The Cambridge Satchel Company

The Cambridge Satchel Company makes British leather bags built around the traditional schoolboy satchel. Julie Deane and her mother Freda Thomas started it in 2008 at a Cambridge kitchen table with £600, and production scaled through a Leicester factory. The range spans satchels, batchels, totes, crossbodies and backpacks in bright and classic leathers, typically £105-£360, with personalised embossing. French group Chargeurs (now Compagnie Chargeurs Invest) acquired a majority stake in August 2022. Collaborations include Vivienne Westwood, Comme des Garçons, Swarovski and Wicked; a Paris store opened in March 2025.