JMP Wilcox

What JMP Wilcox does

JMP Wilcox is the largest licensed textile reclaimer and processor in the United Kingdom, operating a 105,000 square foot purpose-built, fully-computerised sorting and processing facility on a four-acre site in Bilston, West Midlands. The firm collects textiles, shoes, bags and belts from over 3,500 collection points across the UK and processes more than 900 tonnes of clothing weekly, achieving a reuse/recycling rate above 99% with only 0.2% sent to landfill. Its customer base spans over 400 charities and multiple local authorities, with collection solutions including textile banks and bulk containers placed at Household Waste Recycling Centres, Material Recovery Facilities and car parks.

The company's product portfolio is organised around graded clothing exports. Core UK-origin products include Ladies and Teens Mix, Men's Mix, and Kids Mix, supplemented by destination-specific lines such as Creme Products for Eastern Europe and the Middle East, West African AB Mixed, Heavy, Household Stock and Surplus lines, a Second Hand Shoes and Handbags line shipped into Ghana, and East African AB quality products. Approximately 90% of output is exported to over 30 countries, with the remainder sold to UK domestic reuse and recycling buyers or converted into industrial by-products including wiping cloths, flock rags and mixed felt materials. Operational technology emphasises energy efficiency through soft-start motors, Power Factor Correction and LED lighting.

JMP Wilcox operates as a private, family-held business under the legal entity JMP Wilcox & Company Ltd, with continuity across four generations spanning more than 100 years. Revenue is generated through B2B service contracts with local authorities and charities on the collection side and wholesale export sales to international textile traders on the disposal side; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured on a quote/contract basis. The firm is a Partner of WRAP's Textiles 2030 initiative (launched April 2021), aligning it with the UK's circular economy policy framework. The business trades in some contexts under the name Textile Recycling International at the same Bilston address.

Name

JMP Wilcox

Legal name

JMP Wilcox & Company Ltd

Website

https://jmpwilcox.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1895

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JMP Wilcox is the UK's largest licensed textile reclaimer and processor, operating a 105,000 sq ft purpose-built facility in Bilston. The four-generation family business processes 900+ tonnes of clothing weekly from 3,500+ UK collection points, serving 400+ charities and exporting 90% of graded output to 30+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bilston

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

JMP Wilcox collects used clothing, shoes, bags, and belts from over 3,500 UK collection points and 400+ charity partners, then sorts and grades the material at a 105,000 sq ft fully-computerised facility in Bilston. Output is sold as graded product lines tailored to destination markets (Ladies and Teens Mix, Men's Mix, Kids Mix, Creme Products, West African AB/Heavy/Household/Surplus, East African, and Second Hand Shoes and Handbags) to wholesale buyers in 30+ countries, with non-reusable items converted into industrial wiping cloths and flock rags.

Product overview

JMP Wilcox operates as a single unified textile recycling service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering is textile collection and processing services, supported by textile banks and bulk collection solutions for local authorities and charities. The product portfolio includes graded clothing mixes (Ladies and Teens Mix, Men's Mix, Kids Mix) distributed globally, with specialized product lines for West African markets (Creme Products, AB Mixed, Heavy, Household Stock, Surplus Stock, Shoes and Handbags) and East African markets. Additionally, items unsuitable for reuse are converted into industrial by-products including wiping cloths, flock rags, and mixed felt materials. All products are sourced from UK collections and processed at the company's four-acre Bilston facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Textile Bank Collection Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 7 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions reduced per 1 tonne of garments reused instead of landfilled
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Textiles 2030 (WRAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJMP Wilcox is a Partner of Textiles 2030, WRAP's ground-breaking expert-led initiative launched in April 2021. The partnership involves reporting collection volumes and resources employed in collection to further Textiles 2030 ambitions of improving sustainability of clothing across its lifecycle. Textiles 2030 builds on the Sustainable Action Plan (SCAP 2020) and aims to engage the majority of UK fashion and textiles organisations in collaborative climate action.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• I:CO (I:Collect): Part of the Soex Group, I:CO is one of the world's largest textile-recycling operators, running collection programmes with retailers and brands and feeding graded material into reuse and recycling streams; highly comparable in business model and downstream export activity.
• Texaid: Swiss-headquartered textile recycler operating large-scale sorting and reuse across Europe with collection networks and international export channels; directly comparable to JMP Wilcox as a vertically integrated second-hand textile processor.
• Whitehouse Recovery: UK-based textile recycler and exporter operating collection, sorting, and grading for the second-hand clothing market; a direct UK competitor serving similar charity and local-authority customers.
• Bank & Vogue Group: Canadian-based global trader and recycler of second-hand clothing with sorting facilities and distribution to Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America; directly comparable as a competing wholesale exporter of graded used apparel.
• Synergy Recycling: UK textile recycler with a comparable B2B model focused on collection from local authorities and charities and downstream sale of graded clothing; operates at smaller scale than JMP Wilcox but in the same niche.

Emerging players

• Helpsy: US-headquartered textile-recycling collector and processor with charity and municipal partnerships, focused on reuse and recycling streams; comparable business model but a different geographic footprint.
• Salvation Army Trading Company: UK charity-affiliated collector and grader of donated textiles with its own sorting facility; overlaps with JMP Wilcox on the collection and grading side though its primary mission is retail rather than wholesale export.
• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based fibre-to-fibre textile recycler developing chemical processes to turn old clothing into new polyester and cotton feedstock; not a direct competitor today but a future adjacent player as the industry moves toward closed-loop recycling.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia UK: Large waste-management incumbent in the UK operating Materials Recovery Facilities and recycling services for local authorities; broader portfolio than JMP Wilcox but a credible competitor for local-authority textile contracts as textile EPR expands.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: Major UK waste-management group providing recycling services to local authorities, including at HWRCs and MRFs; overlaps with JMP Wilcox in municipal textile collection and represents a large strategic competitor in any future EPR-funded contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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