle & Rhode served.
• 77 Diamonds: Online-first UK diamond and engagement-ring retailer offering bespoke and ready-made bridal jewellery with certified ethically sourced stones, serving the same UK DTC bridal customer that Ingle & Rhode targeted.

Broad incumbents

• Beaverbrooks: Established UK high-street jewellery chain with a significant engagement and wedding ring assortment across physical stores. Overlaps with Ingle & Rhode's bridal category but at much larger scale and with a mass-market rather than ethical-sourcing positioning.
• Goldsmiths: UK national jewellery retail chain (part of the Signet group) carrying engagement and wedding rings alongside a wider jewellery assortment. Competes for the same bridal occasion demand but does not specialise in the ethical positioning Ingle & Rhode emphasised.
• Ernest Jones: UK high-street jewellery chain under the Signet group offering engagement rings, wedding rings and watches. Competes broadly with Ingle & Rhode for bridal spend from a mass-market, multi-brand positioning.
• Brilliant Earth: US-headquartered publicly listed online jeweller that pioneered the "ethical fine jewellery" positioning, covering engagement rings, wedding bands and lab-grown diamonds. Closest scaled global competitor to Ingle & Rhode's ethical-sourcing value proposition.

Emerging players

• VRAI: Vertically integrated lab-grown diamond jewellery brand offering engagement and bridal rings DTC and in showrooms. Narrower focus than Ingle & Rhode but directly competes in the ethical/lab-grown bridal segment.
• Clean Origin: US online retailer specialising exclusively in lab-grown diamond engagement rings and bridal jewellery, sharing Ingle & Rhode's ethical-stone positioning but with a narrower product range.

Others

• Diamond Foundry: Vertically integrated lab-grown diamond producer that supplies certified ethical diamonds to jewellery brands including VRAI. Relevant as an upstream enabler and category shaper for the ethical-bridal segment Ingle & Rhode competed in, rather than a direct retailer competitor.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ingleandrhode

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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