The Rowcroft Collection
Polish with Purpose
Supporting compassionate end-of-life care across South Devon
Rowcroft Hospice
For over 40 years, Rowcroft Hospice has been making every day the best it can be for people living with life-limiting illnesses across South Devon.
Their Mission: Providing comfort, support and specialist care to thousands of patients and their loved ones, ensuring no-one faces life-limiting illness alone.
The Bees: Nestled in Rowcroft's beautiful 22-acre gardens in Torquay, their award-winning volunteer beekeepers tend to over a million bees across 25 hives, producing exceptional honey and surplus beeswax.
Gilboys Beeswax Products
The world's finest beeswax polishes, handcrafted with passion and dedication to preserving the past for the future.
Our Craft: Creating premium beeswax wood polishes, leather conditioners, and natural care products using traditional methods and the finest ingredients.
Our Vision: "Our intention is not to compete with any other brand, but to simply make the best beeswax products we can" - Simon Gilboy
Transforming Surplus into Support
Rowcroft's industrious bees produce surplus beeswax. So much in fact that Rowcroft simply cannot sell enough candles to use it all. Rather than let this natural treasure go to waste, we've formed a partnership that transforms this surplus into premium beeswax polish.
We have created an exclusive 'Rowcroft Collection' of beeswax polishes where every jar sold not only preserves and protects your precious wooden furniture but also directly supports the vital work of Rowcroft Hospice.
From Hive to Hospice
From Rowcroft's beehives to compassionate care - every purchase makes a difference.
Award-Winning Beekeepers
Rowcroft's dedicated volunteer beekeepers tend to 25 hives across Rowcroft's beautiful 22-acre gardens, caring for over a million bees and producing the surplus beeswax that becomes your premium polish.
Compassionate Care
Every purchase helps fund specialist palliative care nurses who provide expert, compassionate support to patients and families across South Devon, ensuring dignity and comfort when it matters most.
The Rowcroft Collection
Premium beeswax products crafted from Rowcroft's surplus beeswax, with every purchase directly supporting hospice care.
Pure Gold Polishing Kit
Everything you need to restore, polish and protect your wood furniture in one complete kit. Includes our premium beeswax polish, professional-grade application materials, scratch repair cube, detailed instructions, and even sunflower seeds that you can plant and grow as a 'Thank You' to the bees. Perfect for both beginners and experienced restorers.
Pure Gold Beeswax Polish
Our signature clear beeswax furniture polish provides exceptional coverage - one 125ml jar covers approximately 12m² (5-6 dining tables). Handcrafted using traditional methods with pure turpentine for superior wax suspension, it enhances wood's natural beauty without darkening. Trusted by professional restorers for all wood finishes including antiques.
The Ripple Effect of Your Purchase
Care Where It Matters
80% of Rowcroft's patients receive care in their own homes, allowing families to stay together during precious moments. Your purchase helps fund the specialist nurses and equipment needed for this vital service.
Completely Free Care
Thanks to supporters like you, all of Rowcroft's services are provided completely free of charge to patients and families, regardless of their circumstances or diagnosis.
A Complete Circle of Care
Rowcroft’s bees produce surplus wax → We craft long-lasting furniture polishes in our solar-powered workshop → Sales fund compassionate hospice care → Every order includes sunflower seeds to grow vital bee forage. From hive to home, we’re closing the loop on sustainability.
Award-Winning Beekeepers
Rowcroft's volunteer beekeepers recently won the national Bees' Needs Champions Award, recognition of their dedication to protecting these vital pollinators while supporting the hospice.
Supporting Families
Every product sold helps provide bereavement support, family counselling, and emotional care for the 2,500+ patients and their loved ones that Rowcroft supports each year.
Specialist Expertise
Your purchase supports Rowcroft's team of doctors, nurses, social workers, therapists, and specialists who provide world-class palliative and end-of-life care across South Devon.
Make Every Polish Count
When you choose our Rowcroft collection, you're not just caring for your furniture – you're caring for your community. Each product represents hope, comfort, and dignity for families when they need it most.
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