Cafea Uk Limited

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cafea uk limited Company Information

Company Number

02974751

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Directors

Sonja Bentley

Shareholders

european coffee corp ltd

Group Structure

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Industry

Production of coffee and coffee substitutes

Registered Address

unit b chiltern park, chiltern park industrial estate, dunstable, bedfordshire, LU5 4LT

Website

http://ffi-uk.com

cafea uk limited Estimated Valuation

£69.8m

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of CAFEA UK LIMITED at £69.8m based on a Turnover of £63.6m and 1.1x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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Cafea Uk Limited is a live company located in dunstable, LU5 4LT with a Companies House number of 02974751. It operates in the production of coffee and coffee substitutes sector, SIC Code 10832. Founded in October 1994, it's largest shareholder is european coffee corp ltd with a 100% stake. Cafea Uk Limited is a mature, large sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £63.6m with high growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Cafea Uk Limited a 4.5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 4 measures and has 5 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

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Size

annual sales of £63.6m, make it larger than the average company (£12.1m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 16%, show it is growing at a faster rate (5.9%)

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Cafea Uk Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £63.6 million and the company has net assets of £10.1 million. According to their latest financial statements, Cafea Uk Limited has 66 employees and maintains cash reserves of £207.3 thousand as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	63,631,916	48,565,086	37,795,680	40,385,532	42,699,028	44,005,695	45,714,879	22,462,771	30,758,513	31,663,103	38,105,372	35,707,271	21,604,110	20,130,373	22,197,373
Other Income Or Grants
Cost Of Sales	47,803,545	37,887,179	29,358,786	32,620,975	33,047,961	33,768,337	34,157,792	16,784,003	21,869,618	22,369,750	28,944,612	29,187,383	17,791,862	15,908,879
Gross Profit	15,828,371	10,677,907	8,436,894	7,764,557	9,651,067	10,237,358	11,557,087	5,678,768	8,888,895	9,293,353	9,160,760	6,519,888	3,812,248	4,221,494
Admin Expenses	15,157,642	10,101,219	7,352,389	7,403,973	8,070,726	9,424,920	10,795,317	6,277,725	8,430,245	8,157,686	8,071,243	4,963,810	3,403,852	3,544,263	-771,514
Operating Profit	670,729	576,688	1,084,505	360,584	1,580,341	812,438	761,770	-598,957	458,650	1,135,667	1,089,517	1,556,078	408,396	677,231	771,514
Interest Payable	190,307	11,468	33,150	44,837	44,913	69,637	71,792	90,508	125,476	132,745	126,849	99,884	95,860	102,030	150,338
Interest Receivable		18,841			959	1,588	2,955			34	73	407			96
Pre-Tax Profit	480,422	584,061	1,051,355	315,747	1,536,387	744,389	692,933	-689,465	333,174	1,002,956	962,741	1,456,601	312,536	575,201	621,272
Tax	-124,266	-225,684	-207,052	-103,033	-294,684	-164,022	-166,487	27,589	-70,710	-164,471	-232,953	-383,832	56,294	-175,683	79,628
Profit After Tax	356,156	358,377	844,303	212,714	1,241,703	580,367	526,446	-661,876	262,464	838,485	729,788	1,072,769	368,830	399,518	700,900
Dividends Paid
Retained Profit	356,156	358,377	844,303	212,714	1,241,703	580,367	526,446	-661,876	262,464	838,485	729,788	1,072,769	368,830	399,518	700,900
Employee Costs	3,486,244	3,091,809	3,053,094	2,932,898	2,622,318	2,549,414	2,688,603	2,079,733	2,171,007	2,210,336	2,050,367	1,685,915	1,378,203	1,373,999	1,375,717
Number Of Employees	66	60	62	60	56	55	60	57	65	70	70	54	50	51	52
EBITDA*	998,305	907,725	1,402,474	656,903	1,853,757	1,086,726	1,064,037	-296,183	750,045	1,432,369	1,345,793	1,753,070	600,378	959,703	1,093,698

