KEITH SPICER LIMITED
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Cash
£551k
+89% vs 2024
Net assets
-£1.3m
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
99
-23.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.9k
+118.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,546,973 | £21,238,874 | £18,043,240 | -15% | |
| Operating profit | £642,860 | £794,566 | £788,733 | -0.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£61,255 | -£53,097 | £9,913 | +118.7% | |
| Net profit | -£61,255 | -£48,847 | £16,913 | +134.6% | |
| Cash | £838,378 | £291,800 | £551,424 | +89% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,254,342 | £11,725,495 | £8,884,833 | -24.2% | |
| Net assets | -£1,189,658 | -£1,247,505 | -£1,268,592 | -1.7% | |
| Equity | -£1,189,658 | -£1,247,505 | -£1,268,592 | -1.7% | |
| Average employees | 127 | 130 | 99 | -23.8% | |
| Wages | £4,119,660 | £4,648,638 | £3,598,857 | -22.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £268,878 | £211,498 | £267,632 | +26.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £48,941 | £20,494 | £14,175 | -30.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £163,086 | £179,710 | £267,632 | +48.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.7% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | -0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.2% | 6.8% | 8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 107.8% | 108.6% | 108.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.32x | 3.27x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 0.90x | 0.91x | 0.99x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Robson Laidler Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- KEITH SPICER LIMITED · parent
- Big T (Tea) Limited 100%
- St James Teas Limited 100%
- Dorset Tea Limited 100%
- Tea India Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWEN, Christopher James | Director | 2021-01-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| SHAH, Kishore J, Mr. | Director | 2023-10-24 | Jun 1958 | American |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, John Patrick | Secretary | — | 2001-04-27 |
| BRYANT, Stephen Roy | Secretary | 2001-04-27 | 2011-05-05 |
| BOROOAH, Chirayu | Director | 2014-08-26 | 2025-01-01 |
| BOWES, Simon Foster | Director | 1992-11-16 | 2011-05-06 |
| BRYANT, Stephen Roy | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2011-05-05 |
| CARDWELL, Frederick John | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2004-11-15 |
| CLAY, Martin, Mr. | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2025-06-01 |
| CROCKETT, John Stewart | Director | 1994-11-01 | 2009-04-30 |
| EALES, Christopher Owen Staniford | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| EDWARDS, Nigel Gordon | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| KNIGHT, Stephen John, Mr. | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-01-15 |
| LEE, Alistair James | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2015-09-01 |
| MILLS, Geoffrey Norman John | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2017-04-27 |
| PEPPER, John Andrew | Director | 2011-07-21 | 2014-08-26 |
| PLAIN, Frederick Colin | Director | — | 1992-09-19 |
| RICHARDSON, George Peverell | Director | — | 1992-09-17 |
| ROBERTS, Maria | Director | 2010-12-31 | 2025-01-01 |
| SHAH, Anil | Director | 2010-12-31 | 2023-10-24 |
| SHAH, Harish | Director | 2010-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| SHAH, Kishore | Director | 2010-12-31 | 2022-03-31 |
| SHAH, Sumit, Mr. | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2026-02-17 |
| SPETHMANN, Joachim Michael, Herr | Director | 1998-08-03 | 2010-12-31 |
| SPETHMANN, Laurens | Director | 1992-09-17 | 1998-08-03 |
| SPETHMANN, Marianne | Director | 1992-09-17 | 1998-08-03 |
| SPICER, Herbert Keith | Director | — | 1992-09-17 |
| SPICER, Howard Keith | Director | — | 1995-01-06 |
| UNSWORTH, Peter Dylan | Director | 2017-03-06 | 2020-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Freeman 1981 Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-01-29 | Active |
| Harris Freeman Asia Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-06 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.