The Ashley Zip Polo

Private White V.C.

£59

Luxurious and lightweight 100% cotton pique polo with copper zips fastening. Regular fit Military-grade copper zip from RIRI of Switzerland 100% cotton pique knitted in the UK Herringbone zip tape detailing Self-fabric one piece collar PWVC copper rivet Made in our own factory in Manchester, England Model's measurements: Height: 6'1.5/183cm, Chest: 39.5"/100cm, Waist: 30"/76cm and wears a Size 4/M FABRIC 100% cotton CARE INSTRUCTIONS 30 degree wash Please allow 5% shrinkage after first wash Cool iron on reverse Wash with similar colours Dry flat

Private White V.C.'s own words, read from their page.

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The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as PRIVATE WHITE VC LIMITED, number 07385261. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Manchester was once known as Cottonopolis, the world's textile capital. Our factory, founded in 1853 on the banks of the River Irwell, is its last stand-alone clothing factory. Its archive of 25,000 patterns and 15,000 garments continues to inspire everything we make." Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.