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	3,032,520	2,752,563	2,444,899	2,539,387	2,619,470	2,372,626	2,386,877	2,596,158	2,828,028	2,810,216	2,964,032	2,317,543	2,166,272	2,285,392	2,470,804
Intangible Assets
Investments & Other
Debtors (Due After 1 year)
Total Fixed Assets	3,032,520	2,752,563	2,444,899	2,539,387	2,619,470	2,372,626	2,386,877	2,596,158	2,828,028	2,810,216	2,964,032	2,317,543	2,166,272	2,285,392	2,470,804
Stock & work in progress	14,787,800	15,671,336	9,127,788	12,184,668	10,689,508	8,431,491	9,044,872	9,721,129	5,085,357	5,286,557	6,877,969	6,955,693	3,766,282	4,823,249	4,980,760
Trade Debtors	11,675,656	9,065,350	6,216,829	6,510,027	6,610,974	6,933,031	6,866,706	6,663,379	216,715	289,045	369,036	229,593	105,610	50,539	44,022
Group Debtors	91,400	38,339	42,402	162,429	149,793	176,309	144,592	1,116,875	2,723,457	3,903,565	1,855,688	3,938,253	2,847,439	1,402,192	2,638,082
Misc Debtors	410,457	502,052	234,842	287,326	230,388	252,168	266,071	2,106,535	241,549	400,742	195,643	191,296	330,513	252,546	163,284
Cash	207,269	935,611	6,280,573	7,224,102	3,698,535	5,750,282	5,206,562	2,136,775	1,621,797	416,861			1,176,662	496,917
misc current assets							17,023		61,845	451,161
total current assets	27,172,582	26,212,688	21,902,434	26,368,552	21,379,198	21,543,281	21,545,826	21,744,693	9,950,720	10,747,931	9,298,336	11,314,835	8,226,506	7,025,443	7,826,148
total assets	30,205,102	28,965,251	24,347,333	28,907,939	23,998,668	23,915,907	23,932,703	24,340,851	12,778,748	13,558,147	12,262,368	13,632,378	10,392,778	9,310,835	10,296,952
Bank overdraft									281,456	669,161	244,186	179,315			798,565
Bank loan															51,450
Trade Creditors	2,475,430	4,055,336	2,443,249	1,666,667	1,483,045	2,218,180	1,644,136	2,890,108	1,444,655	1,898,655	1,314,215	3,369,611	2,389,735	2,170,608	2,320,026
Group/Directors Accounts	12,623,739	13,807,585	11,167,478	16,453,283	12,446,686	12,816,193	13,411,063	11,881,773	1,505,502	1,738,733	2,012,818	2,117,159	1,397,720	749,859	1,235,391
other short term finances	113,304	240,608	24,119	431,224				11,142
hp & lease commitments
other current liabilities	4,352,454	688,075	553,162	621,427	515,101	655,066	484,434	700,220	240,062	207,377	282,542	361,345	101,528	169,077	106,748
total current liabilities	19,564,927	18,791,604	14,188,008	19,172,601	14,444,832	15,689,439	15,539,633	15,483,243	3,471,675	4,513,926	3,853,761	6,027,430	3,888,983	3,089,544	4,512,180
loans			499,765	999,765	999,765	999,765	1,739,765	2,739,765	2,499,765	2,499,765	2,499,765	2,499,765	2,499,765	2,499,765	2,499,765
hp & lease commitments
Accruals and Deferred Income
other liabilities
provisions	550,947	440,575	284,865	205,181	236,393	150,728	157,697	148,681	176,270	175,882	102,255	28,384		86,326	49,325
total long term liabilities	550,947	440,575	784,630	1,204,946	1,236,158	1,150,493	1,897,462	2,888,446	2,676,035	2,675,647	2,602,020	2,528,149	2,499,765	2,586,091	2,549,090
total liabilities	20,115,874	19,232,179	14,972,638	20,377,547	15,680,990	16,839,932	17,437,095	18,371,689	6,147,710	7,189,573	6,455,781	8,555,579	6,388,748	5,675,635	7,061,270
net assets	10,089,228	9,733,072	9,374,695	8,530,392	8,317,678	7,075,975	6,495,608	5,969,162	6,631,038	6,368,574	5,806,587	5,076,799	4,004,030	3,635,200	3,235,682
total shareholders funds	10,089,228	9,733,072	9,374,695	8,530,392	8,317,678	7,075,975	6,495,608	5,969,162	6,631,038	6,368,574	5,806,587	5,076,799	4,004,030	3,635,200	3,235,682

