Paraboot Grained Leather Michael in Black

Sunspel

£425

A modern take on the classic Paraboot, Michael shoe. Crafted for Sunspel in Paraboot's French factory, the style is reworked in exceptionally soft, grained leather. It combines the style's iconic work aesthetic with comfort. Founded in the French Alps in 1908 to make boots for factory workers, Paraboot still manufacture high quality leather shoes in France. Product Code: MFTW9472-BKAA

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Where this comes from

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as SUNSPEL LIMITED, number 01781094. 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: "We have been based in our factory in Long Eaton, England since 1937" 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.