List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	41	1873–1973	9
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	16	1880–1963	6
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	8	1990–1998	3
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	7	1875–1880	2
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	6	1923	1
James Barwell	1870–1898		Birmingham	5	1894	1
Samuel I Smith	1662–1709	York	York	3	1663–1685	3
Henry Penn	1703–1729		Peterborough	3	1727	1
Henry II Oldfield	1590–1620	Nottingham	Nottingham	3	1601–1608	2
R B (of York)	1593	York	York	2	1593	1
Samuel II Smith	1693–1731	York	York	1	1726	1
Abraham Smith	1637–1670	York	York	1	1640	1
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	1	1727	1
John IV Pennington	1790–1819	Pennington	Stoke Climsland	1	1814	1
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1848	1
Johannes de Stafford	1338–1371	Leicester	Leicester	1	1380	1
Godfrey Heathcote	1582–1620	Chesterfield	Chesterfield	1	1602	1
Eijsbouts	from 1947	Non UK	Asten (The Netherlands)	1	2022	1
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1997	1
(unidentified)				1	1598	1
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	1	1843	1
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1779	1
James III Harrison	1785–1833		Barrow and Barton	1	1825	1
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1864	1
Total				108	1380–2022	18