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Company description
JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 1 March 1933; registered for 93 years. Its primary declared activity is 13950 · Manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 30 trade marks, 1 waste registration, 1 other public-register record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED
- Company number
- 00273492
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 0 outstanding · 2 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
2 March 2025Next accounts due
30 November 2026Last statement made up to
18 December 2025Next statement due
1 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.5%
- Mean bonus gap
- 87.3%
- Women receiving bonus
- 72.9%
- Men receiving bonus
- 66.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 21.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 22.1%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 34.9%
- Women in lower quartile
- 37.7%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49994.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99910.7% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9999.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99923.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99910.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99910.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99911.5% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 September 2025 – 28 February 2026
- Filed
- 31 March 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 150 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-2
- Financial period started
- 1 March 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £8,422,523
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £9,284,987
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £43,135,557
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £9,860,273
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 37.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 150 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Raw material purchases standard terms are 90 days from month of invoice.Excluding raw material purchases, the company's normal standard terms of purchase are 60 days from month of invoice.
- Dispute resolution process
No formal dispute resolution process. However, any complaints from suppliers are passed to the Company Secretary for resolution.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 66.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 70.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 75.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 73.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 73.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 69.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 70.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
- 75.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 75.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 73.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 81.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
JOHN COTTON GROUP LIMITED
LEI 213800KG7EE1A1TJPH21 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 1 March 1993
- Initial LEI registration
- 21 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 29 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 21 February 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- NO 1 PARK ROW, LEEDS, GB-LDS, LS1 5AB, GB
- Headquarters address
- NUNBROOK MILLS, MIRFIELD, WF14 0EH, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
John Cotton Group Limited
9 December 2020 · Manufacturing
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
John Cotton Group Limited
Registration ZA279890
- Registered from
- 18 September 2017
- Current end date
- 17 September 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
MONOBLOC
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,22,24
- Filed / designated
- 4 August 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 August 2027
AirBlend Technology
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2027
CloudFill Intelligent Fill System
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2027
CLOUDFILL
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 June 2027
AIRBLEND
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 June 2027
CLIMAFILL
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 7 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 June 2027
INTELLIGENT WARMTH
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 11,20,24
- Filed / designated
- 10 April 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 April 2027
THERMOFILL
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,22,24
- Filed / designated
- 28 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2027
DOWNSOFT
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 11,20,24
- Filed / designated
- 24 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 February 2027
Snuggledown
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 11,20,24
- Filed / designated
- 27 January 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 January 2027
PRO FIBRE COOL
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 27 January 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 January 2027
Profibre
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2026
SILKY BY SLUMBERDOWN
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 27 October 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 October 2025
SLUMBERDOWN SILKY
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 27 October 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 October 2025
SOFT & SILKY BY SLUMBERDOWN
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 27 October 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 October 2025
SLUMBERDOWN SOFT & SILKY
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 27 October 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 October 2025
WICKOFIL
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,22,24
- Filed / designated
- 8 October 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 October 2025
SLUMBERDOWN
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 11,20,24
- Filed / designated
- 22 September 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 September 2025
SLUMBERDOWN SLEEP HAPPY
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 11,20,24
- Filed / designated
- 22 September 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 September 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner John Cotton Group Limited · classes 20,24
- Filed / designated
- 12 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 March 2025
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Mark Adrian Cotton
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-01-10T00:00:00Z
Mr John Dawson CottonSee 2 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 50% to 75% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Appointment Verification Statement Date: 2025-12-19T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Statement Due On: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.