Creda Domestic Appliances

Much of Creda's history has become obscured over the decades so we'll try to tell it as best we can but if you spot any errors or omissions please feel free to point them out to us.

Creda started life as Creda T.I. (Tube Investments) which was a group of companies that ultimately became the TI Group.

T.I. was a large company with eight other companies linked to it Creda, Russell Hobbs and Raleigh are just some of them.Creda produced microwaves, washing machines, tumble dryers, cookers, ovens and hobs, At one point they reputedly make 40% of English electrical goods. At it's peak Creda made a profit of about £10 million.

Creda microwaves were built under licence from Hitachi of Japan.

Then as time marched on Creda started to make cookers for Belling as the world shrunk so there are a lot of crossovers on Creda spares and Belling spares with some even sharing teh same part numbers for cookers prior to Indesit buying Hotpoint and GDHA buying Belling.

It is important to note that for Creda heating appliances, such as fires and radiators, the brand name is now owned by Redring.

For appliances, washing machines, cookers etc. the brand is now under the control of The Indesit Company and most Creda appliances are re-badged Hotpoint or Indesit machines and, in some cases, a hybrid of the two brands.

It is worth noting that Creda, along with the rest of the group, are moving toward "sealed tubs" where bearings cannot be replaced, the entire inner tub group has to be exchanged which is hardly ideal and VERY expensive. This can also be a problem if items, such a bra wires and coins etc, get stuck in the tub as often the only option is to replace the whole tub group which means the outer tub, drum and bearings all have to be exchanged.

Spares & Repairability

Spares are very much as they are for the rest of The Indesit Company brands, Hotpoint, Indesit etc. Some spares are quite ludicrous in price and others are perfectly reasonable.

Almost any of the repairers on the Engineer Search system will repair Creda machines, especially those before Indesit took the company over from GDA (Hotpoint) as they are relatively easy to repair and not expensive to repair either. Beyond 2005 though, things change with some repairers now refusing to work on the newer machines due to a lack of technical information.