Worth the Weight - UK Wholesale Vintage Clothing & Event Specialists

Company overview

Worth The Weight is a Birmingham clothing operation that sells vintage, used and new clothing by weight. The business was established in 2012 and describes itself as the first company to sell clothing by the kilo both in-store and online. It also trades as Top Textile, Rags In Bags and Bale Buster, so a buyer may meet the same warehouse under four names.

The main site is at Unit 2-6, Dennis Road, Moseley, Birmingham B12 8BA, open Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 17:30. Around 50 tonnes of stock sit on that site and the floor is restocked daily rather than weekly, across more than 60 rails. The company started with a single shop on Kings Heath High Street in 2012 and added a second site in Spark Hill in 2014.

What Worth The Weight supplies

The category list is broad, which is typical of an operation taking mixed collected volume rather than a single stream:

• Ladies - jumpers, t-shirts, coats, dresses, jeans
• Menswear - t-shirts, jumpers, hoodies, trousers, coats
• Children's clothing, shoes and trainers
• Accessories - bags and belts
• Wipers and rags, and bed sheets

Denim, sportswear and outerwear run through the mix as their own categories, and brand names appearing on the rails include high-street labels such as Topshop, River Island, Next, New Look, Primark, Boohoo, Matalan, George and Marks & Spencer, alongside Superdry, Nike, Adidas and Dr. Martens, with occasional designer pieces. A brand list describes the intake rather than guaranteeing any particular bale, and buyers should read it that way.

Grades

The company works to a small, plainly stated ladder:

• Grade AA - premium quality items in perfect condition, clean and checked, light use with colours still vibrant
• Grade A - high-quality used items, clean and checked with no holes, rips or stains, showing medium to heavy use
• Top Class - original clothing, unworn, with or without tags
• Vintage - pieces roughly 30 to 60 years old

The useful detail is that AA and A share the same defect rule and are separated only by wear and colour retention. That is unusually explicit, and it is the kind of definition a buyer can actually check on arrival. It also does not transfer to continental vocabulary: a UK Grade A is not an Italian cream. Read the underlying grades definitions before comparing this against a European quote.

Bulk formats and pricing

Published bulk options run across three sizes:

• 20 kg sacks and boxes at £85 to £200 depending on category
• 25 kg sacks at £65 to £85
• 55 kg bales at £90 to £125

Graded clothing also sells from £12 per kilo, and individual items on the retail floor start at £1. Note what the price spread tells you: a 20 kg sack can cost more than a 55 kg bale because category matters more than weight at this end of the trade. A buyer who compares only the per-kilo figure will misread the offer entirely.

Alongside the graded lines, pallets of new branded clothing became available in February 2026, with over one million pounds of new and returns stock expected to pass through in a year. Sourcing graded second-hand and new surplus from one supplier removes a shipment and a set of paperwork for anyone stocking both.

Buying in person

Because the Dennis Road site is a working retail floor as well as a wholesale operation, buyers can inspect the grading standard directly rather than relying on photographs. For a first order that is worth the trip: two hours on the floor tells you more about consistency than any sample sent by courier. Buyers comparing several second hand clothes suppliers in the region should ask each to state its defect rule in writing before comparing prices.

This is a different proposition from the English original trade, where 200-250 kg bags leave collection points unsorted and the buyer carries both the upside and the sorting cost. Anyone weighing the two routes should understand how UK sorting plants split those flows before deciding which model fits their shop.

Contact

Sales runs on 07500 649 032, production on 07557 383 035, and retail and online on 07500 124 347. Email reaches the company at [email protected]. Buyers building a regular programme of wholesale second hand should ask about repeat availability by category rather than assuming a given sack will be restocked identically.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Grade AA and Grade A?

Both are clean, checked clothing with no holes, rips or stains. Grade AA items are premium pieces in perfect condition with light use and vibrant colour; Grade A items show medium to heavy use.

What bulk sizes does Worth The Weight sell?

20 kg sacks and boxes at £85 to £200 by category, 25 kg sacks at £65 to £85, and 55 kg bales at £90 to £125. Graded clothing is also available from £12 per kilo.

Does the company sell new stock as well as used?

Yes. Alongside graded used clothing it offers Top Class unworn originals and, since February 2026, pallets of new branded clothing.

Where is the warehouse and when is it open?

Unit 2-6, Dennis Road, Moseley, Birmingham B12 8BA, open Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 17:30, with around 50 tonnes of stock and more than 60 rails on the floor.

Why does the company appear under several names?

The same Birmingham operation trades as Worth The Weight, Top Textile, Rags In Bags and Bale Buster.