KEITH SPICER LIMITED
Company number 00348565 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Keith Spicer Limited possesses genuine strategic assets—an 85-year heritage, BRC AA+ manufacturing capability, and global group integration—that position it credibly in the UK tea market. However, the financial trajectory is unsustainable: deepening negative equity, a 65% cash decline in one year, and complete dependency on parent group support for going concern viability create an urgent need to restore profitability. The path forward requires aggressive branded portfolio expansion to improve margins, disciplined exit from unsustainable retailer contracts, and rigorous working capital management to stabilize cash flows before the group's patience or capacity to fund losses erodes.
Shareholders' funds
-£4,303,034
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continues to be that of tea importers, blenders, packers, and packaged tea exporters. The Directors do not envisage any change in this business in the near future.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1939-01-18
- Employees
- 130 (2024 accounts · was 127 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 5 Cobham Road, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7PN
- Postcode
- BH21 7PN
- Capital
- 3,042,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 8 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-19
- Next due by
- 2027-08-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10831 Tea processing
Officers 4 current · 25 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Harris Freeman 1981 Llc (SR20251791228) — since 2026-01-29
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6193702 (Tier 1), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- keithspicer.co.uk
- Phone
- 01202863800
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5 COBHAM ROAD, FERNDOWN INDUSTRIAL ESTA, WIMBORNE, DORSET BH21 7PN | 2005-09-20 |
| 88 CAMDEN ROAD, LONDON, NW1 9EA | 2005-04-19 |
| FERNDOWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, FERNDOWN, WIMBORNE, DORSET BH21 7PN | 2004-09-24 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 67 similar companies in BH — measured against the wider sector, with 130 staff. The oldest of its local peers.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2012-12-12
- Where
- Dorset (1), Tyne And Wear (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT384697 | Dorset | Freehold | 2012-12-12 | — |
| TY294789 | Tyne And Wear | Freehold | 2012-08-14 | — |
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