Every listing was read from the business’s own public pages rather than from speaking to them, so check before you rely on it.

The Plush Hospital
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What happened to it? / It's old and fragile and I'm scared to touch it

Antique bear restoration, when it is too fragile to handle

This is where the gap between mending and restoration matters most, and where the wrong choice is irreversible. Some restore sympathetically and leave the wear. Some restore to as-new. Both are legitimate and they produce completely different objects, and it is rarely stated on a website which one you are getting.

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Who takes this kind of work

69 of the 77 repairers we hold could take this on. 8 could not, and they are further down with the reason. These three fit best; the rest are listed underneath them.

Makers & Menders

Plush specialist

£35 an hour

so roughly £70-£175 for this

Said open, reducedread off their site yesterday

Why this one

  • Works in mohair and older fillings
  • Repairs jointed limbs
  • Restores sympathetically, keeping the age on it

Worth knowing

  • Cleans everything as part of a repair, whether you asked or not
  • Quotes from photos, then revises it once it arrives
Contact form on their siteTakes work by post. Doesn't say about dropping it offShows finished work on their siteTheir page doesn't mention cover
Everything we know about Makers & Menders

They Shout Hello

Plush specialist · Leyton

Quoted per job

Said openquoted about a week thenread off their site yesterday

Why this one

  • Works in mohair and older fillings
  • Repairs jointed limbs

Worth knowing

  • Won't quote from photos. Needs it in hand first
  • Nothing with a mechanism inside: no growlers, squeakers, music boxes or batteries
Contact form on their siteThey come to you, it never leavesShows finished work on their siteTheir page doesn't mention cover
Everything we know about They Shout Hello

Davey Bears

Plush specialist · Cornwall

Quoted per job

Said by appointmentread off their site yesterday

Why this one

  • Works in mohair and older fillings
  • Repairs jointed limbs
  • Restores sympathetically, keeping the age on it

Worth knowing

  • Quotes from photos, then revises it once it arrives
  • Won't accept anything by post until they give you a date to send it
Contact form on their siteIn person, or by postShows finished work on their siteTheir page doesn't mention cover
Everything we know about Davey Bears

The other 66, in order

Same checks, lower down the order. Where they are and how you hand it over matter more than our ordering does, so both are here.

Who we ruled out for this, and why

8 of the 77 are listed on this site and are deliberately not above. Ruling somebody out is a claim, so here is each one with the reason, and you can disagree with it.

  • Cleans soft play frames for venues on a contract. They don't take one toy from one household

    House of Play Europe · MDS Leisure · Soft Play Maintenance · MB Events Soft Play Repairs · Indoor Soft Play Repairs · Sensory Servicing

  • Works through your insurer after a fire or a flood, and invoices the claim. There is no way to hire them directly

    Farcroft Restorations Group

  • Volunteers with sewing machines, not restorers. Right for a split seam on something modern, wrong for this

    Repair Café Glasgow, Toy Hospital

What it costs

  • Relining and reconstruction

    £35-£400

    from 6 published prices

Read from repairers’ own public pages in August 2026. Most of this trade publishes nothing at all, so treat these as the shape rather than a quote. The full rate card.

Questions people ask

How many repairers can work on jointed limbs?
69 of the 77 we hold in the United Kingdom could take this on, and 8 could not. Every one of them is named on this page, including the ones we ruled out and why. Across both countries we have read 185 businesses in total, so if you have seen a bigger number quoted somewhere, that is the one.
What does it cost?
Relining and reconstruction: £35-£400, from 6 published prices. All read from repairers' own public pages in August 2026, across 70 individual prices from 8 businesses. Most of this trade publishes nothing at all.
Will they insure it while they have it?
Almost certainly they have not said. Of every repairer we have read in both countries, two have written anything down about losing or damaging an item. Nobody has been asked the question directly, including by us. Ask before you send anything you could not replace, and get the answer in writing.

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