[3] The present company is part of a line of bellfounders dating back to Johannes de Stafford in the 14th century, who was also a mayor of Leicester.

[7] The foundry is based in buildings on Freehold Street, which are Grade II* listed.

[8][9] The National Twelve Bell Contest is competed for annually by the leading teams in England for "The Taylor Trophy".

[10][11] Mazars, which had previously been acting as advisors to the company during attempts to secure extra funding, were appointed administrators.

In 2016, the directors of UK Bell Foundries Ltd founded the Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust and transferred ownership of the buildings, equipment, intellectual property and the museum to that body in perpetuity to safeguard it for the future.

[16] In 2018, the company established a subsidiary called John Taylor International, based in Australia, to serve the southern hemisphere markets.