LIPTON MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED

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  Outstanding charges registered

  One or more mortgages or charges remain undischarged on the Companies House register.

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  Confirmation statement overdue

  Due 2026-03-28.

1. LIPTON MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED 2024-05-24 → present
2. EKATERRA MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED 2021-10-27 → 2024-05-24
3. UNILEVER TEA MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED 2021-03-15 → 2021-10-27

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ballards LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Notwithstanding the Company's net current liabilities of £77,276,393 (2023: £71,844,781) at 31 December 2024, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The principal activity of the Company is to carry out toll manufacturing of tea products in the United Kingdom (UK). The Company meets its day to day working capital requirements through a cash pooling arrangement and from intercompany loans with the Lipton Group headed by Cuppa Topco B.V. The directors have performed a going concern assessment which indicates that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the Company will have sufficient funds, through its participation in the Lipton group cash pooling facility and funding from its fellow subsidiary company and in-house bank, Ekaterra Group Finance B.V., to meet its liabilities as they fall due during the going concern assessment period, which is at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The Company changed its name to Lipton Manufacturing UK Limited effective from 24 May 2024.”
• “During May 2024, the Lipton Group entered into an agreement to sell 100% of Lipton Teas and Infusions Kenya PLC (and its subsidiaries), Lipton Teas and Infusions Rwanda Ltd, and Lipton Teas and Infusions Tanzania Lts. (together 'the tea estates') to B Commodities ME (FZE), a subsidiary of Browns Investments PLC ('Browns'). The disposal of the tea estates was completed by 20 December 2024.”
• “In October 2024, the Company entered into a Hire Purchase transaction with Paragon Business Finance PLC in relation to plant and equipment owned by the company.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +50.7%

  £47,266,633 → £71,217,399

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -21%

  -£41,747,287 → -£50,531,612

• Employees

  -22.3%

  206 → 160

• Operating profit

  +74.8%

  -£9,459,176 → -£2,381,281

• Profit before tax

  +35.4%

  -£13,688,054 → -£8,841,966

• Wages

  -40.2%

  £11,968,287 → £7,152,471

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