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Charles Tyrwhitt ECONOMIC

ECONOMIC AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
Economic Score 2.50 /10 D Charles Tyrwhitt - BDS-1000 306
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Supply Chain & Sourcing Relationships

Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited is identified in the UK Modern Slavery Statement Registry as operating in fashion, textiles, apparel and luxury goods, with turnover reported within the £100m–£500m band.1

The registry’s 2025 entry covers 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024, was approved on 1 September 2024, identifies Luke Kingsnorth as CEO signatory, and links to the FY2023/24 Modern Slavery and Ethical Trading Statement uploaded on 10 December 2024.1, 2

Charles Tyrwhitt’s subsequently available FY2025 supply-chain statement states that the business operates through retail, e-commerce and wholesale; averaged 1,145 direct employees; operated 55 physical stores across the UK, United States and France; and worked with 42 third-party partners across 23 countries.3

The FY2025 statement reports 28 Tier 1 suppliers producing through 50 factories in 12 countries, describes the supply chain as spanning Europe, Asia and Africa, and states that suppliers must disclose component sourcing.3 It further states that Charles Tyrwhitt works directly and indirectly with goods and material manufacturers, packaging and labelling suppliers, non-resale-goods suppliers, and logistics and energy service providers.3

Neither the accessible registry summary nor the reviewed FY2023/24 and FY2025 materials names Israel, an Israeli settlement, an Israeli supplier, factory, logistics provider, material origin, or sourcing-country entry identifying Israel.1, 3, 2 no public evidence identified of Israeli or settlement supplier, factory, material, or logistics relationships in those disclosures.1, 3, 2

Charles Tyrwhitt’s current product-responsibility materials state that its teams visit garment suppliers and audit factories, and that it intends to extend auditing to fabric, yarn and component suppliers; they do not name individual Israeli suppliers or Israeli settlements.4

No public evidence identified of direct sourcing from Israeli agricultural exporters, an Israeli importer-of-record structure for procurement, seasonal Israeli procurement, or third-party Israeli product sourcing.1, 3 The underlying statements’ aggregate disclosure does not rule out indirect sourcing.3

Product Origin, Labeling & Regulatory Compliance

Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited’s registered SIC classification is 47710, “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores.”5

The supplied evidence does not document product labels identifying Israel as a country of origin, Israel-specific regulatory registrations, customs records, product-certification records, country-of-origin enforcement actions, or a public policy specifically addressing sourcing from occupied or contested territories.5, 6, 1, 3

The company’s modern-slavery registry classification places its activity in fashion, textiles, apparel and luxury goods.1

No public evidence identified of settlement-origin merchandise or products sourced from, sold in, or distributed to settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights.7, 3, 8

The supplied document-scoped pre-scan found no Charles Tyrwhitt mention in the specified OHCHR, UN Special Rapporteur, DBIO, PAX, Who Profits, HRW, Amnesty, Al-Haq, KLP, BDS and insurance-report materials; this is not evidence of database-wide absence.5

Investment, Capital & Financial Exposure

Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited filed 37-page full accounts for the year ended 2 August 2025 on 17 April 2026.9 The accessible Companies House record confirmed the reporting-date metadata, but the underlying accounts PDF was not retrievable in the reviewed research.5, 9

Accordingly, no verified account-note finding can be made regarding Israeli subsidiaries, franchise receivables, related-party dealings, investments, distributions, geographic revenue, or other Israel-linked financial exposure.9 No Israel-linked item is identified in the accessible filing-history metadata; this is not a substitute for review of the accounts themselves.9

Bectin Limited, an English private limited holding company, ceased to be a person with significant control of Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited on 11 June 2026.10, 11 Bectin’s prior PSC entry recorded ownership of 75% or more of shares and voting rights and a right to appoint or remove directors.11

The current PSC register records Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler and Belinda Christian Wheeler as each holding 75% or more of shares and voting rights from 11 June 2026, while Thomas Edward Purton is recorded in the same bands through control over trustees of a trust.11 These overlapping statutory control bands must not be added to infer separate economic percentages.11

