R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED

WESTON CENTRE, 10 GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, W1K 4QY

Company Number: 00525071
Incorporation date: 27-Oct-1953
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
46370 Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

SUMMARY

This company is 72.1 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by multiple entities. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 231.5 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 234 million. The company has 3 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 3 other companies. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are 2 court cases involving the company that we are aware of.

FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 31-May-2026
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Aug-2024)

P&L Financials:

Year end	Currency	Revenue	Operating profit	Interest Received	Interest Paid	Tax	Net Profit GBP
31-Aug-2019	GBP	231,502,000	78,040,000	1,775,000		15,529,000	64,286,000
31-Aug-2018	GBP	233,993,000	73,606,000	992,000		14,604,000	59,994,000
31-Aug-2017	GBP	219,278,000	62,837,000			12,242,000	51,108,000
31-Aug-2016	GBP	210,121,000	59,547,000		7,000	11,924,000	47,616,000
31-Aug-2015	GBP	196,558,000	55,521,000		55,000	11,316,000	44,150,000
31-Aug-2014	GBP	280,543,000	43,638,000		491,000	8,856,000	34,291,000
31-Aug-2013	GBP	273,240,000	24,776,000		807,000	4,866,000	19,103,000
15-Sep-2012	GBP	265,242,000	18,110,000		996,000	4,154,000	12,960,000
17-Sep-2011	GBP	264,496,000	25,598,000		362,000	9,277,000	15,959,000
18-Sep-2010	GBP	235,580,000	25,158,000		453,000	2,456,000	6,257,000
12-Sep-2009	GBP	200,351,000	14,852,000			3,968,000	9,463,000
13-Sep-2008	GBP
15-Sep-2007	GBP	174,659,000	15,013,000			4,053,000	10,960,000
16-Sep-2006	GBP
17-Sep-2005	GBP	142,940,000	7,107,000			2,354,000	4,753,000
18-Sep-2004	GBP

Balance Sheet Financials:

Year end	Currency	Cash	Current Assets	Current Liabilities	Share Capital	Premium Reserve	Retained Earnings	Net Assets
31-Aug-2019	GBP	182,000	265,489,000	50,842,000
31-Aug-2018	GBP	40,000	194,797,000	50,495,000	41,000	108,000	168,942,000	177,001,000
31-Aug-2017	GBP	109,000	119,010,000	39,541,000	41,000	108,000	108,948,000	116,349,000
31-Aug-2016	GBP	529,000	77,105,000	51,088,000	41,000	108,000	57,840,000	64,147,000
31-Aug-2015	GBP	1,960,000	59,675,000	43,872,000	41,000	108,000	50,198,000
31-Aug-2014	GBP	301,000	73,376,000	74,602,000	41,000	108,000	38,048,000
31-Aug-2013	GBP	917,000	58,547,000	73,866,000	41,000	108,000	18,757,000
15-Sep-2012	GBP	131,000	63,106,000	75,140,000	41,000	108,000	12,654,000
17-Sep-2011	GBP	1,578,000	88,952,000	90,434,000	41,000	108,000	15,694,000
18-Sep-2010	GBP	291,000	73,726,000	57,870,000	41,000	108,000	32,118,000
12-Sep-2009	GBP	1,350,000	68,234,000	64,545,000	41,000	108,000	34,161,000
13-Sep-2008	GBP	979,000	63,289,000	55,690,000	41,000	108,000	40,198,000
15-Sep-2007	GBP		55,065,000	53,403,000	41,000	108,000	31,739,000
16-Sep-2006	GBP		55,505,000	61,412,000	14,000	15,000	15,000
17-Sep-2005	GBP	51,279,000		58,436,000	41,000	108,000	23,583,000
18-Sep-2004	GBP	384,000	45,248,000	47,828,000	41,000	108,000	23,830,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end	Currency	% Equity	Sum raised	Pre-Money Valuation*	Post-Money Valuation*	Enterprise Value**
15-Sep-2007	GBP	65.85%	120,000	62,222	182,222	122,222
16-Sep-2006	GBP	-192.86%	-120,000	182,222	62,222	-25,517,278

* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Nationality	All apointments (active/resigned)
Active	Raymond Gerrard CAHILL	23 Mar 2022	06 Nov 2025		1 - 0
Resigned	Simon Joseph SMITH	14 Jul 2006	29 Sep 2006	British	0 - 68
Resigned	Rosalyn Sharon SCHOFIELD	13 Aug 2001	24 Dec 2020	British	4 - 219
Resigned	Lyn RICHARDSON	24 Jul 2001	13 Aug 2001	British	0 - 90
Resigned	Catherine Mary SPRINGETT	08 Mar 2001	24 Jul 2001	British	0 - 215
Resigned	Jessica Sophie FOSTER	14 Jul 2000	08 Mar 2001	British	0 - 96
Resigned	Malcolm Raymond GORE		11 Jun 1999	British	8 - 91
Resigned	William Bernard WRIGHT		14 Jul 2000	British	4 - 95

