THE TEA FACTORY LIMITED

Company number 05197523 ·

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Executive summary

The Tea Factory Limited operates as a niche, micro-entity within the highly competitive UK tea and spices wholesale sector, relying on an agile, owner-managed structure. While the company's net assets decreased from £35,926 to £23,269 in 2025, this masks a significant underlying recovery; the firm successfully transitioned from technical insolvency in 2022/2023 to a stabilized position by aggressively paying down current liabilities and vastly improving its working capital. Despite this positive deleveraging, the company remains highly vulnerable to commodity volatility and competitive pressures due to its extremely thin capital base and lack of economies of scale.

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Shareholders' funds

£23,269

Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2004-08-04
Employees
2 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
22 Horsecroft Place, The Pinnacles, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5BX
Postcode
CM19 5BX
Capital
2 GBP
Accounts category
Micro

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-08-31
Next due by
2027-05-31
Financial year end
31 August

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-08-01
Next due by
2027-08-15
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46370 Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

Officers 3 current · 3 resigned

DIRECTOR Appointed 2004-09-04
MR Mukesh POPAT Director
Appointed 2004-09-04
Appointed 2004-09-04

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Contact details

Website
theteafactory.co.uk

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
UNIT 5 MOAT HOUSE HORSECROFT, ROAD, HARLOW, ESSEX, CM19 5BN2011-04-21
16 SWANSHOPE, LOUGHTON, ESSEX, IG10 2NA2005-11-25

Among its peers

2nd oldest

of 11 similar companies in CM, trading since 2004

The class of 2004

37%

of the 135,820 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 61% have since been dissolved.

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