Textile Care Supplies Ltd

What Textile Care Supplies Ltd does

Textile Care Supplies Limited (TCS) is a UK-based B2B e-commerce distributor of professional textile care supplies, established on 21 September 1999 and headquartered at Unit 9, BUKO Business Centre, Glenrothes, Scotland under company number SC200043. The company serves more than 2,000 UK businesses across four primary verticals: professional laundries, dry cleaners, hotels and hospitality, and bridal care services. Its product portfolio comprises 323 SKUs organized into seven categories — chemicals and cleaning (147 products), packaging and polythene (42), hangers and rails (42), pressing and finishing (28), labelling and stationery (34), niche/specialist services (34), and sundries and operations (39) — with unit prices ranging from approximately £1.94 to £187.50 ex VAT.

The business is built around a B2B trade account model. Customers register for trade accounts with approval within 24 hours and receive wholesale pricing and bulk/pallet discounts; a 10% first-order incentive is offered to new trade signups. Orders are placed through textile-care.co.uk, with next-day delivery on orders placed before 2pm, free shipping on orders over £125, a £10 flat delivery fee for smaller orders, and a click-and-collect option from the Glenrothes warehouse. Revenue is generated through one-time product sales across industrial detergents, stain removal chemicals, dry cleaning solvents, finishing agents, packaging, hangers, pressing accessories, labelling, and a specialized line of wedding dress preservation boxes. The company employs 25 staff led by Managing Director Douglas Yates (since November 2016), Finance Director Julie Yates, and General Manager Sally Bousie (since 2018).

The proprietary technology layer is minimal. The platform supports live stock visibility, CSV bulk ordering, saved order history for one-click reordering, and a Safety Data Sheet repository of 114 chemical documents for customer compliance. Distribution is domestic UK only. The business is privately held by the Yates family with no disclosed institutional investors, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no patents, and no external funding rounds. There are no international operations, no certifications beyond standard commercial-grade product approvals, and no recorded M&A activity.

Name

Textile Care Supplies Ltd

Legal name

Textile Care Supplies Limited

Website

https://textile-care.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Textile Care Supplies Limited is a UK-based B2B e-commerce distributor of professional textile care products, serving over 2,000 dry cleaners, laundries, hotels, and bridal care businesses across the UK with 323 SKUs across seven categories and a trade account pricing model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Cleaning Supplies

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Laundry & Textile Care Chemicals & Supplies Distribution (CRAOAGAI)

Keywords

• Commercial laundry supplies
• Dry cleaning chemicals
• Textile care products
• Professional cleaning supplies
• Industrial detergent distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Glenrothes

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales - Chemicals & Cleaning: Revenue from selling laundry detergents, stain removal products, dry cleaning solvents, fabric softeners, and specialty chemicals. Products sold in various sizes from 1L to 25kg, priced per unit with trade pricing for account holders.
2. Product Sales - Sundries & Equipment: Revenue from ancillary products including hangers, packaging materials, labelling supplies, pressing accessories, and janitorial items. One-time purchase model with bulk discounts available.
3. Product Sales - Niche Services: Specialized wedding and bridal products including preservation boxes, dress boxes, and presentation materials for elite bridal care services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Textile Care Supplies distributes 323 professional textile care products across seven categories—including laundry detergents, stain removal chemicals, dry cleaning solvents, finishing agents, packaging, hangers, pressing accessories, labelling supplies, and niche bridal products—via a B2B e-commerce platform with trade accounts serving UK laundries, dry cleaners, hotels, and bridal care specialists. The business combines a next-day delivery network, bulk and pallet discounts, and a Safety Data Sheets repository to support commercial textile care operations.

Product overview

Textile Care Supplies Ltd operates a B2B e-commerce platform offering 323 professional textile care products across seven main categories. The product portfolio centers on laundry detergents (TCS SoPure Bio/Non-Bio, Caretex Pro Q Powder, Arion Pro Powder), stain removal chemicals (Hypochlorite Bleach, Oldopal Quick, Detaprofi Tanex), and finishing agents (Pro-Fit Body). Supporting product lines include packaging and polythene supplies (Bi-White Polyroll, polybags), garment hangers (plastic and wire hangers), pressing and finishing accessories (Canton Felt), labelling and stationery (BB140 Service Wash Books, strung tags), and niche specialist products (wedding dress boxes). The company serves UK laundries and dry cleaners with commercial-grade products distributed via trade accounts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TCS SoPure Bio Refill Sack

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% reduction in chemical costs reported by Prestige Laundry Services through expert product guidance
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Sealed Air: Sealed Air (formerly Cryovac) is a major supplier of garment bags, polyrolls and packaging films to dry cleaners and laundries — a product-line peer for Textile Care Supplies' Packaging & Polythene category.

Broad incumbents

• Diversey: Diversey (now part of Solenis) is a global supplier of hygiene, cleaning and laundry chemicals for commercial and institutional customers, competing with Textile Care Supplies in laundry detergents, fabric softeners and finishing agents at much larger scale.
• Ecolab: Ecolab is a global incumbent in commercial cleaning, sanitisation and laundry chemicals, serving hospitality, healthcare and industrial laundries — a much larger competitor operating in the same chemical categories but with broader geographic and vertical reach.
• Bunzl: Bunzl is a UK and global distribution group supplying cleaning, hygiene and hospitality consumables — a much broader incumbent that distributes overlapping categories including laundry, packaging and janitorial products.

Direct peers

• Robert Scott & Sons: Robert Scott is a UK distributor of cleaning products, equipment and sundries to janitorial, hospitality and contract cleaning sectors — directly comparable distribution-led B2B model and customer overlap with hospitality and contract cleaners.
• Prochem: Prochem is a UK manufacturer and supplier of professional cleaning and laundry chemicals, supplying carpet cleaners, laundries and contract cleaners — overlapping directly in professional-grade detergents, stain removers and spotting agents.
• Cleaning Express (CLEAN): Cleaning Express is a UK online distributor of commercial cleaning, janitorial and laundry products serving contract cleaners, hotels and facilities management — closely comparable e-commerce B2B distribution model and product categories.
• Jangro: Jangro is a UK-based distributor of janitorial, cleaning and laundry chemicals to commercial customers via a depot and e-commerce network — a direct comparison in distribution model, customer base (commercial cleaners/laundries) and product mix.
• Christeyns UK: Christeyns (including its UK laundry division, formerly Cole & Wilson) is a leading European manufacturer and supplier of laundry detergents, chemicals and dosing systems to commercial laundries — directly overlapping with Textile Care Supplies' chemical and detergent offering to the same trade customer.

Regional players

• Hainsworth: Abraham Moon & Hainsworth-type UK textile suppliers serve adjacent trade customers (commercial laundry, pressing rooms, hospitality) with specialist fabrics and finishing textiles, representing an adjacent supplier in the same UK textile-care ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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