DIRECTORS

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All appointments (active/resigned)	Dissolved companies (rate)
Active	Gaëlle Jeanne Dominique SULLY ÉP. HUTT	17 Jun 2022		Company Director	French	1 - 2	0 (0.0%)
Active	Olav Kristian SILDEN	23 Mar 2022		Director	Norwegian	2 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	Peter Roger TAYLOR	23 Sep 2019		Company Director	British	2 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	George Thomson MCCALLUM	10 Jan 2007	13 Jan 2020	Regional Director	British	0 - 3	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Robert Edward TAVENER	10 Jun 2002	23 Mar 2022	Chief Executive	British	0 - 2	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Caroline Dorothy Lucyna LOADER	30 May 2002	28 Oct 2005	Human Resources Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Nicholas Stephen REVETT	15 Mar 1999	17 Jun 2022	Commodities Director	British	0 - 5	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Bruce Guthrie KENNY	22 Nov 1996	31 Dec 2002	Personnel Advisor	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Christopher KING	24 Apr 1995	19 Mar 2007	Manufacturing Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Simon Arthur BURR	28 Mar 1994	16 Mar 2004	Group Financial Director	British	0 - 13	7 (53.8%)
Resigned	Ian William Kirk DEWAR	28 Mar 1994	31 Dec 2002	Company Director	British	0 - 6	1 (16.7%)
Resigned	Thomas Allen HINCH	28 Mar 1994	15 Sep 1995	Production Manager	British	0 - 5	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	John Ellis LEEDER	28 Mar 1994	30 Nov 2000	Tea And Coffee Buyer	British	0 - 6	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Michael Jeffreys Percy BATTISSON	28 Mar 1994	18 Oct 2004	Export Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Colin John HUDSON		17 Sep 2004	Group Purchasing Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Samuel Humfrey Gaskell TWINING		17 Sep 2004	Company Director	British	0 - 2	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	John Ellis LEEDER		30 Nov 2000	Tea And Coffee Buyer	British	0 - 6	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Thomas Allen HINCH		15 Sep 1995	Production Manager	British	0 - 5	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Ian William Kirk DEWAR		31 Dec 2002	Company Director	British	0 - 6	1 (16.7%)
Resigned	Brynley James EVANS		31 Dec 2002	Managing Director	British	0 - 4	1 (25.0%)
Resigned	Geoffrey Brian UGLOW		28 Feb 2005	Management Services Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)

Number of active directors: 3
Average tenure of active directors: 4.4 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 6.4 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 0.0%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name	Gaëlle Jeanne Dominique SULLY ÉP. HUTT	Olav Kristian SILDEN	Peter Roger TAYLOR
TWINING CROSFIELD & CO LIMITED (00144900) - Active		✔	✔
R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED (00525071) - Active	✔	✔	✔
THE NORTH BRITISH DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED (SC001491) - Active	✔
LOTHIAN DISTILLERS LIMITED (SC141866) - Active	✔

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name	Share class	Shares at confirmation date
Shareholder name	Share class	2016-06-15	2015-06-25	2014-06-25	2013-06-25	2012-06-25
TWINING CROSFIELD & CO. LIMITED	ORDINARY	40,940 100%	40,940 100%	40,940 100%	40,940 100%	40,940 100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES

>75%:Associated British Foods Plc (00293262 - United Kingdom) ceased
- - >75%:Associated British Foods Plc (00293262 - United Kingdom) active
    >75%:Abf Investments Plc (00306672 - United Kingdom) active
  >75%:A.B.F. Holdings Limited (00313307 - United Kingdom) active
>75%:Twining Crosfield & Co Limited (00144900 - United Kingdom) active
- - >75%:Associated British Foods Plc (00293262 - United Kingdom) active
    >75%:Abf Investments Plc (00306672 - United Kingdom) active
  >75%:A.B.F. Holdings Limited (00313307 - United Kingdom) active
>75%:Twining Crosfield & Co. Limited (00144900 - United Kingdom) ceased

Controlling entities above

R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT

Start date	End date	Average days to pay	% invoices paid over 60 days	% invoices not paid within agreed terms	Gov.uk report
2024-09-01	2025-02-28	29	5%	19%	96783
2024-03-01	2024-08-31	28	4%	14%	89634
2023-09-01	2024-02-29	25	2%	11%	82744
2023-03-01	2023-08-31	30	5%	11%	75987
2022-09-01	2023-02-28	27	5%	14%	69438
2022-03-01	2022-08-31	30	5%	15%	63237
2021-09-01	2022-02-28	31	8%	10%	56744
2021-03-01	2021-08-31	29	6%	15%	50152
2020-09-01	2021-02-28	27	6%	10%	43250
2020-03-01	2020-08-31	28	4%	10%	36519
2019-09-01	2020-02-29	28	4%	9%	29770
2019-03-01	2019-08-31	31	9%	36%	21840
2018-09-01	2019-02-28	37	16%	52%	14150
2018-03-01	2018-08-31	38	15%	61%	7026
2017-09-01	2018-02-28	32	16%	58%	999

COURT CASES

Date	Title	Reference	Subject
2019-07-04	Mr N Cheng v R Twining and Company Ltd	[2019] UKET 1400933/2018	Race Discrimination
2007-07-05	R Twining and Company Ltd v Revenue & Customs	[2007] UKVAT V20230

PATENTS

Title	Date filed	Status	Publication number
A container	2000-02-18	Granted	GB2359295
A container	1992-02-11	Granted	GB2264287

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 46370 Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices)

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)

This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:

Basis	Liquidation within 3 months	Liquidation within 6 months	Liquidation within 12 months	Prediction confidence
R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED	0.8%	3.6%	7.5%	Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector	0.8%	5.1%	12.9%	Medium


Age	0.4%	1.4%	2.7%	Medium
Company Type	0.7%	3.7%	7.4%	Medium
Accounts category	0.7%	2.2%	3.8%	Medium
Accounting Month	1.1%	4.7%	11.8%	Medium
Sic code count	0.7%	3.5%	7.0%	Medium