SURMAH VALLEY TEA COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£381k
+21.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.2m
-18.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
3,146
+0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£232k
-133.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,886,922 | £3,274,438 | £3,955,026 | +20.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£803,761 | -£296,146 | -£181,865 | +38.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£786,188 | £689,525 | -£231,841 | -133.6% | |
| Net profit | -£865,401 | £611,229 | -£485,296 | -179.4% | |
| Cash | £21,443 | £314,043 | £381,310 | +21.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,868,223 | £6,027,265 | £5,220,627 | -13.4% | |
| Net assets | £4,843,808 | £5,143,719 | £4,202,674 | -18.3% | |
| Equity | £4,843,808 | £5,143,719 | £4,202,674 | -18.3% | |
| Average employees | 3,139 | 3,138 | 3,146 | +0.3% | |
| Wages | £1,768,269 | £1,698,960 | £1,641,836 | -3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -27.8% | -9.0% | -4.6% | |
| Net margin | -30.0% | 18.7% | -12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.7% | -4.9% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 5.5% | 46.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 1.21x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | -11.63x | -1.28x | -0.76x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SURMAH VALLEY TEA COMPANY LIMITED 1985-01-29 → present
- SURMAH VALLEY TEA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) 1897-08-04 → 1985-01-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approving the financial statements. The Directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HINDIA, Nischal Vinesh | Secretary | 2024-08-01 | — | — |
| AHMED, Nasir Uddin | Director | 2025-06-01 | Apr 1961 | Bangladeshi |
| COOMBS, Kenneth Byron | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1960 | British |
| HINDIA, Nischal Vinesh | Director | 2025-01-01 | Dec 1979 | British |
| RAHMAN, Mustafizur | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1968 | Bangladeshi |
| WALKER, Susan Ann | Director | 2015-06-12 | Jul 1967 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BODRI, Anita Denise | Secretary | 2023-12-31 | 2024-08-01 |
| CONWAY, Michael David | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2011-03-29 |
| HILL, Peter Ernest | Secretary | — | 2003-07-01 |
| MATHUR, Anil Kumar | Secretary | 2011-03-29 | 2011-09-01 |
| MORTON, Julia Alison | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | 2018-04-20 |
| TAKK, Amarpal | Secretary | 2018-04-20 | 2023-12-31 |
| AHMAD, Syed Aziz | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2008-12-18 |
| AHMED, Imran | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2024-12-31 |
| CONWAY, Michael David | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2011-03-29 |
| FIELD, Peter John | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2022-03-09 |
| HILL, Peter Ernest | Director | — | 2003-11-28 |
| ISLAM, Muhammad Moyeedul | Director | — | 2008-12-18 |
| LEGGATT, Peter Alan | Director | — | 2009-11-28 |
| MATHUR, Anil Kumar | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2015-06-04 |
| MAYES, Kenneth | Director | — | 2002-06-30 |
| MOORSHID, Syed Sarwar | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| PANTER, Joe Fredrick Bertie | Director | 2022-03-09 | 2024-12-31 |
| QUADIR, Syed Ehsan | Director | 2021-03-03 | 2024-11-30 |
| SUBHAN, Abu Sayeed Muhammad Obaidus | Director | — | 2007-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.