R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
Amounts are in EUR (the currency of the accounts).
† R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 46370Where the company stands among the 2,661 active companies whose first SIC code is 46370 (Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices).
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- GLOBAL TEA & COMMODITIES LTD£45.8m
- LOUDWATER TRADE AND FINANCE LIMITED£43.9m
- D.R.WAKEFIELD & COMPANY LIMITED£12m
- NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED£11.9m
- CARAVELA LIMITED£11.3m
- DARVILLE AND SON LIMITED£10.2m
- MATTHEW ALGIE (IRELAND) LIMITED£9.1m
- RIJO 42 INGREDIENTS LTD£7.3m
- MIKO COFFEE LIMITED£5m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00525071. It was incorporated on 27 Oct 1953. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (W1K). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices (46370).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Aug 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was 244,820,000 EUR. Profit for the year was 76,505,000 EUR. Net assets were 479,769,000 EUR, up 19.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was 1,005,000 EUR. Total assets were 584,989,000 EUR and total liabilities 87,661,000 EUR. The company had an average of 461 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 2,661 active companies whose first SIC code is 46370: It is older than 99% of them (median age 2.7 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 34 days to pay suppliers, and 17% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 12.2% lower than for men.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 May 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 29 Jun 2027.
Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
| 2023/24 † | 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 234,303,000 | 244,820,000 |
| Profit for the year | 72,820,000 | 76,505,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 1,090,000 | 1,005,000 |
| Total assets | 490,977,000 | 584,989,000 |
| Total liabilities | 76,847,000 | 87,661,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 402,831,000 | 479,769,000 |
| Average number of employees | 435 | 461 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 34 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 17%
- Standard payment terms
- 30–90 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 53%
- 31 to 60 days 42%
- After 60 days 5%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 28 Feb 2026
- 31
- 61%
- 24%
- 31 Aug 2025
- 33
- 56%
- 29%
- 28 Feb 2025
- 29
- 72%
- 19%
- 31 Aug 2024
- 28
- 68%
- 14%
- 29 Feb 2024
- 25
- 68%
- 11%
- 31 Aug 2023
- 30
- 65%
- 11%
- 28 Feb 2023
- 27
- 68%
- 14%
- Median hourly pay
- women 12.2% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 11.9% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 32.7% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 18.5% lower
- women 20.5% lower
- 2023/24
- women 10.8% lower
- women 16.4% lower
- 2022/23
- women 4.4% lower
- women 15.7% lower
- 2021/22
- women 6.1% lower
- women 16.6% lower
- 2020/21
- women 7.4% lower
- women 18.3% lower
- 2019/20
- women 14.6% lower
- women 19.5% lower
- 2018/19
- women 7% lower
- women 14.5% lower
- 2017/18
- women 6.4% lower
- women 14.1% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
8 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover 244.8m EUR, net assets 479.8m EUR, 461 employees
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover 234.3m EUR, net assets 402.8m EUR, 435 employees
- Twining Crosfield & Co Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Associated British Foods Plc ceased to be a person with significant control
- Associated British Foods Plc registered as a person with significant control
- Twining Crosfield & Co. Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Twining Crosfield & Co. Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.