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	670,729	576,688	1,084,505	360,584	1,580,341	812,438	761,770	-598,957	458,650	1,135,667	1,089,517	1,556,078	408,396	677,231	771,514
Depreciation	327,576	331,037	317,969	296,319	273,416	274,288	302,267	302,774	291,395	296,702	256,276	196,992	191,982	282,472	322,184
Amortisation
Tax	-124,266	-225,684	-207,052	-103,033	-294,684	-164,022	-166,487	27,589	-70,710	-164,471	-232,953	-383,832	56,294	-175,683	79,628
Stock	-883,536	6,543,548	-3,056,880	1,495,160	2,258,017	-613,381	-676,257	4,635,772	-201,200	-1,591,412	-77,724	3,189,411	-1,056,967	-157,511	4,980,760
Debtors	2,571,772	3,111,668	-465,709	-31,373	-370,353	84,139	-2,609,420	6,705,068	-1,411,631	2,172,985	-1,938,775	1,075,580	1,578,285	-1,140,111	2,845,388
Creditors	-1,579,906	1,612,087	776,582	183,622	-735,135	574,044	-1,245,972	1,445,453	-454,000	584,440	-2,055,396	979,876	219,127	-149,418	2,320,026
Accruals and Deferred Income	3,664,379	134,913	-68,265	106,326	-139,965	170,632	-215,786	460,158	32,685	-75,165	-78,803	259,817	-67,549	62,329	106,748
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	110,372	155,710	79,684	-31,212	85,665	-6,969	9,016	-27,589	388	73,627	73,871	28,384	-86,326	37,001	49,325
Cash flow from operations	1,380,648	-7,070,465	5,506,012	-651,181	-1,118,026	2,189,653	2,730,485	-9,731,412	1,871,239	1,269,227	1,069,011	-1,627,676	200,606	2,031,554	-4,176,723
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-607,533	-638,701	-223,481	-216,236	-520,260	-260,037	-92,986	-70,904	-309,207	-142,886	-902,765	-348,263	-72,862	-97,060	-2,792,988
Change in Investments
cash flow from investments	-607,533	-638,701	-223,481	-216,236	-520,260	-260,037	-92,986	-70,904	-309,207	-142,886	-902,765	-348,263	-72,862	-97,060	-2,792,988
Financing Activities
Bank loans														-51,450	51,450
Group/Directors Accounts	-1,183,846	2,640,107	-5,285,805	4,006,597	-369,507	-594,870	1,529,290	10,376,271	-233,231	-274,085	-104,341	719,439	647,861	-485,532	1,235,391
Other Short Term Loans	-127,304	216,489	-407,105	431,224			-11,142	11,142
Long term loans		-499,765	-500,000			-740,000	-1,000,000	240,000							2,499,765
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments
other long term liabilities
share issue										-276,498					2,534,782
interest	-190,307	7,373	-33,150	-44,837	-43,954	-68,049	-68,837	-90,508	-125,476	-132,711	-126,776	-99,477	-95,860	-102,030	-150,242
cash flow from financing	-1,501,457	2,364,204	-6,226,060	4,392,984	-413,461	-1,402,919	449,311	10,536,905	-358,707	-683,294	-231,117	619,962	552,001	-639,012	6,171,146
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-728,342	-5,344,962	-943,529	3,525,567	-2,051,747	543,720	3,069,787	514,978	1,204,936	416,861		-1,176,662	679,745	496,917
overdraft								-281,456	-387,705	424,975	64,871	179,315		-798,565	798,565
change in cash	-728,342	-5,344,962	-943,529	3,525,567	-2,051,747	543,720	3,069,787	796,434	1,592,641	-8,114	-64,871	-1,355,977	679,745	1,295,482	-798,565

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CAFEA UK LIMITED group structure

Cafea Uk Limited has no subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

CAFEA GMBH

#0061391

EUROPEAN COFFEE CORPORATION LIMITED

03424255

2 parents

CAFEA UK LIMITED

02974751

CAFEA UK LIMITED Shareholders

european coffee corp ltd

100%

Cafea Uk Limited currently has 1 director, Mrs Sonja Bentley serving since Apr 2021.

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mrs Sonja Bentley	England	59 years	Apr 2021	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

63.6m

+31%

operating profit

670.7k

+16%

gross margin

24.9%

+13.14%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

10.1m

+0.04%

total assets

30.2m

+0.04%

cash

207.3k

-0.78%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

02974751

Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

10832 - Production of coffee and coffee substitutes

incorporation date

October 1994

ultimate parent company

CAFEA GMBH

previous names

fine foods international (manufacturing) limited (January 2022)

continental coffee industries limited (April 2003)

address

unit b chiltern park, chiltern park industrial estate, dunstable, bedfordshire, LU5 4LT

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