Richard Haworth at The Lowry Hotel

Richard Haworth became a member of the BCI - a not for profit organisation that works to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector’s future - in 2019. And in just three years we have acquired more than a million units of Better Cotton - the equivalent of over a million kilograms of cotton.

Richard Haworth can be seen as an example of the classic Victorian entrepreneur who rose from virtual poverty to wealth and recognition by industry and application of the Samuel Smiles self help tenets.

Since he was fourteen he had been a small trader in fents and other cloths and by 1852, aged 32, he had accumulated £5,000 in his own account and, in partnership with A Frederick Copley Hulton and a James Craven, began trading as yarn and cloth commission agents with the title Richard Haworth & Co in Cannon Street Manchester.

At Richard Haworth, we believe that quality and consistency are key in meeting the needs of customers with very particular tastes. That is why our products can be found in establishments ranging from luxury hotels, small country cottages and even the Royal Household.