Origin Coffee: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show

Origin Coffee is a speciality coffee roaster that sells coffee beans online, through subscriptions and wholesale, and runs its own coffee shops. It was founded in 2004 by Tom Sobey and roasts at its Roastery HQ in Cornwall, with coffee shops in Cornwall, Bristol, London (including its Shoreditch flagship) and Edinburgh. Alongside beans it sells capsules, cold brew, brewing equipment and coffee courses, including SCA barista training. It is a certified B Corp and sources coffee through direct relationships with farmers and producers.

In brief: speciality coffee roaster · Cornwall roastery · online, subscriptions and wholesale · coffee shops and courses

The Companies House register records Origin Coffee (Holdings) Limited as the person with significant control of Origin Coffee Ltd, company number 05410302. Origin Coffee (Holdings) Limited is itself company number 08604373.

That places Origin Coffee Ltd inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.

The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for Origin Coffee Ltd.

Origin Coffee Ltd reported turnover of £13m in the year to January 2025. That was up 18.3% on £11m the year before.

It reported 76 employees. The year before it reported 69.

Staff costs came to £3m. That is an average of £39,000 a head. It ended the year with £0.8m at the bank and net assets of £1.7m.

Origin Coffee Ltd has registered 7 charges at Companies House, of which 3 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.