Taylors of Harrogate: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to October 2025 it reported turnover of £326m.
- Registered name
- BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD
- Company number
- 00500829
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 30 October 1951
- Registered office area
- Harrogate
- Industry code on the register
- 10710: Manufacture of food products
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to October 2025, filed 25 June 2026
What does Taylors of Harrogate do?
Bettys & Taylors Group is the Yorkshire family business behind Taylors of Harrogate coffee, Yorkshire Tea and the Bettys tea rooms. Based in Harrogate, it blends tea and roasts coffee, selling them through supermarkets and other retailers, online, and to cafés, hotels and other businesses. Bettys runs its own tea rooms and shops in Yorkshire. The Taylors of Harrogate brand dates from 1886, Bettys from 1919 and Yorkshire Tea from 1977.
In brief: tea and coffee brands · Taylors, Yorkshire Tea and Bettys · retail, wholesale and tea rooms
Source: Taylors of Harrogate's own website, retrieved 25 September 2026.
Who owns Taylors of Harrogate?
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd, company number 00500829, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Taylors of Harrogate?
The Companies House register lists 10 current officers for Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd.
All 10 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Paul Murray Cogan | 23 April 2012 |
| Paul Murray Cogan | 23 April 2012 |
| Clare Morrow | 1 January 2014 |
| Andrew James Wildsmith | 25 January 2018 |
| Fiona Catherine Gunn | 3 April 2019 |
| Rimla Akhtar | 1 March 2021 |
| Jonathan Leslie Wragg | 1 April 2026 |
| Christopher John Dee | 1 April 2026 |
| Simon Richard Eyles | 1 September 2026 |
| Rachel Elizabeth Louise Fellows | 1 September 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Taylors of Harrogate file?
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd reported turnover of £326m in the year to October 2025. That was up 2.0% on £319m the year before.
It reported 1,613 employees. The year before it reported 1,568.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £29m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £29m the year before.
Staff costs came to £75m. That is an average of £47,000 a head. It ended the year with £27m at the bank and net assets of £168m. It paid dividends of £5m.
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £326m | £319m |
| Pre-tax profit | £29m (filed) | £29m (filed) |
| Employees | 1,613 | 1,568 |
| Staff costs | £75m | £69m |
| Average staff cost per head | £47,000 | £44,000 |
| Bank and cash | £27m | £24m |
| Net assets | £168m | £154m |
| Dividends paid | £5m | £3m |
| Interest received | £1.0m | |
| Directors' pay | £1.5m |
Read the accounts to October 2025 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
Are there any charges against Taylors of Harrogate?
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd has registered 16 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is 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.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| National Westminster Bank PLC | 15 July 1995 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Taylors of Harrogate files as Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd, with turnover of £326m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Taylors of Harrogate
What does Taylors of Harrogate do?
Bettys & Taylors Group is the Yorkshire family business behind Taylors of Harrogate coffee, Yorkshire Tea and the Bettys tea rooms. Based in Harrogate, it blends tea and roasts coffee, selling them through supermarkets and other retailers, online, and to cafés, hotels and other businesses. Bettys runs its own tea rooms and shops in Yorkshire. The Taylors of Harrogate brand dates from 1886, Bettys from 1919 and Yorkshire Tea from 1977.
Who owns Taylors of Harrogate?
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does Taylors of Harrogate make?
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd reported turnover of £326m in the year to October 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £29m.
How many people work at Taylors of Harrogate?
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd reported 1,613 employees in the year to October 2025.
Who runs Taylors of Harrogate?
The Companies House register lists 10 current officers for Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd's filings at Companies House, company number 00500829, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Taylors of Harrogate: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/taylors-of-harrogate/. Figures from Companies House filings for BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD (00500829).
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