AHMAD TEA (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
USD 13,869,053
+47.8% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£67M
USD 89,707,165
+25.2% vs 2023
Employees
523
+23.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16M
USD 21,076,998
+110.8% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £113,588,743 | £134,421,361 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £7,678,863 | £16,254,488 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £7,474,523 | £15,756,147 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £7,032,514 | £15,071,744 | |
| Cash | £8,025 | £30,236 | £132,214 | £130,777 | £7,012,510 | £10,367,835 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £90,023,949 | £100,034,852 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £53,563,993 | £67,060,750 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £62,577,991 | £53,563,993 | £67,060,750 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 422 | 523 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £7,600,439 | £8,902,668 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £404,812 | £498,389 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+18.3%
£113,588,743 £134,421,361
-
Cash
+47.8%
£7,012,510 £10,367,835
highest in 6 filed years
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Net assets
+25.2%
£53,563,993 £67,060,750
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Employees
+23.9%
422 523
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Operating profit
+111.7%
£7,678,863 £16,254,488
-
Profit before tax
+110.8%
£7,474,523 £15,756,147
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Wages
+17.1%
£7,600,439 £8,902,668
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 6.8% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 6.2% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 8.5% | 16.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 46.8% | 42.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 5.90x | 4.87x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 31.21x | 73.89x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HJS Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been drawn up on going concern basis since the directors are satisfied the Companies equity position remains stable.”
Group structure
- AHMAD TEA (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Ahmad Tea FZ LLC 99%
- Ahmad Tea Limited 100%
- Ahmad Tea Cay ithalat Ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi 100%
- Ahmad Tea CIS LLC 99%
- Ahmad Tea Investments FZ LLC 100%
- Ahmad Tea USA 2 Corp 100%
- Ahmad Tea's Ukrainian Tea 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end, the group have formed one new subsidiary 100% owned subsidiary know as Ahmad Tea (CPC) (Pvt) Ltd and partaken in a further joint venture forming Ahmad Tea Beverages PTE Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFSHAR, Ali, Dr | Secretary | 2013-12-09 | — | — |
| AFSHAR, Abdol Karim, Dr | Director | 2013-12-09 | Jan 1953 | British |
| AFSHAR, Abdol Rahim | Director | 2013-12-09 | Dec 1949 | British |
| AFSHAR, Ali, Dr | Director | 2013-12-09 | Oct 1978 | British |
| AFSHAR, Ebrahim, Dr | Director | 2013-12-09 | Mar 1959 | British |
| AFSHAR, Mostaffa | Director | 2013-12-09 | Jun 1964 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ebrahim Afshar | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-11-22 | Active |
| Mr Abdolrahim Afshar | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2018-12-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.