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Company No. 00044242 · Incorporated 29 May 1895

Lungla(Sylhet)tea Company,limited(The)

Registered name: LUNGLA(SYLHET)TEA COMPANY,LIMITED(THE)

Part of Camellia Public Limited Company group

Lungla(Sylhet)tea Company,limited(The) made £7.9m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Lungla(Sylhet)tea Company,limited(The)’s revenue grew 24% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 6,797 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Near Sevenoaks; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection S · Other service activitiesSIC 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Near Sevenoaks, South East
Age
131 yrs · since 1895
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

Revenue
£7.9m
Growth ▲23.9%
Profit
−£1.1m
Growth —
Profit margin
−13.9%
Gross −0.7%
Employees
6,797
Change ▲0.5%
Profit / employee
−£162
Revenue/employee £1.2k
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)£6.5m£6.4m£7.9m
Cost of sales£7.7m£7m£8m
Gross profit−£1.2m−£638k−£51.9k
Operating profit−£1.5m−£512k−£278k
Profit before tax—−£1m−£951k
Profit after tax−£2m−£1.1m−£1.1m
Profit (best available)−£2m−£1.1m−£1.1m
Staff costs£3.7m£3.6m£3.5m
Employees (average)6,7856,7606,797
Ratios
Profit margin−31.4%−16.7%−13.9%
Gross margin−18.3%−10%−0.7%
Revenue per employee£957£948£1.2k
Profit per employee−£301−£158−£162
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼1.3%▲23.9%
Headcount growth—▼0.4%▲0.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£81.3k£466k£1.5m
Net assets£6.5m£5m£3.5m
Fixed assets—£10.3m£10m
Current assets£3.8m£5m£5.3m
Debtors£184k£455k£370k
Cash from operations£1m£362k—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−13.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−0.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.2k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£162
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
125.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.7%
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
▼31%
Now £3.5m
Cash at bank
▲213%
Now £1.5m
Headcount
▲1%
Now 6,797
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼3%
Now £10m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Camellia Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
  2. Lawrie Group Public Limited Company75–100%
  3. Lungla(Sylhet)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 −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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