Bolton Surgical are a fourth-generation surgical instrument manufacturer at heart.  We began life as W. H. Bolton, Scissor Makers in 1936.

William Henry Bolton (Great Grandfather of the current Managing Director Lyndsey Jayne Bolton), worked throughout the 1920’s and early 30’s for a renowned pen, pocket, table knife and scissor manufacturer in Sheffield, UK. It was whilst working there that William Henry saw a business opportunity and started renting a small ‘scissor shop’ at the back of 32 Carver Street in the centre of Sheffield and, with the help of his son, William Seedhouse, manufactured surgical instruments such as scissors, artery forceps, sterilising forceps and bullet forceps (used for removing bullets from the injured during World War II).

William Henry was now manufacturing for the UK government and due to high demand and growth, the business moved from 32 Carver Street to larger premises at 26 Eyre Lane, Sheffield, in 1942. Now employing 9 staff (some full and some part time) his son William Seedhouse now worked for the business full time. William Henry Bolton, Scissor Makers, were now exporting to the Dental Company of Toronto, Canada, and supplying many trade customers throughout the British Empire.

Peter William, the grandson of William Henry, took over the joint running of the business in 1982 with his father, William Seedhouse. The company was re-incorporated as Bolton Surgical Services Ltd. and added instrument repair and maintenance services to its portfolio.

Throughout his career Peter used his skills as an engineer to work closely with some of the great surgeons of our time and developed many innovative devices to aid and improve patient outcomes, most notably in the field of Colo-rectal surgery.  The Heald Retractor System for Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) is used worldwide and was developed in connection with Professor Bill Heald, TME has become the “gold standard” treatment for rectal cancer worldwide.

Today, Bolton Surgical Ltd. is run by Lyndsey Jayne, fourth-generation great granddaughter of William Henry along with a dedicated and skilled team of  individuals.  We operate from a purpose-built manufacturing base in the north of the city. These premises also house the sales, finance and warehousing facilities. Our product and service portfolio has developed in-line with customer feedback and demand, and the company now supplies a wide range of innovative products and services to our customers.