Paint Box Textiles

What Paint Box Textiles does

Paint Box Textiles is a textile dyeing and processing company operating under the legal entity Spen Valley Dyers Ltd, headquartered in Liversedge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Founded in 1996 and operating with approximately 6 employees, the firm provides yarn dyeing, garment dyeing, and a broader range of ancillary textile processes, and is registered as a GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) Certified Processor for organic textile work. Service delivery runs from a single West Yorkshire facility, and the company serves two clearly identified segments: textile manufacturers requiring professional yarn and garment dyeing services (primary), and organic/sustainable textile brands requiring GOTS-compliant processing (secondary).

The business is structured around three operating hubs: a Dyeing Hub for core yarn and garment dyeing, a Craft Hub extending into direct craft-yarn sales (with a consumer-facing storefront at paintboxtextiles.com/craft-hub/craft-yarns-direct/), and an Organic Hub commercializing GOTS-certified organic processing. An associate company, Deck Hand Knitwear (deck-hand.co.uk), produces hand-framed knitwear and functions as a vertically integrated extension of the dyeing service. The revenue model is service-based contract processing; pricing is not publicly disclosed and there is no published customer list, no SaaS/API surface, no mobile application, and no social-media presence beyond the corporate website.

The operating footprint is local to West Yorkshire; no international service markets, no institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no acquisitions are disclosed. Marketing channels are limited to website content under the paintboxtextiles.com domain, and corporate contact routes through [email protected] and a single UK phone line. The entity is privately held with no public ticker, and ownership details beyond registration (Reg. No. 16384718, England & Wales) are not in the source material.

Name

Paint Box Textiles

Legal name

Spen Valley Dyers Ltd

Website

https://paintboxtextiles.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Paint Box Textiles (trading as Spen Valley Dyers Ltd) is a West Yorkshire textile dyer providing yarn dyeing, garment dyeing, and ancillary textile processes, including GOTS-certified organic processing, to textile manufacturers and sustainable apparel brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Dyeing & Processing Services

NAICS

Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills (313310), Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills (3133)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200), Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Dyeing Operations (Piece/Yarn/Fiber/Garment) (IMAOACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Finishing & Dyeing Contract Services (Job Work/Toll Processing) (IMAOACAL)

Keywords

• Yarn dyeing services
• Garment dyeing
• Textile processing
• GOTS certified processing
• Organic textile dyeing

Headquarters

HQ city

West Yorkshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Textile Dyeing Services: Core dyeing services for yarn and garments

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Paint Box Textiles is a textile dyeing and processing service provider that dyes yarn and finished garments and operates a wide range of ancillary textile processes. It is a GOTS Certified Processor, handling organically sourced textiles to the Global Organic Textile Standard. The company also extends into hand-framed knitwear production through associate company Deck Hand Knitwear.

Product overview

Paint Box Textiles is a textile dyeing and processing company operating under Spen Valley Dyers Ltd, located in West Yorkshire. The company offers yarn dyeing, garment dyeing, and ancillary textile processes through its Dyeing Hub. The portfolio includes a Craft Hub for craft-quality yarns, an Organic Hub for GOTS-certified organic processing, and an associate brand, Deck Hand Knitwear, specializing in hand framed knitwear. The offering functions as a unified service platform with multiple specialty processing divisions rather than discrete software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dyeing Services Yarn and garment dyeing services along with ancillary textile processes, operated by Paint Box Textiles as a GOTS Certified Processor. Targeted at textile manufacturers and brands that need professional batch dyeing and additional textile processing handled in one facility.
• Craft Hub Direct-to-customer craft yarn offerings provided through the Craft Hub section of the Paint Box Textiles website, supplying craft-quality textile products.
• Organic Hub GOTS certified organic textile processing services for organically sourced materials, enabling compliance with the Global Organic Textile Standard for brand customers.
• Deck Hand Knitwear Hand framed knitwear production offered through Paint Box Textiles' associate company Deck Hand Knitwear, extending the group's offering into finished knitwear garments.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Deck Hand KnitwearcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociate company Deck Hand Knitwear specializes in producing Hand Framed Knitwear. This partnership provides vertical integration and expanded service offerings beyond core dyeing services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Whaleys (Bradford) Ltd: Long-established West Yorkshire commission textile dyer and finisher offering yarn, piece, and garment dyeing/finishing services to apparel and home textile customers. Closest direct comparator to Paint Box given overlapping regional footprint, service scope, and B2B commission-processing model.
• Haworth Scouring Company: UK wool and textile scouring/processing company based in the same West Yorkshire textile cluster. Comparable as a regional commission textile processor serving yarn and fabric manufacturers with similar scale and customer overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Dawson International Holdings: UK-based cashmere manufacturer with in-house dyeing and finishing operations and brand owners (e.g. Dawson, Barrie). Comparable to Paint Box on textile dyeing and finishing capability, but operates at much larger scale and with vertically integrated brand ownership.
• Camira Fabrics: Large UK manufacturer of woven and knitted fabrics for commercial, transport and residential markets, with in-house finishing and dyeing. Comparable on textile processing/dyeing activity but operates at significantly larger scale and broader end-market exposure than Paint Box.
• Johnstons of Elgin: Scottish cashmere and fine-fibre manufacturer with integrated dyeing, finishing and knitting operations. Comparable on the dyeing and finishing of yarn/garments, though at much greater scale and with vertically integrated retail brands.

Others

• Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC): Industry body governing textile coloration standards, training and color management in the UK. Adjacent to Paint Box as a standards-setter and ecosystem participant relevant to its dyeing and color-management practices, rather than a competitor.

Regional players

• Tintoria Piana US: Italian-origin commission textile finisher with US operations serving premium apparel brands with piece dyeing and finishing. Comparable as a commission dyer/finisher serving apparel customers, though geographically distinct and operating at larger scale than Paint Box.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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