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Bringing together AWARD WINNING British Design, quality manufacturing and a specialist sales team. Providing you with outstanding products, great value and first rate service.
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Why Why Charles Charles Bentley? Bentley Over the years we have designed hundreds of bespoke products. From chimney sweep to garden furniture our Experts in the manufacturer & fulfiment of Home, Garden & Leisure items including Brushware, Cleaning, Garden designers have years of experience in products and packaging to help develop as the business has evolved over Furniture, Outdoor Living & Leisure products their generation.
Charles Bentley are global manufacturers & suppliers of Home, Garden & Leisure products with an extensive portfolio, from premium designer ranges to everyday essential products. Established in 1860, Charles Bentley & Son Ltd, is a 6th generation family company. From humble beginnings the company has grown to become a global enterprise, supplying thousands of different Homeware & Garden products to many of the top retailers around the world. Charles Bentley & Son Ltd’s success is largely attributed to two key factors; knowledge and innovation. As a long standing business our heritage brings a wealth of knowledge passed from generation to generation. Innovation drives the business forward, with continued investment in New Product Development. Charles Bentley & Son Ltd remains agile with an ability to adapt and improve product ranges in this fast paced market. We offer customers a service that is truly valuable and unique: a specialist buying team that communicate with our factories in China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Indonesia. This enables us to offer an extensive product portfolio, all at competitive prices.
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Our History - Key Events
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William retires & sells the business to his younger brother Charles for £250
Charles Bentley takes over the business as Managing Director
A Multi million pound office investment is made due to rapid expansion. Offices are made in China & America.
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Half a million is spent in investing state-ofthe-art brushware manufacturing increasing production rates by 1/3.
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William Bentley takes over the business of a local brush maker.
An equal partnership is set up amongst the Bentley family.
The decision is made to bring in new products to sell through online channels.
Received the award for “most outstanding exporter” of the year.
Purchased new 202,000 ft² warehouse to help improve product variety and stock levels.
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Our Services Here at Charles Bentley, we have designed our services to assist companies in growing their categories beyond their own limits. Buyers can extend ranges, fill gaps and test new lines. All of our items are mail order ready, drop tested and conform to relevant British and European standards. With so much experience behind us in many different categories our expertise can help to give you the edge needed over competitors.
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Drop-Ship
Here at Charles Bentley, we have designed our dropship service to assist buyers in growing their online categories. Buyers can extend ranges, fill gaps and test new lines without the cost and risk of buying stock in. All of our items are mail order ready, drop tested and conform to relevant British and European standards. Our technical and account management experts will help you with the initial set-up, on boarding process and online trading management, ensuring a stress free experience. So why not come on board today and let us help grow your category, with our Charles Bentley drop ship service. 10+ years of online retail & direct shipping to the end user Experts in global sourcing, new product development & range building 2000+ tried and tested products with rich media & descriptions readily available Excellent gross profit margins Dedicated customer service team available to assist partners with customer queries
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Stocked In
We are global suppliers with an extensive portfolio, from premium designer ranges to everyday value products. We supply thousands of different products to many of the top retailers around the world. As well as supplying own brand products we also have the ability to supply white label goods. With over 350,000 sq ft of warehouses we can design, manufacture, stock and fulfil your product range requirements. As a UK manufacturer of wooden brushware we can respond to customer demand and sales spikes with ease.
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With a manufacturing network cover over 150 suppliers, we can export directly to your distribution centre a diverse product mix. Please Note: A 30% deposit is required for all orders, a balance T/T payment on the presentation of documents.
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Small Domestic Appliances Food Processor PRO01 Colour: Material: Meas: Capacity: Accessories:
Black & Silver Stainless Steel H 20 - L 21 - W 21 (cm) 1.8L 2L Chopping Bowl 1.8L Blending Jar Chopping Blade with Cover 1 x Milling Cup 1 x Dough Blade 1 x Double Balloon Beater 5 x Blades
Power Juicer JUICER01 Colour: Material: Meas:
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Black & Silver Stainless Steel H 38.5 - L 31.5 - W 20 (cm)
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3kw 1.5L Black Diamond Stainless Steel Leaf RakeKettle KED03 Colour: Material: Meas: Capacity:
Diamond Steel BlackLeaf Kettle And Toaster Set Stainless Rake
Blue LED Illuminated Glass Kettle Stainless Steel Leaf Rake
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2 Slice Black Diamond Toaster Stainless Steel Leaf Rake TOD01 Colour: Material: Meas:
Black Stainless Steel & Glass H 27.5 - L 23 - W 16.5 (cm)
3kw Pyramid Stainless SteelKettle Leaf Rake KEPY01
KEDO02 KEDO02GRY Colour: Material: Meas: Capacity:
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Black Stainless Steel & Plastic H 28.5 - L 18.6 - W 16.5 (cm)
3kw DomeSteel Kettle Stainless Leaf Rake
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Black Stainless Steel & Plastic H 23.5 - L 24.6 - W 14.7 (cm) 1.5L
Cream / Grey Stainless Steel & Plastic H 29 - L 22 - W 20.5 (cm) 1.7L
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Cream & Grey Stainless Steel & Plastic H 32 - L 27.5 - W 37 (cm) 1.7L
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4 Slice Toaster
Espresso & Cappuccino Maker
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COFES01 Cream & Grey Stainless Steel & Plastic H 23 - L 27.5 - W 18.5 (cm)
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Red Stainless Steel H 31.5 - L 19.5 - W 29 (cm) 1.2L
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Our Brand As a brand we have products available in almost all sectors of buying. We pride ourselves on our wide product selection and believe that all our category’s have something to offer. With over 2,000 products and growing each category has the ability to create large and quick turn overs suitable to all seller sizes. With our drop-ship service you can use our product catalogues to choose the right products for you and with our distinct categories this is made even easier.
