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Cash

£2.7M

USD 3,663,561

+74.1% vs 2023

Net assets

-£1.1M

USD -1,473,536

+41% vs 2023

Employees

4,795

+6.1% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£2.8M

USD 3,683,512

+493.8% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £11,721,078£14,571,108 +24.3%
Operating profit £2,446,536£4,197,330 +71.6%
Profit before tax £464,376£2,757,533 +493.8%
Net profit -£897,341£538,493-£802,667£2,054,744 +356%
Cash £4,029,292£828,021£1,575,295£2,742,597 +74.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £33,051,317£27,373,609£16,223,374£14,312,067 -11.8%
Net assets £3,602,659£4,141,152-£1,868,152-£1,103,111 +41%
Equity £3,602,659£4,141,152-£1,868,152-£1,103,111 +41%
Average employees 004,5214,795 +6.1%
Wages £1,352,265£1,707,280 +26.3%
Directors' remuneration £0£0

Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.749 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. 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 2019-12-312020-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 20.9%28.8%
Net margin -6.8%14.1%
Return on capital employed 15.1%29.3%
Current ratio 1.15x1.18x
Interest cover 1.23x2.85x

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

  1. SILVERBACK TEA COMPANY LIMITED 2020-01-09 → present
  2. RWANDA TEA INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2019-02-18 → 2020-01-09

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Anderson Anderson & Brown Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Material uncertainty disclosed

“We draw attention to note 2.3 to the financial statements, which explains that, following the post year-end disposal of its three trading subsidiaries, the directors intend to wind up the parent company, Silverback Tea Company Limited. As a result, the parent company's individual financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter. The directors have considered the position of the three trading subsidiaries and are satisfied all three continue to trade well and are expected to meet all obligations as they fall due, accordingly the directors consider all three subsidiaries to be a going concern.”

Group structure

  1. SILVERBACK TEA COMPANY LIMITED · parent
    1. Pfunda Tea Company Limited 90% · Rwanda
    2. Gisovu Tea Company Limited 60% · Rwanda
    3. Rugabano Tea Company Pvt Limited 100% · Rwanda

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 1 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BUCHAN, Alistair Secretary 2019-05-20
CHATTERJEE, Dipankar Director 2019-03-19 Apr 1944 Indian
CHATTERJEE, Rudra Director 2019-03-19 Jun 1977 Indian
KNOPP, David Director 2019-03-19 Jan 1972 American
MUNSHI, Sunil Director 2024-06-17 Aug 1957 Indian
RASTOGI, Atul Director 2019-05-20 Jun 1964 Indian
WOOD, Ian Clark, Sir Director 2019-02-18 Jul 1942 British
Show 1 resigned officer
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BUCHAN, Alistair Director 2019-02-18 2019-05-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Rudra Chatterjee Individual Significant influence 2020-03-04 Active
Mr Dipankar Chatterjee Individual Significant influence 2020-03-04 Active
The Wood Foundation Africa Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2019-02-18 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 33 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2020-01-09 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
  • 2020-01-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-04-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-04-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-05-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-02-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-03-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2021-03-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2020-04-03 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company previous shortened
2020-03-04 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2020-03-04 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2020-03-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-01-09 CERTNM change-of-name Certificate change of name company
2020-01-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2019-08-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
1

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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