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LSE: VIC | |
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Founder | Mark Radcliffe |
Headquarters | Leyland, Lancashire, |
Key people | Philip Bowcock (chair) Mark Radcliffe (CEO) |
Brands | MFI |
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Victorian Plumbing is a British eCommerce company listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). [2]
The company was founded by Mark Radcliffe from his parents' shed in Merseyside in 2000. [3]
In 2016, the High Court of Justice ordered the company to pay £1.75 million to its online competitor, Victoria Plum, in a trademark infringement dispute. [4]
On 22 June 2021, the company floated on the Alternative Investment Market [3] with a market capitalisation of £850 million. [2] Its founder divested £212 million worth of shares, reducing his share to 46%. [5] Radcliffe's brother and mother owned a 20% stake between them. [6]
In May 2024, Victorian Plumbing acquired its online competitor Victoria Plum for £22.5 million, just over six months after Victoria Plum's pre-pack administration sale. This included the MFI brand. The company closed Victoria Plum a few months later, in October 2024. However they kept the MFI brand with the intention of relaunching it. [7] [8] [9]
The organisation employs approximately 540 people across its headquarters in Leyland and Skelmersdale, Lancashire and its premises in Birmingham. [6]
On 6 June 2023 it was announced that Victorian Plumbing would become the principal shirt sponsor of EFL League One team Bolton Wanderers. [10]