List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	56	1869–1962	10
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	31	1822–1834	6
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	27	1971–2017	8
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	23	1911–1939	4
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	21	1844–1852	3
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	21	1890–1960	5
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	16	1879–1902	3
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	9	1978	1
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	9	1727–1729	1
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1767	1
Thomas Mears & Son	1794–1810	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	7	1806	1
Thomas Janaway	1762–1788		Chelsea	6	1772–1773	2
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1778	1
William Mears	1777–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1779	1
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1726	1
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	2	2001	1
John Hodson	1653–1693	London	London	2	1661	1
William Whitmore (of Worcs, Watford)	1624–1657		Worcs, Watford	1	1654	1
Abel Rudhall	1736–1760	Rudhall	Gloucester	1	1759	1
William I Eldridge	1660–1716	Wokingham	Wokingham, Chertsey	1	1683	1
Thomas Bullisdon	1495–1515	London	London	1	1499	1
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1750	1
Samuel Knight	1681–1739	Reading	Reading, London	1	1739	1
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	1	1739	1
Total				261	1499–2017	26