Tea
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
800
Active companies
470
Formed in latest 12 months
93
Median active-company age
3.5 years
Revenue known
7
Importers
58
Exporters
38
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 800 |
| Active companies | 470 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 93 |
| Importers | 58 |
| Exporters | 38 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 7 known, 463 unknown (1.5%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026-01 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026-02 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 10 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 6 | 6 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 385 |
| Dissolved | 323 |
| Dormant | 85 |
| Liquidation | 7 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 76 |
| Inner London - East | 61 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 22 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 22 |
| West Midlands | 22 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 19 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 18 |
| Outer London - South | 17 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 16 |
| Greater Manchester | 15 |
Geography coverage: 467 known, 3 unknown (99.4%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 203 |
| 1m-15m | 32 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
| 54m+ | 9 |
Revenue-range coverage: 246 known, 224 unknown (52.3%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 136 |
| Small | 87 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 11 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 85 |
Company-size coverage: 321 known, 149 unknown (68.3%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 88 |
| 1–9 | 119 |
| 10–49 | 17 |
| 50–249 | 2 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 227 known, 243 unknown (48.3%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 90 |
| 1–3 years | 121 |
| 3–5 years | 62 |
| 5–10 years | 112 |
| 10–20 years | 47 |
| 20+ years | 38 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 470 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 10831 | 470 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 26 |
| Exporter only | 6 |
| Both | 32 |
| Neither | 406 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09 — Coffee, tea, mate, and spices | 38 | £566,471,713 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 34 | £1,151,576,929 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 32 | £1,919,959,720 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 30 | £2,753,863,978 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 12 — Oil seeds and fruits used for oil | 28 | £129,465,921 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 27 | £4,169,870,023 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 19 | £2,120,376,372 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 18 | £627,179,576 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 17 | £497,967,220 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 16 | £280,059,662 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09 — Coffee, tea, mate, and spices | 29 | £160,712,608 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 27 | £1,514,990,756 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 12 — Oil seeds and fruits used for oil | 19 | £17,501,206 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 14 | £116,237,607 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 11 | £120,628,565 | 2016-09-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £297,954,215 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 8 | £306,507,833 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 8 | £311,702,901 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-01-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 7 | £23,522,690 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-09-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 6 | £4,559,324 | 2019-07-01 – 2023-11-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 37 | 425 | 45 | 90.4% |
| Holding company | 1 | 425 | 45 | 90.4% |
| Solo founder | 254 | 425 | 45 | 90.4% |
| Ecommerce | 25 | 47 | 423 | 10.0% |
| Website | 50 | 52 | 418 | 11.1% |
| 38 | 52 | 418 | 11.1% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Bird & Blend Tea Ltd. | £14,324,888 |
| Punjana Limited | £13,606,849 |
| Honeybadger Games Ltd | £59,554 |
| Ghar Ki Chai Ltd | £2,513 |
| Bedford Tea Ltd | £851 |
| Awesome! Tea Limited | £739 |
| Teavoc Ltd | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 7 known, 463 unknown (1.5%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other (not elswhere classified) | 7,007 |
| Bread, pastry, cakes | 5,750 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,870 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,328 |
| Processed meat & poultry | 1,065 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,060 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 950 |
| Chocolate and cocoa | 948 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 930 |
| Ice cream | 828 |
| Raw meats | 775 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 690 |
| Juices | 671 |
| Sugar confectionery | 537 |
| Fish & sea products | 477 |
| Breakfast cereals and similar | 350 |
| Butter & cheese | 314 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 305 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 291 |
| Raw poultry | 270 |
| Other | 688 |
SIC classification
SIC 10831 — Tea processing
Includes
blending of tea and maté, manufacture of extracts and preparations based on tea or maté, Packing of tea including packing in tea bags, manufacture of herb infusions (mint, vervain, chamomile etc.)
Excludes
manufacture of inulin, see ##10.62, manufacture of spirits, beer, wine and soft drinks, see division ##11, preparation of botanical products for pharmaceutical use, see ##21.20