Company No. 00131700 · Incorporated 20 Oct 1913
Amo Tea Company Limited
Registered name: AMO TEA COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Camellia Public Limited Company groupAmo Tea Company Limited made £4.5m revenue and £688k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Amo Tea Company Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £4.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £688k profit and 2,624 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Near Sevenoaks; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 10390Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Near Sevenoaks, South East
- Age
- 112 yrs · since 1913
- 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
£4.5m
Growth ▲36.2%
Profit
£688k
Growth ▼44.3%
Profit margin
15.3%
Gross 13.9%
Employees
2,624
Change ▲0.3%
Profit / employee
£262
Revenue/employee £1.7k
Profitable streak
3yrs
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) | £3.5m | £3.3m | £4.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.2m | £3m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £284k | £294k | £628k |
| Operating profit | £127k | £813k | £508k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £862k |
| Profit after tax | £201k | £1.2m | £688k |
| Profit (best available) | £201k | £1.2m | £688k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 2,613 | 2,617 | 2,624 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 37.3% | 15.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.2% | 8.9% | 13.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3k | £1.3k | £1.7k |
| Profit per employee | £77 | £472 | £262 |
| Cash conversion | 474.3% | 18.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▲36.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲515.2% | ▼44.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▲0.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £247k | £247k | £219k |
| Net assets | £10.3m | £10.8m | £10.5m |
| Fixed assets | — | £7.2m | £6.6m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £8.3m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £103k | £249k | £170k |
| Cash from operations | £602k | £148k | — |
| 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
- 15.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £262
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 147.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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 £10.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £219k
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 2,624
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £6.6m
Corporate ownership
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Camellia Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Lawrie Group Public Limited Company75–100%
- Amo Tea Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (35)
- Lungla(Sylhet)tea Company,limited(The)Rev. £7.9m · Profit −£1.1m
- Allynugger Tea Company,limited(The)Rev. £3.8m · Profit −£899k
- Chandpore Tea Company Limited(The)Rev. £2.5m · Profit −£117k
- Mazdehee Tea Company,limited(The)Rev. £2.3m · Profit £199k
- 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
- Bagracote Tea Company,limited(The)Active - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Banbury Tea Warehouses LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- British Indian Tea Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dejoo Tea Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Doolahat Tea Company Limited(The)Active - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- 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
- Hobart Place Nominees LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Horace Hickling & Co.,limitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Isa Bheel Tea Company,limited(The)Active - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- 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 £688k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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