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Best Retail Companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

The 36 best Retail companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Handbag Clinic.

36companies tracked
$2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised

Ranked: Best Retail companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne

#CompanyDisclosed fundingEmployeesFounderFoundedTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1END.
Online retailer of menswear
—1,000—2005SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+44Top 100k—
2Tree of Life
Online wholesaler of grocery products
—126—2012———
3Legend
Provider of leisure management software solutions
—97—2002WordPressMySQLMariaDB+31Top 10M—
4Fostr
Provider of e-commerce support services
—38Ryan Foster
Founder
2009SanityUbuntuTailwind CSS+10Top 50M—
5Hirestreet
Online rental platform offering luxury casual wear on a subscription basis
—32—2018Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+32Top 500k—
6Handbag Clinic
Retail store offering designer handbags & repairing services
$1M30Charlotte Staerck
Co-Founder
2015Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+29Top 500k—
7OddBalls
Internet first brands offering men's inner wear
—7Richard Metcalfe
CEO
2014—Top 500k—
8Clink
Online gifting platform
—3—2013———

Top 7 Retail companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne

#1
Seed · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England · founded 2015 · 30 employees
$1.4Mraised
▾

Retail store offering designer handbags & repairing services

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Seed—
  • Sep 2021Seed$1.1M
  • Feb 2019Seed$311.6K
Founders & team
Charlotte StaerckCo-Founder
Investors
North East Fund, Mercia
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayAxiosBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#2
Seed · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England · founded 2010
$519.6Kraised
▾

Internet first brand offering vegan skincare products. The product catalog includes hand sanitizer, hand cream, hand wash, skin fix, etc. The products offered by the brand are cruelty-free.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 24.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Social & Brand Exec, Operations & Supply Manager
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed$519.6K
Founders & team
Jonathan PhilpCo-FounderAntonia PhilpCo-Founder
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAmerican ExpressAosApple PayAwin
#3
Funding Raised · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England · founded 2017 · 1 employees
$87.8Kraised
▾

Provider of eCommerce solution for businesses. Its features include multi-store management, analytics, customer engagement solution, delivery management, order management, pre-built templates & hosting, payments, product management, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Conventional Debt$57.6K
  • Aug 2022Conventional Debt$30.2K
Founders & team
Jonathan ButlerCo-founder
Investors
NEL Fund Managers, Creative UK
#4
Funding Raised · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England · founded 1978
—raised
▾

Operates retail store of fashion apparel for men & women

Founders & team
Pedro AlmeidCEO
Investors
Barclays
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsFacebook LoginGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesHttp/3
#5
Funding Raised · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England · founded 2015 · 1 employees
—raised
▾

Cutpay Merchant Services provides card payment solutions for businesses. It offers ICRTouch POS terminals and mobile terminals accepting payments through credit & debit cards. It offers payment gateway for e-commerce to process online transactions. Also offers virtual payment terminal for processing recurring payments.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 487 LinkedIn followers — 5.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2019Conventional Debt—
Investors
FW Capital
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpApache Http Server
#6
Series A · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England · founded 2014 · 7 employees
—raised
▾

OddBalls is an online private label brand of men's innerwear. Its products catalog includes boxer shorts, briefs, pajamas, hats, socks and more. Customers can also purchase curated boxes of innerwear. It has a foundation named The OddBalls Foundation which raises awareness for testicular cancer through selling these products.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2015Series A—
Founders & team
Richard MetcalfeCEO
Investors
NEL Fund Managers
Tech stack
Apple PayBootstrapCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Seed · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England · founded 2010 · 2 employees
—raised
▾

Websand is a software as a service platform that provides customer analytics to send and communicate timely engagement with customers. It links customer data management, marketing activity and business reporting into a single solution. Holding all customer information in a single platform helps clients to easily a) Drive targeted relevant marketing communications. b) Focus on retaining your most profitable customers. c) Increase revenues through cross selling activities. d) Increase revenues through reducing missed opportunities. e) Create new opportunities relevant to previously un-identified needs. Websand functions Single customer view for each of your customers Automatic customer segmentation driven by flexible business rules Marketing automation triggered by customer behavior.

Funding rounds
  • 2014Seed—
Founders & team
Saul GowensSultan / Founder
Investors
Potential, Northstar Ventures, HOTSPUR CAPITAL PARTNERS, Neaf, Netf
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpRankmath SeoWp-OptimizeRecaptcha

Funding & investor landscape

$2Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Potential3 rounds
NEL Fund Managers2 rounds
Amery Capital1 rounds
Barclays1 rounds
Creative UK1 rounds
FW Capital1 rounds
HOTSPUR CAPITAL PARTNERS1 rounds
Index Ventures1 rounds
Mercia1 rounds
Neaf1 rounds

Notable founders

Charlotte Staerck
Co-Founder · Handbag Clinic
Jonathan Philp
Co-Founder · Nursem
Antonia Philp
Co-Founder · Nursem
Jonathan Butler
Co-founder · Sugarcoat
Pedro Almeid
CEO · Leaf Clothing
Richard Metcalfe
CEO · OddBalls
Saul Gowens
Sultan / Founder · Websand
Prism market signals · United Kingdom · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,512,021 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Retail coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Retail companies are there in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 36 indexable Retail companies headquartered in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Retail companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom?
The Retail companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $2M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Retail company in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom?
Handbag Clinic is the highest-funded Retail company in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, with $1.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Retail companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom are funded?
3 of the 36 Retail companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Retail unicorns are there in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom?
None of the Retail companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Retail companies?
The most active investors in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Retail companies on this list include Potential, NEL Fund Managers, Amery Capital, Barclays, Creative UK.
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