Company No. 00031287 · Incorporated 18 Apr 1890
Mazdehee Tea Company,limited(The)
Registered name: MAZDEHEE TEA COMPANY,LIMITED(THE)
Part of Camellia Public Limited Company groupMazdehee Tea Company,limited(The) made £2.3m revenue and £199k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Mazdehee Tea Company,limited(The)’s revenue grew 33% to £2.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £199k profit and 1,170 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Near Sevenoaks; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
Full P&L filedSection A · Agriculture, forestry and fishingSIC 01110Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seedsSIC 10390Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Near Sevenoaks, South East
- Age
- 136 yrs · since 1890
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025
Key figures
Doing more with less
Revenue
£2.3m
Growth ▲32.7%
Profit
£199k
Growth ▼28.8%
Profit margin
8.8%
Gross 18.4%
Employees
1,170
Change ▼0.3%
Profit / employee
£170
Revenue/employee £1.9k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
3 filed years
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | −£227k | £61.4k | £418k |
| Operating profit | −£366k | £417k | £337k |
| Profit before tax | — | £307k | £212k |
| Profit after tax | −£447k | £280k | £199k |
| Profit (best available) | −£447k | £280k | £199k |
| Staff costs | £746k | £737k | £713k |
| Employees (average) | 1,170 | 1,174 | 1,170 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −30.2% | 16.4% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | −15.3% | 3.6% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3k | £1.5k | £1.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£382 | £239 | £170 |
| Cash conversion | — | 28.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.3% | ▲32.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼28.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▼0.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.2k | £3.8k | £178k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | — | £4m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £56.2k | £149k | £158k |
| Cash from operations | £492k | £119k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
Derived from the latest filing
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £170
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 169.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼3%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4579%
- Now £178k
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 1,170
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £3.8m
Corporate ownership
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Camellia Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Lawrie Group Public Limited Company75–100%
- Mazdehee Tea Company,limited(The)this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (35)
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- Allynugger Tea Company,limited(The)Rev. £3.8m · Profit −£899k
- Chandpore Tea Company Limited(The)Rev. £2.5m · Profit −£117k
- Linton Park Services LimitedRev. £403k · Profit £3.7k
- Alex Lawrie & Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Amgoorie Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Amgoorie Tea Estates,limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- Assam-Dooars Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Assam-Dooars Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Banbury Tea Warehouses LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- British Indian Tea Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dejoo Tea Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Endogram Tea Company Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- Goodricke Lawrie Consultants LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Harmutty Tea Company Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
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- Jatel Public Limited CompanyFigures not disclosed
- Jhanzie Tea Association LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lankapara Tea Company LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Lawrie Plantation Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Longai Valley Tea Company LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Longbourne Holdings LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Octavius Steel & Company (London) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Stewart Holl Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Dhoolie Tea Company LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Vaghamon (Travancore) Tea Company LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- W.D.G. Properties LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Walter Duncan & Goodricke LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Western Dooars Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Western Dooars Tea Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £199k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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