Bectin’s filing history records capital and constitutional filings in November 2025 and group accounts made up to 2 August 2025, filed on 20 April 2026.12 The White Company Holding Co Limited also filed group accounts for that year on 17 April 2026, but the reviewed material does not establish ownership attribution between that group and Charles Tyrwhitt.13

No public evidence identified in the accessible filing indexes or reviewed corporate materials of an Israeli subsidiary, acquired Israeli operating company, Israeli investment, Israeli franchise receivable, Israeli factory, R&D centre, property holding, government contract, sovereign-bond activity, defence financing, settlement-company financing, or Israel-specific related-party transaction.5, 9, 10, 6, 14, 15, 12, 13

Operational Presence & Market Activity

Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited is an active English private limited company incorporated on 31 March 1994, with its registered office at Bronze - The Forge Bankside, Level 5, 105 Sumner Street, London SE1 9HZ.5 The company’s legal notice identifies the London SE1 9HZ office as its company seat.6

The company holds an active Australian Business Number from 1 July 2026 and has been GST-registered in Australia from that date.16 The Australian Business Register records the company’s main business location as its London SE1 9HZ address rather than an Australian address.16

In September 2023, the Jerusalem Post reported that Penguin Group, owned by Eliyahu Climer, exclusively sold Charles Tyrwhitt products in Israel under an exclusive franchise arrangement.17 The report described a first approximately 100-square-metre store at Grand Ofer Mall, Petah Tikva, a stated NIS 1.5 million investment, and an intention to expand by the end of 2025.17 A contemporaneous Ynet report likewise described Penguin Group as holding an exclusive Israeli franchise and reported a plan for up to 20 branches by the end of 2025.8

A 2025 Vesty/Ynet article expressly labelled sponsored content and supplied by Penguin Group represented that Penguin had the right to sell Charles Tyrwhitt clothing in Israel, identified outlets in Petah Tikva and at 3 Louis Brandeis Street in Jerusalem, and promoted purchasing through Penguin’s Israeli online shop.18 Because it was advertiser-supplied content, it is corroborative evidence of Penguin’s representation rather than independent proof of present contractual terms.18

The current Israel-facing charlestyrwhitt.co.il landing page states that the brand has arrived in Israel, lists Grand Mall Petah Tikva on the sixth floor at 72 Ze’ev Jabotinsky Street, and directs customers to penguinshop.co.il for online purchasing.7 At retrieval, the linked Penguin domain redirected to imramen.com, so the reviewed evidence did not verify an active transactional Penguin online shop.7

Charles Tyrwhitt’s current franchise page confirms that franchise, wholesale and licensing partnerships are part of its international-growth model, but does not name Penguin Group, Israel, outlet locations, contractual duration, renewal status, revenue, or supply terms.19, 20

The evidence therefore supports reported Israeli franchise/distribution activity and Israel-targeted marketing, including a current Petah Tikva location representation.17, 18, 7 It does not establish Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited itself as store operator, employer, importer of record, merchant of record, equity holder in Penguin Group, or operator of direct-to-consumer e-commerce fulfilment in Israel.17, 18, 7

No public evidence identified of the franchise’s commencement or expiry date, renewal status, executed contracting parties, franchise fees, royalty structure, wholesale prices, supply volumes, purchase commitments, current legal exclusivity, current outlet count, or Israel-attributable revenue.17, 18, 7, 19

No public evidence identified of a Charles Tyrwhitt/Penguin outlet or service location in a West Bank settlement, East Jerusalem settlement, or the Golan Heights.18, 7 The reviewed Jerusalem address is insufficiently specified to make a territorial classification.18

Corporate Structure & Foundational Ties

Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited previously operated under the names Reactivates Limited from 31 March to 13 June 1994 and Wheeler Higgins Limited from 13 June 1994 to 28 April 2015.5

Companies House lists Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler and Peter John Higgins as current directors, with Higgins also serving as company secretary.21 Both director appointments date from 8 June 1994.21

Charles Tyrwhitt’s legal notice identifies Luke Kingsnorth as CEO and Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler as founder.6 The company’s founder biography states that Wheeler founded the mail-order shirt business in 1986 from his University of Bristol room.22

Bectin Limited is an active English private limited company incorporated on 9 June 2015, with SIC 64209 for other holding-company activities and a registered office at Tythrop Park, Kingsey, Aylesbury, HP17 8LT.10

