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Company profile

UK Fashion and Textile Association Ltd

UK company 01599377, incorporated on 23 November 1981.

UKFT: The biggest network for UK fashion and textile businesses

UKFT brings together designers, manufacturers, suppliers and retailers to promote their businesses and the UK fashion and textile industry, in the UK and around the world

Company number
01599377
Incorporated
23 Nov 1981
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
23 November 1981

Company number 01599377

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Legal name
UK FASHION AND TEXTILE ASSOCIATION LTD
Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Region
London
Registered address
3 QUEEN SQUARE
LONDON
WC1N 3AR
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 07 Jul 2026 09:49

UK Fashion and Textile Association Ltd
No active corporate controller recorded.

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
30 Sep
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

18 Apr
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

04 Apr
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

23 Nov
1981

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

4 awards
First funded
2021
Funded years
2021, 2023
Age at first award
39 years

Projects

2023 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Autosort for Circular Textiles - ACT UK

1 Jul 2023 to 31 Mar 2025

Awarded
£581,145
Total cost £830,205

This is a pivotal time for UK fashion and textiles. It is essential that the sector strengthens its sustainable competitiveness, needing a fundamental change driven by industrial research and development. With the need to improve the impact of the sector on people and planet, the UK is competing on an international stage. But the prize for those who get t...

2023 Collaborative R&D

Circular Fashion - Innovation Network

1 Jun 2023 to 31 May 2025

Awarded
£781,043
Total cost £781,043
2023 Collaborative R&D

Circular Fashion - Innovation Network

1 Jun 2023 to 31 May 2025

Awarded
£741,043
Total cost £741,043
2023 Collaborative R&D

Creating an EPR Data Sandbox to drive circularity in UK fashion

1 May 2023 to 30 Apr 2024

Awarded
£3,361
Total cost £4,801

Our project will assess the feasibility of a fair and balanced industry-led extended producer responsibility (EPR) system that can drive the transition to circular economy in the UK fashion system. This requires a radical and innovative approach to market data collation, appropriate incentivisation to switch to circular options and appropriate disincentiv...

2021 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

UK Fashion & Textiles: Data-driven platform, enabling manufacturing supply chain real-time decision-making, effective track & trace & sustainability

1 Apr 2021 to 31 Dec 2021

Awarded
£126,786
Total cost £191,658

The UK fashion and textile industry contributes \>£32bn pa to the UK economy, yet it is an industry facing significant challenges. Consumer demands on the industry -- from fast fashion at competitive prices to manufacturing of luxury, high quality products, there is a need to ensure sustainability and ethical practices as well as address the needs of mult...

Product types

Collaborative R&D