The Character Group plc is an independent toy company based in the United Kingdom. We design, manufacture and distribute a wide range of toys, games and playthings. Many of our products feature or are based on popular film, television, comic and digital characters, reproduced under licence from the brand owners. The principal markets for our products are our home territories of the UK and Scandinavia but our penetration into other international territories is growing, particularly in the USA and other parts of the EU. We also partner on an exclusive basis with other overseas-based toy producers, either to market and distribute their products in the UK or to collaborate to jointly-develop and distribute toy products and ranges worldwide. Our diverse product ranges focus on key areas within the toy sector; these include Pre-school, Boys, Girls and Activity and Crafts Our most popular brands include Heroes of Goo Jit Zu, Peppa Pig, Jiggly Pets, Shimmer ‘n Sparkle, Instaglam, Stretch Armstrong, Mash'ems, ChillFactor, Teletubbies, Fireman Sam and Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom.