Company registration number 01876796 (England and Wales)
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
N Houghton
R O'Keefe
Company number
01876796
Registered office
Unit 8 Banner Park
Wickmans Drive
Coventry
West Midlands
England
CV4 9XA
Auditor
Thomas & Young Limited
Carleton House
266-268 Stratford Road
Shirley
Solihull
B90 3AD
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 3
Directors' report
4 - 5
Independent auditor's report
6 - 8
Statement of income and retained earnings
9
Balance sheet
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 21
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 30 April 2025.
Principal activities
New English Teas Limited is a privately owned company, and the principal activity of is the manufacture and supply of tea and tea gifts to wholesalers, retailers and direct to consumers.
Review of the business
The company has performed well during the financial year. Reported revenue for the year ended 30 April 2025 was £10.6m, with earnings before interest, tax and depreciation at £2.2m – a slight increase in turnover of 3% compared to prior year.
All customer sectors have continued to perform well. There has been a small decline in sales to international customers and one major customer, however this has been mostly offset by sales to our Travel and Tourism sector.
Gross profit margins have declined YOY, due mainly to increased sales of licensed products and some continued disruption to the supply chain causing shipping delays and increased costs.
¹ Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
² Overheads excluding depreciation and amortisation
Principal risks and uncertainties
Disruption to the Supply Chain
Recent years have brought disruptions to our international supply chain and increasing costs to supply, for example the global pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the disruption in the Red Sea and this continues to be the case.
Mitigation: Our supply chain relationships and experience helps protect us from the impact of these disruptions through effective stock management and international logistics capabilities. This has been proven with no orders lost during the Covid pandemic or international disruption. We continue to diversify our supplier network geographically and set up the ability to dual source our key product lines.
US Tariffs
The introduction of tariffs on imports into the USA has impacted costs to supply. As a result some of our US customers have taken a more cautious approach to ordering whilst they wait for tariff rates to be confirmed and the landscape to become more settled.
Mitigation: New English Teas has reviewed pricing and routes to supply with key customer in the US to minimize any impact on the tariffs on turnover and margins.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
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Economic and political factors beyond our control
A downturn in the macro-economic environment may reduce customer demand.
Mitigation: Our products are sold through multiple sales channels across multiple countries. This widespread customer base offers protection against external factors impacting specific global regions. We continue to expand the customer base and our supplier network as previously mentioned.
Our product is high quality, with an affordable price point and sales are less impacted by economic factors compared to similar, more premium priced products.
Competition
The retail sector remains a highly competitive environment which could impact demand for our products.
Mitigation: We believe our focus on the quality and design of the product is essential in protecting and increasing our market share.
Loss of Key Management
The absence of critical employees for an extended period of time could impact the performance of the business.
Mitigation: We have continued to expand the senior management team and have strengthened resources across all functions of the business.
Cyber Security
Disruption to our systems could limit our ability to sell and distribute our products.
Mitigation: We have implemented additional security measures across the team and all of our applications and will continue to do so. The knowledge and processes across the team allow us to continue to operate manually, should our systems be compromised or temporarily unavailable.
FUTURE PLANS
The Board remains focused on fulfilling the growth potential of New English Teas both in the UK and internationally, and believe these opportunities are significant.
Throughout the financial period we have continued to develop our product ranges, expanding further into Hot Chocolate and Gift Sets. Our team and our systems have been stable over the year, with the investment in prior years ensuring we have the right structure in place to deliver future growth.
In recent months, the Company has also relocated to new premises in the UK which offers additional warehousing capacity, sufficient for the Company’s growth plans over the next 5 to 10 years.
Our strategy remains focused on delivering a high quality, beautifully designed and presented product range at a competitive price point to an increasingly diverse customer base; diversified both through distribution channel and geography.
Our supply chain strength remains a key success factor for growth. Our longstanding, ethical relationships with our key suppliers ensures our ability to respond to customer needs and protect ourselves against external global transport and logistic disruptions.
Integrity and honesty is a key foundation of our business and remains a core value for the Company going forward. We support our tea suppliers by funding their SA8000 certification. SA8000 improves standards for workers and businesses to ensure better working conditions and worker well-being. In addition, we are also proud to support charities within the global communities we interact with, as well as the charitable causes our colleagues care about.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
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GOING CONCERN
The Directors have considered cashflow forecasts and budgets going forward at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. They have also assessed the company’s situation regarding the other risks identified above and the likely impact on the company. They are satisfied that this review and those forecasts provide an expectation that the company will continue to trade for the foreseeable future and so the company continues to adopt the going concern basis.
R O'Keefe
Director
28 August 2025
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2025.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 9.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
N Houghton
R O'Keefe
Auditor
Thomas & Young Limited were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Strategic report
The company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the company's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report. It has done so in respect of research and development activities.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Medium-sized companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
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On behalf of the board
R O'Keefe
Director
28 August 2025
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of New English Teas Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 April 2025 which comprise the statement of income and retained earnings, the balance sheet and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 April 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included the following.
- Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims.
- Assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection.
- Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business, and reviewing accounting estimates for indicators of potential bias.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Mark McLean FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Thomas & Young Limited, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Carleton House
266-268 Stratford Road
Shirley
Solihull
B90 3AD
29 August 2025
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
10,600,915
10,312,576
Cost of sales
(6,236,711)
(6,181,300)
Gross profit
4,364,204
4,131,276
Administrative expenses
(2,362,527)
(2,246,673)
Other operating income
150,110
585,260
Operating profit
4
2,151,787
2,469,863
Interest receivable and similar income
7
25,440
37,282
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
(4,615)
(1,567)
Profit before taxation
2,172,612
2,505,578
Tax on profit
9
(15,912)
(575,381)
Profit for the financial year
2,156,700
1,930,197
Retained earnings brought forward
9,722,696
7,792,499
Retained earnings carried forward
11,879,396
9,722,696
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
30 APRIL 2025
30 April 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
134,116
72,085
Current assets
Stocks
11
2,811,815
2,663,408
Debtors
12
8,406,767
5,865,189
Cash at bank and in hand
1,101,729
2,829,799
12,320,311
11,358,396
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
13
(531,868)
(1,680,534)
Net current assets
11,788,443
9,677,862
Total assets less current liabilities
11,922,559
9,749,947
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
14
33,163
17,251
(33,163)
(17,251)
Net assets
11,889,396
9,732,696
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
16
10,000
10,000
Profit and loss reserves
11,879,396
9,722,696
Total equity
11,889,396
9,732,696
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 28 August 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
R O'Keefe
Director
Company registration number 01876796 (England and Wales)
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
New English Teas Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 8 Banner Park, Wickmans Drive, Coventry, West Midlands, England, CV4 9XA.
1.1
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of NEF Holdings Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Unit 8 Banner Park, Wickmans Drive, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom, CV4 9XA.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Revenue comprises sales of goods or services provided to customers net of value added tax and other sales taxes, less an appropriate deduction for actual and expected returns and discounts. Revenue is recognised when performance obligations are satisfied and the control of goods or services is transferred to the buyer. Where the performance obligation is satisfied over time, revenue is recognised in accordance with its progress towards complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.
When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the promised consideration is adjusted for the effects of the time value of money, which is recognised as interest income.
Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold improvements
20% straight line
Plant and equipment
10% straight line
Fixtures and fittings
10% - 33% straight line
Computers
33% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.6
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.
Stocks held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured at the lower of cost and replacement cost, adjusted where applicable for any loss of service potential.
At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.
1.7
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.9
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.10
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.11
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.12
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.13
Leases
As lessee
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
1.14
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
3
Turnover and other revenue
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
3
Turnover and other revenue
(Continued)
- 16 -
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
UK
5,882,128
5,395,559
Europe
558,137
383,996
Rest of World
4,160,650
4,533,021
10,600,915
10,312,576
2025
2024
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
25,440
37,282
4
Operating profit
2025
2024
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange losses
14,119
107,367
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
8,500
9,000
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
30,287
28,697
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
(450)
Operating lease charges
189,648
92,476
5
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Admin
19
16
Warehouse
4
3
Total
23
19
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
5
Employees
(Continued)
- 17 -
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2025
2024
£
£
Wages and salaries
1,072,972
961,242
Social security costs
110,258
102,390
Pension costs
108,050
89,993
1,291,280
1,153,625
6
Directors' remuneration
2025
2024
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
164,262
126,753
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
61,500
57,326
225,762
184,079
The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 1 (2024 - 1).
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2025
2024
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
25,440
37,282
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
4,615
1,567
9
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
566,367
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
15,912
9,014
Total tax charge
15,912
575,381
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
9
Taxation
(Continued)
- 18 -
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Profit before taxation
2,172,612
2,505,578
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
543,153
626,395
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
11,619
38,296
Group relief
(554,772)
(89,310)
Deferred tax movement
15,912
Taxation charge for the year
15,912
575,381
10
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Assets under construction
Plant and equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 May 2024
54,454
18,695
37,726
51,570
162,445
Additions
35,936
20,930
29,955
5,797
92,618
Disposals
(300)
(300)
At 30 April 2025
54,454
35,936
39,625
67,681
57,067
254,763
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 May 2024
49,009
1,246
28,084
12,021
90,360
Depreciation charged in the year
5,445
2,038
6,097
16,707
30,287
At 30 April 2025
54,454
3,284
34,181
28,728
120,647
Carrying amount
At 30 April 2025
35,936
36,341
33,500
28,339
134,116
At 30 April 2024
5,445
17,449
9,642
39,549
72,085
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
- 19 -
11
Stocks
2025
2024
£
£
Raw materials and consumables
1,420,782
1,331,767
Finished goods and goods for resale
1,391,033
1,331,641
2,811,815
2,663,408
12
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,129,958
1,017,912
Amounts owed by group undertakings
6,898,692
4,100,755
Other debtors
68,369
25,466
Prepayments and accrued income
263,248
721,056
8,360,267
5,865,189
2025
2024
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Other debtors
46,500
Total debtors
8,406,767
5,865,189
13
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
343,893
489,573
Amounts owed to group undertakings
543,688
Corporation tax
270,610
Other taxation and social security
28,092
30,323
Other creditors
13,193
1,398
Accruals and deferred income
146,690
344,942
531,868
1,680,534
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
- 20 -
14
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
33,529
17,339
Retirement benefit obligations
(366)
(88)
33,163
17,251
2025
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 May 2024
17,251
Charge to profit or loss
15,912
Liability at 30 April 2025
33,163
The deferred tax liability set out above is expected to reverse within 12 months and relates to accelerated capital allowances that are expected to mature within the same period.
15
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
108,050
89,993
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
16
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
17
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
New English Teas Limited is part of a group guarantor scheme regarding the commercial loans and loan notes within the group. At the reporting date New English Teas Limited has fixed and floating charges over its assets to the value of £4,795,000 (2024: £7,160,438).
NEW ENGLISH TEAS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
- 21 -
18
Operating lease commitments
As lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Within 1 year
129,167
31,458
Years 2-5
620,000
-
After 5 years
25,833
775,000
31,458
19
Related party transactions
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under the terms of FRS 102 not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned group entities.
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