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About Yarwood

Established in 1967, Yarwood Leather is one of the UK's leading suppliers to the furniture, automotive, aviation and marine industries.

Wherever there is seating, Yarwood Leather aims to provide high-quality leather, which enhances any project. Yarwood Leather thrives on its family atmosphere and dedicated service from our team who work alongside our customers to provide new solutions and techniques for incorporating leather into designs.

Leather from Yarwood can be in seen in restaurant seating up and down the country, from Gourmet Burger Kitchen, JD Wetherspoons, Nandos and Revolution to Piccolino, Jamie’s Italian and Restaurant Gordon Ramsey.

Our aviation leathers have been industry leading, supplying some of the world’s biggest airlines; Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines, Swiss Airlines and British Airways.

Beginning as specialists in leather in London, Yarwood Leather was founded by Peter Yarwood. Now established as global leather suppliers based in the north of England with state-of-the-art facilities including an on-site laboratory, cutting room and sewing department. Yarwood was the first UK leather supplier to achieve quality standard ISO9000:2000, and currently have a quality management system approved to ISO9001:2015 as well as a laboratory and leather testing facilities running in line with United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

All of our upholstery leathers adhere to Crib5 and BS7176.  Alongside supplying a wide range of leather for seating, Yarwood Leather has expanded to offer on-site services from cost saving leather cutting and sewing to embroidery and debossing to add detail to leather projects. Yarwood also offers a wide range of faux leathers, offering a leather look alternative for seating.

At Yarwood Leather we pride ourselves on providing quality leather to our customers with exceptional service from our team, who are there to help from the first step of choosing the right leather right through to delivery and aftercare.

Meet the Yarwood Team or take a 360º tour around our Leeds facilities.

Meet the team.

  • John Nicholls
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Kate Dixon
    Managing Director

  • John Edward
    Operations Director

  • Audrey Arbon
    Account Manager Scotland

  • Kerry Knight
    Head of A&D Business Development

  • Amanda Brook
    Sales

  • Lindsey Croft
    Sales

  • Stevie Burrell
    Head of Marketing

  • Dawn Foster
    Management Accountant

  • Tony Kellett
    Production Manager

  • Brett Farrell
    Cutting CAD Supervisor

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