AHMAD TEA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+21.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+10.9% vs 2023
Employees
67
+1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+17.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £43,108,573 | £53,548,296 | |
| Operating profit | £1,712,927 | £2,029,952 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,727,418 | £2,035,504 | |
| Net profit | £1,286,484 | £1,492,838 | |
| Cash | £2,685,262 | £3,259,859 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,786,305 | £15,230,760 | |
| Net assets | £13,755,800 | £15,248,638 | |
| Equity | £13,755,800 | £15,248,638 | |
| Average employees | 66 | 67 | |
| Wages | £3,329,868 | £3,849,189 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.4% | 13.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.49x |
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
- Sharma & Co. and S.G. Talati, F.C.A.
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There were no significant post balance sheet events.”
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, Ebrahim, Dr | Secretary | — | — | British |
| AFSHAR, Abdol Karim, Dr | Director | — | Jan 1953 | British |
| AFSHAR, Abdolrahim | Director | — | Dec 1949 | British |
| AFSHAR, Ali, Dr | Director | 2019-06-06 | Oct 1978 | British |
| AFSHAR, Ebrahim, Dr | Director | — | Mar 1959 | British |
| AFSHAR, Mostaffa | Director | 2013-04-08 | Jun 1964 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Tea (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-20 | Active |
| Dr Ebrahim Afshar | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-11-22 | Ceased 2025-11-20 |
| Mr Abdolrahim Afshar | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+24.2%
£43,108,573 £53,548,296
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Cash
+21.4%
£2,685,262 £3,259,859
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Net assets
+10.9%
£13,755,800 £15,248,638
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Employees
+1.5%
66 67
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Operating profit
+18.5%
£1,712,927 £2,029,952
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Profit before tax
+17.8%
£1,727,418 £2,035,504
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Wages
+15.6%
£3,329,868 £3,849,189
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