A separate active overseas company, Charles Tyrwhitt Holding Company Limited, is incorporated in the Isle of Man as a private company limited by shares and opened its first UK establishment on 11 November 2025.14 Its UK establishment is recorded at Tythrop House, Tythrop Park, Kingsey, Aylesbury HP17 8LT and is described as a holding company.23 The establishment’s register identifies Nicholas Wheeler and Peter Higgins as directors and Equiom (Isle of Man) Limited as secretary.14

The reviewed Companies House materials do not expressly identify Charles Tyrwhitt Holding Company Limited as the parent of Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited or establish an ownership percentage in the operating company.14, 23 Common naming, overlapping directors and related timing do not independently prove ownership.14, 23

Charles Tyrwhitt LLP is an active UK LLP incorporated on 28 October 2003 and shares the London registered-office address of the operating company; full accounts to 2 August 2025 were filed on 18 April 2026.15 The reviewed materials do not establish its function, ownership relationship, or Israeli activity.15

No public evidence identified that Charles Tyrwhitt was founded in Israel, is Israeli-domiciled or Israeli tax-resident, is controlled by Israeli capital, maintains an Israeli headquarters, or has acquired or controlled an Israeli operating subsidiary.5, 10, 6, 16, 14, 11

No public evidence identified of Israeli state ownership, a government-appointed board member, Israeli government contract, critical-infrastructure designation, Israeli PTE status, or another governance mechanism structurally linking Charles Tyrwhitt to the Israeli state.5, 9, 10, 6

Profit Repatriation & Economic Contribution

The supplied records establish an English operating entity, a London company seat, an Australian GST registration, and reported Israel-market franchise/distribution activity through Penguin-linked channels.5, 6, 16, 17, 18, 7 They do not establish the destination of dividends, profit repatriation, tax payments, beneficial owners’ distributions, franchise proceeds, or the allocation of Israeli retail revenue.9, 17, 18

The FY2025 Charles Tyrwhitt accounts remain the principal identified source for assessing distributions, related-party transactions, subsidiary relationships, receivables and other financial disclosures, but their substantive contents were not available in the reviewed research.9

No public evidence identified of Israeli tax payments, Israeli payroll, Israeli procurement expenditure, Israeli profit repatriation, Israeli dividend direction, Israeli workforce, Israeli real-estate holding, or other documented economic contribution in Israel.5, 9, 6, 16, 17, 18, 7

The reviewed materials do not establish that Charles Tyrwhitt is a significant Israeli-sector employer, infrastructure actor, direct investor, or direct online merchant in Israel.5, 9, 6, 17, 18, 7

Footnotes

  1. https://modern-slavery-statement-registry.service.gov.uk/statement-summary/EkD2dBmS/2025 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  2. https://downloads.modern-slavery-statement-registry.service.gov.uk/pdf-published/EkD2dBmS/2025/Charles-Tyrwhitt-Modern-Slavery-and-Ethical-Trading-Statement-FY2324.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. https://www.charlestyrwhitt.com/au/modern-slavery-statement.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  4. https://www.charlestyrwhitt.com/uk/about-us/doing-things-properly/product.html ↩

  5. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02914928 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12

  6. https://www.charlestyrwhitt.com/us/legal_impressum.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  7. https://charlestyrwhitt.co.il/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  8. https://www.ynet.co.il/economy/article/bj8c2uep3 ↩ ↩2

  9. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02914928/filing-history ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  10. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09630291 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  11. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02914928/persons-with-significant-control ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  12. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09630291/filing-history ↩ ↩2

  13. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10464073/filing-history ↩ ↩2

  14. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC043066 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  15. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OC305896/filing-history ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  16. https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=64267214242 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  17. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-757583 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  18. https://www.vesty.co.il/main/article/bkyt00o11tje ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  19. https://www.charlestyrwhitt.com/us/franchise.html ↩ ↩2

  20. https://www.charlestyrwhitt.com/uk/franchise.html ↩

  21. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02914928/officers ↩ ↩2

  22. https://www.charlestyrwhitt.com/uk/about-us/about-nick.html ↩

  23. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/BR028185 ↩ ↩2 ↩3