List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	39	1876–1956	14
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	23	1893–1946	6
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	22	1923–1957	6
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	20	1975–2009	9
W & J Taylor	1821–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	16	1822–1842	5
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	12	1813–1840	6
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	11	1990–2002	3
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	9	1770–1778	4
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	9	1752–1768	6
Richard Keene	1654–1703		Woodstock, Royston	8	1668–1692	3
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	8	1790–1894	5
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	8	1800–1814	3
Ellis I Knight	1623–1658	Reading	Reading	7	1623–1640	3
Chapman & Mears	1781–1784	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	7	1782	1
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	5	1983–1987	2
William & Thomas Mears	1787–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1789	1
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1846–1854	3
Abraham I Rudhall	1679–1718	Rudhall	Gloucester	4	1712–1717	1
Henry I Knight	1587–1622	Reading	Reading	4	1620–1621	2
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	4	1718–1719	2
Westley Group	from 2017		Newcastle under Lyme	3	2019	1
Joseph Carter	1578–1609	Whitechapel	Reading(-06),Whitechapel(06-)	3	1581–1608	3
James Barwell & Co	1889–1920		Birmingham	3	1910–1913	1
James Bartlet	1675–1700	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	3	1683	1
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	2	1815–1826	2
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	2	1742–1747	2
Hayward Mills Associates	2000–2009		Nottingham	2	2006	1
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	2	1906	1
Unidentified (inscribed)				1	1595	1
Wokingham foundry	1380–1499			1	1420	1
William Wakefield	1618–1632	Reading	Reading, Chichester	1	1618	1
Robert Taylor & Sons	1821–1829	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	1	1827	1
Edward and William Hall	1752		Drayton Parslow	1	1752	1
Edward Hall	1726–1754		Drayton Parslow	1	1735	1
Richard I Chandler	1635–1638		Drayton Parslow	1	1636	1
Anthony Chandler	1650–1679		Drayton Parslow	1	1661	1
Robert Atton	1605–1633		Buckingham	1	1626	1
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1745	1
Robert Stainbank	1861–1883	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1867	1
Total				257	1420–2019	32