About Crown Paints

Crown Paints, with headquarters in Darwen, Lancashire has roots extending back nearly two centuries. The company of today is the UK’s largest and most successful independent paint manufacturer.

The breadth of Crown Paints’ portfolio encompasses the professional and DIY user, with brands known for quality and reliability. Our professional finishes – notably Crown Trade, Sandtex Trade and Sadolin – are specified for some of the UK’s most prestigious buildings, while those for domestic use have found favour with several generations of home owners. Always at the leading edge in colour, Crown’s paints and wood stains can be relied on consistently to deliver a little extra both in aesthetics and performance.



At Crown Paints our mission is

To create memorable experiences for our customers


It's not enough for us just to give satisfactory service. We want to give great service which will WOW our customers each and every time they come into contact with our people and our brands.
We want to give our customers great service which they will find memorable, great service which will keep them coming back time and time again, great service which they will want to tell their friends about.

Our manufacturing sites at Darwen and Hull are both ISO 14001:2004 compliant and we strive not only to meet, but to exceed legislative standards in manufacturing and distribution – in fact in everything we do.