About Us

Today, The Heaton Party Company is a leading supplier to the UK's independent party businesses - but when the business was founded more than 60 years ago, it was a far more modest operation.

Nonek Jacobson, a refugee who had fled war-torn Europe, arrived in Gateshead but struggled to make ends meet. Enterprising and hungry, he found that he could make money by cutting up paper cement sacks, turning them into carrier bags and selling them on.

One day in the early 1940's, Nonek folded a piece of sack the wrong way - and ended up with a hat instead of a bag. To his surprise, he soon found a customer for his "accident." Before long, sales of bags had been dwarfed by local demand for his paper party hats. Business boomed. Nonek added new lines to his product range: bunting, flags and party poppers. As business continued to grow "The Heaton Paper Company Ltd." was born.

After Nonek retired his two sons, Daniel and Mark, became joint Managing Directors.

Fast-forward to 2009: the company continued to blaze a trail as a manufacturer, importer and distributor of party goods and novelties, and it was the brothers' turn to retire. The company's new MD, Andrew Bishop, is a dynamic business leader with an established background in the party, fireworks and music industries. With his dedicated team he is building upon successes past and present, for the benefit of Heaton's loyal customers.

The company changed its name to The Heaton Party Company to reflect the new direction and established its new buying office in China. Today, Heaton buyers search for products in every continent around the world, which we package and present to meet our customers' needs. Recycled product and packaging materials are used wherever possible, and all items comply fully with British and European safety requirements.

A one-stop shop for party retailers and suppliers, the Heaton catalogue and website features favourites such as hats, blowouts, streamers, trumpets, novelties, masks, disguises, party poppers, balloons, candles, bunting, carnival hats and seasonal costumes.

The catalogue also showcases a range of innovative new products such as confetti flyers, party sparklers, party canons, disco lighting for home use and British maid novelties, which are available in the UK for the first time.

We have recently expanded our range by adding an array of licensed tableware and party products to our catalogue. We now stock party supplies from Dutch company Folat BV and we are the sole distributor of melamine and paper tableware lines from Italian manufacturer BBS. Between them they hold licenses for a number of popular children's characters, such as Hello Kitty, the Simpsons, Dora the Explorer, Thomas and the Tank Engine, Superhero Squad and Spiderman.

The company continues to pride itself on providing the high level of customer care and unparalleled after sales service upon which its reputation was founded.

If you would like to see our catalogue click here, alternatively click here to request a hard copy.