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SPORT & LEISURE
Charles Bentley have gathered some of the finest garden essentials to cater to everyone; whether that’s the budding gardener, the entertainer or the one who has green fingers, we have something for you.
With everything from conservatory furniture and sideboards to bedside cabinets and dressing tables, you can find what you need. Why not introduce a little power into your range with our Charles Bentley kitchen electrical appliance range.
Within this range we cover as many interests as possible. Whether it’s keeping fit, winter sports or even equestrian, Charles Bentley has something to offer. Our brand new fitness range has all the latest tech perfect for boosting range potentials.
TOYS & GAMES We’re aware how often toys and games go in and out of fashion so our range is always changing. We are always on the look out for the next big thing providing new and exciting products year on year.
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D.I.Y Some ranges just require the essentials and we have just that. Over the years our range has grown providing the necessities to all jobs around the home or even on site. From ladders to cement mixers, our range offers a wide variety of products.
PETS At Charles Bentley we know how much customers love to treat their pets. From comfy pet beds to outdoor hutches this range has something to offer any pet type. Being one of our newest ranges
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Associations
FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) FSC runs a global forest certification system with two key components: Forest Management and Chain of Custody certification. This system allows consumers to identify, purchase and use wood, paper and other forest products produced from wellmanaged forests and/or recycled materials.
SEDEX (Supplier Ethical Data Exchange) Charles Bentley & Son Ltd is a member of Sedex (www.sedexglobal.com) . Sedex is home to one of the world’s largest collaborative platform for buyers, suppliers and auditors to store, share and report on information quickly and easily. The platform is used by more than 38,000 members in over 150 countries to manage performance around labour rights, health & safety, the environment and business ethics. Sedex is not a standard setting body and doesn’t approve or certify our policies and standards. Instead, being a member of Sedex is a sign of Charles Bentley’s willingness to share information and to use this information to help manage and improve ethical standard within the supply chain.
BSI (British Standard Association) Accreditation means that we have been assessed against internationally recognized standards and operate to the highest levels of quality and service - providing further assurance to you that the certificates we issue are both credible and impartial. This accreditation reduces the risk to you and your customers and gives you complete confidence that we have been independently evaluated for our competence and performance capability.
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Our social and environmental policy is committed to the local community as we understand that local issues have a global impact. Therefore we work closely with local and global environmental and organisations to promote good ethical and environmental practice.
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We are committed to working with international and global standards relating to the purchase of timber. These include with both the FSC (forest stewardship council) which is backed by the WWF which has full backing of the United Nations Forestry forum and the International Accreditation Forum to establish good ethical and environmental forest management.
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We are committed to reducing our emission from our fleet of vehicles. We only use low sulphur fuels. All the fleet are maintained to a high standard. Wherever possible we ensure that imported containers are sent by rail to minimise emissions.
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The mark of responsible forestry
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We are committed to the reduction of greenhouse gasses and have changed our power to a green power supplier. We are actively reducing our energy consumption in house.
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We are committed to the minimisation of packaging and work with clients and suppliers to achieve this.
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We are committed to improving waste management systems within the company and recycle 100% of cardboard and supply this direct to paper mills in the UK. All plastic wherever possible is recycled by our injection moulders.
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We are committed to working with the local community and actively work with the country and borough councils as well as environmental groups who are working with a LA 21 policy. We chair the working group for waste reduction and recycling with Charnwood Borough Council.
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We are committed and part of the local Environmental Business Network and Business forum so we can pass on good environmental practices to smaller local companies.
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We are committed to being a good environmental neighbour and have long term ambitions of becoming a ZERO waste business.
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For pricing and any additional information on our range of products and services please contact:
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Head Office
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Charles Bentley & Son Ltd. Central House Monarch Way Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 5TP England, UK
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Catalogues More catalogues available at -
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