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Company No. 00032199 · Incorporated 8 Aug 1890

Chandpore Tea Company Limited(The)

Registered name: CHANDPORE TEA COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

Part of Camellia Public Limited Company group

Chandpore Tea Company Limited(The) made £2.5m revenue and a £117k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Chandpore Tea Company Limited(The)’s revenue grew 28% to £2.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £117k and 1,752 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in 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 seeds
Status
Active
Location
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
£2.5m
Growth ▲28.1%
Profit
−£117k
Growth ▼165.3%
Profit margin
−4.6%
Gross 8.6%
Employees
1,752
Change ▼0.2%
Profit / employee
−£67
Revenue/employee £1.4k
Profitable streak
0yrs
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

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£1.7m£2m£2.5m
Cost of sales£2.2m£1.9m£2.3m
Gross profit−£419k£29.3k£216k
Operating profit−£530k£433k£136k
Profit before tax—£218k−£94.3k
Profit after tax−£714k£179k−£117k
Profit (best available)−£714k£179k−£117k
Staff costs£974k£1.1m£524k
Employees (average)1,7561,7561,752
Ratios
Profit margin−40.9%9.1%−4.6%
Gross margin−24.1%1.5%8.6%
Revenue per employee£993£1.1k£1.4k
Profit per employee−£407£102−£67
Cash conversion—13.1%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲12.9%▲28.1%
Profit growth——▼165.3%
Headcount growth—0%▼0.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£37£4£967
Net assets£1.9m£1.9m£1.6m
Fixed assets—£4.4m£4.1m
Current assets£897k£1.1m£598k
Debtors£53.8k£160k£138k
Cash from operations£591k£56.6k—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−4.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
8.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.4k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£67
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
162%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
5.5%
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
▼15%
Now £1.6m
Cash at bank
▲24075%
Now £967
Headcount
▼0%
Now 1,752
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼6%
Now £4.1m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Camellia Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
  2. Lawrie Group Public Limited Company75–100%
  3. Chandpore Tea Company Limited(The)this company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (35)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£117k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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