About Stamford London
Authentic | Ethical | Innovative | Incense for the 21st Century
We are a specialist, ethical incense manufacturer supplying distributors, wholesalers and importers with high quality, authentic and beautifully packaged Indian incense that people love – and making this most ancient of commodities relevant to the global marketplace of the 21st century.
If you believe that buying an iconic product synonymous with wellness and peace of mind should be a pleasure, you are in the right place. With Stamford London, you can relax and enjoy terrific margins, happy buyers and repeat sales while we take care of everything else – from the risk and investment in research and product development to the fundamentals of ethical manufacture, regulatory compliance and stock management.
Our incense is a naturally superior and clean-burning alternative to candles, room fresheners and reed diffusers – offering great returns for low outlay and a more environmentally-friendly product that’s suitable for sale in a wide range of sectors, from wellbeing to hospitality and entertainment venues, as well as homeware.
Who We Are
Why Stamford London for your incense business?
Incense Heritage
We draw on our extensive incense industry experience, contacts and decades of historical sales data to create the best fragrances for the modern market.
Ethical Operation
The only brand to be globally certified vegan by BeVeg, Stamford incense is produced by skilled adult workers for a fair wage in good conditions, and never involving child labour.
Honest Ingredients
We strive to use only the best, safest and most beautiful raw materials, from spices and gums to essential oils – and synthetics only when there are no practical or cruelty-free alternatives.
Intelligent Packaging
Made from recycled paper, the product packaging enables the scent to be smelled without being opened, and it can be displayed horizontal or vertically to suit all types of retail space.
Attractive Range
From the traditional to those developed to suit today’s trends, all products are designed in the UK with product names and styling to appeal to all types of modern consumer.
Guaranteed Compliance
Constantly updated to meet the latest regulations, including warning labels in 6 languages as standard – English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese.
Innovative Culture
Continually investing in our production facilities and expanding our range, we focus on spotting emerging trends and developing new products to keep you ahead of the curve.
Online Expertise
One of the first incense businesses to have an online presence, we have optimised our products for ecommerce as well as bricks and mortar retail stores.
Tailored to Western Market
Competing brands are selling Indian off-the-shelf products, whereas Stamford incense has been developed specifically for the modern global marketplace and Western tastes.
Exacting Quality Control
Stamford products are authentically and traditionally made in India to the highest international standards, so you are assured of consistency and reliability of quality and supply.
Ease of Doing Business
With staff, administrative offices, warehousing, distribution and logistics based in the UK, you are dealing with an English-speaking company with superb customer service.
Highly Responsive
We constantly monitor the market and if we find one of our products is no longer performing, we delist it, so you always know you are getting what actually sells.
Low-Risk Venture
With a stable supply, low minimum order quantities, flexible reorder volumes and fast delivery, you can minimise your investment and stock holdings to maximise cash flow.
Co-branding Opportunity
New start-up or established business with little experience in incense? There’s no need to spend heavily on product development – simply tap into our cobranding range.
High Quality & Affordable Prices
An efficient, streamlined operation minimises costs to maximise your profit margins and provide your consumers with a compelling premium product.
Fit for the 21st Century
As people increasingly seek to enhance their wellbeing, they are turning to our incense as a natural, eco-friendly and minimal-waste alternative to candles and room fresheners.
As the UK’s only importer wholly focused on incense manufacturing and distribution, we provide a holistic, integrated services portfolio – from product development and manufacturing to supply.
Our Ethics
At Stamford London we pride ourselves on our creativity, and this doesn’t stop with our products. Since the very beginning, our aim has been to use the best, safest and most beautiful ingredients, created by people we care for.
We’ve discovered that if you want the best ingredients, you have to go out and find them yourself. Our dedicated buying team work tirelessly to ensure that’s what we get. Often this involves a great deal of creative thinking and problem-solving, such as sourcing the finest essential oils and absolutes, the best natural raw materials, safe synthetics where their use is unavoidable, and 100% recyclable packaging.
Our commitment to the communities and areas from which we buy our ingredients is equally strong. We believe that our ingredients should be sourced with respect for the environment and with regard to their social impact. We go to great lengths to research the potential effects our buying would have on local people and environments, enabling us to make responsible decisions regarding where, from whom and how we purchase our ingredients and packaging for Stamford.
Workers’ Rights
Environment
Animal Protection
Transport
We support minimising the distance raw ingredients travel, minimising air freight and packaging materials, and optimising the use of recycled and recyclable products. We stand opposed to excess packaging and the use of non-recyclables.
We support using vegetarian ingredients. We stand opposed to animal-derived ingredients and any form of ingredient/product testing on animals.
We support organic products, sustainability, the protection of endangered species and minimising harmful production emissions. We stand opposed to genetically modified (GM) crops.
We support unions, collective bargaining, health and safety, freedom to leave, fair pay, fair working hours, Fair Trade and Community Trade initiatives. We stand opposed to discrimination and child labour.
Our Ethical Buying Principles:
Our Story
“Stamford is the result of over 30 years of hard work and learning. I have known incense all my life and I’ve seen it come such a long way – and now I want to see it go further. The human sense of smell is so powerful that fragrance is one of the largest influences on our moods. With the right one, you can trigger positive feelings which make you feel good. When you feel good, you do better in life – and you make life better for the people around you. My goal is to set standards so high that it forces the whole industry to step up its game and turn incense into a modern product that can be enjoyed by and benefit everyone.”
– Nimesh Radia, CEO, Stamford London
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Work with us!
If you want to…
✔︎ Provide a high-quality product
✔︎ Sell in volume and enjoy repeat customers
✔︎ Build a great reputation
✔︎ Run a stress-free operation
✔︎ Minimise risk
✔︎ Make a healthy profit
✔︎ Achieve your business goals
✔︎ Work with professionals who live, think and breathe incense
…then get in touch today and let’s make it happen.