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

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What happened to it? / It smells

A soft toy that smells of damp, mould or smoke

Smell and dirt are different jobs and most listings do not separate them. A surface clean lifts marks off the pile. A musty smell, or mould, goes into the stuffing, and getting it out means treating the filling or replacing it, which is a different price and a different set of people.

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Who takes this kind of work

70 of the 77 repairers we hold could take this on. 7 could not, and they are further down with the reason. These three fit best; the rest are listed underneath them.

From £20

Said openread off their site yesterday

John Lewis announced this themselves for 24 September 2025 and we have found nothing saying it ended. Their own service page would not render for our crawler, so this record is built from the John Lewis Partnership's press announcement rather than from a live page. Ring the shop before you make a trip.

Why this one

  • Deals with mould, damp and odour, not just surface dirt
  • Will take a clean on its own

Worth knowing

  • Replaces the old stuffing. Whether they will make an exception is not stated, so ask
  • Cleans everything as part of a repair, whether you asked or not
In person only, they don't take postTheir page doesn't mention cover

Walk in. No booking, no postage, no waiting list, and they price it at the counter.

Everything we know about John Lewis and Waitrose, teddy repair and refresh

Droplet

Dry cleaner · London

From £15.95

Said openquoted about a week thenread off their site yesterday

Why this one

  • Deals with mould, damp and odour, not just surface dirt
  • Will take a clean on its own

Worth knowing

  • Minimum charge of £15.95 whatever the job
  • Nothing bigger than about 100cm
0207 831 7677info@dropletuk.comIn person. Doesn't say whether they take postTheir page doesn't mention cover
Everything we know about Droplet

The other 67, 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

7 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

What it costs

  • Cleaning only

    £16-£75

    from 15 published prices

  • Restuffed all the way through

    £15-£95

    from 6 published prices

  • Wash, restuff and a mend

    £35-£95

    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 deal with smell, damp or mould rather than surface dirt?
70 of the 77 we hold in the United Kingdom could take this on, and 7 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?
Cleaning only: £16-£75, from 15 published prices. Restuffed all the way through: £15-£95, from 6 published prices. Wash, restuff and a mend: £35-£95, 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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