R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
-7.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£480m
+19.1% vs 2024
Employees
461
+6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£102m
+3.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £226,744,000 | £234,303,000 | £244,820,000 | +4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £80,089,000 | £73,736,000 | £85,171,000 | +15.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £95,010,000 | £99,168,000 | £102,266,000 | +3.1% | |
| Net profit | £76,955,000 | £72,820,000 | £76,505,000 | +5.1% | |
| Cash | £257,000 | £1,090,000 | £1,005,000 | -7.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £541,946,000 | £414,130,000 | £497,328,000 | +20.1% | |
| Net assets | £530,360,000 | £402,831,000 | £479,769,000 | +19.1% | |
| Equity | £530,360,000 | £402,831,000 | £479,769,000 | +19.1% | |
| Average employees | 412 | 435 | 461 | +6% | |
| Wages | £29,936,000 | £33,016,000 | £36,412,000 | +10.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,990,000 | £2,248,000 | £2,063,000 | -8.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £1,064,423 | £1,349,837 | £1,037,287 | -23.2% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 35.3% | 31.5% | 34.8% | |
| Net margin | 33.9% | 31.1% | 31.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.8% | 17.8% | 17.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.6% | 17.9% | 18.0% | |
| Current ratio | 13.18x | 5.26x | 5.54x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and considering the support available from the intermediate parent company described above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. These considerations include the group's directors' assessment of going concern (set out in the ABF Annual Report dated 4 November 2025 and available at www.abf.co.uk), which included the significant levels of cash and undrawn committed long-term facilities available to the group and the group's directors' stress testing of cash flow forecasts through to 5 March 2027, and an assessment of any developments since that date that would adversely affect that conclusion. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Twinings & Co Italia S.r.l. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAHILL, Raymond Gerrard | Secretary | 2022-03-23 | — | — |
| SILDEN, Olav Kristian | Director | 2022-03-23 | Nov 1970 | Norwegian |
| SULLY ÉP. HUTT, Gaëlle Jeanne Dominique | Director | 2022-06-17 | Feb 1974 | French |
| TAYLOR, Peter Roger | Director | 2019-09-23 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Jessica Sophie | Secretary | 2000-07-14 | 2001-03-08 |
| GORE, Malcolm Raymond | Secretary | — | 1999-06-11 |
| RICHARDSON, Lyn | Secretary | 2001-07-24 | 2001-08-13 |
| SCHOFIELD, Rosalyn Sharon | Secretary | 2001-08-13 | 2020-12-24 |
| SMITH, Simon Joseph | Secretary | 2006-07-14 | 2006-09-29 |
| SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2001-03-08 | 2001-07-24 |
| WRIGHT, William Bernard | Secretary | — | 2000-07-14 |
| BATTISSON, Michael Jeffreys Percy | Director | 1994-03-28 | 2004-10-18 |
| BURR, Simon Arthur | Director | 1994-03-28 | 2004-03-16 |
| DEWAR, Ian William Kirk | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| EVANS, Brynley James | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| HINCH, Thomas Allen | Director | — | 1995-09-15 |
| HUDSON, Colin John | Director | — | 2004-09-17 |
| KENNY, Bruce Guthrie | Director | 1996-11-22 | 2002-12-31 |
| KING, Christopher | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2007-03-19 |
| LEEDER, John Ellis | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
| LOADER, Caroline Dorothy Lucyna | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2005-10-28 |
| MCCALLUM, George Thomson | Director | 2007-01-10 | 2020-01-13 |
| REVETT, Nicholas Stephen | Director | 1999-03-15 | 2022-06-17 |
| TAVENER, Robert Edward | Director | 2002-06-10 | 2022-03-23 |
| TWINING, Samuel Humfrey Gaskell | Director | — | 2004-09-17 |
| UGLOW, Geoffrey Brian | Director | — | 2005-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twining Crosfield & Co Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-24 | Active |
| Associated British Foods Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-21 | Ceased 2022-03-24 |
| Twining Crosfield & Co. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2022-04-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2022-04-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-03-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.