R. Twining and Company Limited

About

The English company that trades as Twinings. It is registered in England and Wales under company number 00525071, was incorporated on 27 October 1953, is active as a private limited company with its registered office at the Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 4QY, and files under SIC 46370, wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices.^[1] Its own terms of service name it as the operator of twinings.co.uk, at the same registered office, with a flagship store at 216 Strand.^[2] It is the tea and coffee merchant named in the royal warrant line printed on the Earl Grey tin.^[3] Part of Associated British Foods since the group acquired Twinings in 1964.^[4]

Relations

• Owned by Associated British Foods since 1964^[4] sourced
  The source dates the acquisition of the Twinings business, not of this registration, which was incorporated in 1953

Referenced by

• Inferred: Manufactures Twinings Original Earl Grey 200 g tin derived
  Two tins photographed in 2017 and 2018 carry lot codes ending "PL", and a travel retailer's manufacturer block for a 200 g Twinings Earl Grey tin gives R. Twining & Co. Ltd at Swarzedz-Jasin, Poland. Neither is tied to this barcode, so this is derived
• Markets Twinings Original Earl Grey 200 g tin printed
  Royal warrant line on the front of the tin: "by appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, tea & coffee merchants R. Twining and Company Limited, London". The warrant line does not itself say who packed this article
• Operates Twinings sourced
  twinings.co.uk states the site is operated by R. Twining and Company Limited

Also known as

• R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED en

References

1. ↑ Companies House: R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED (00525071) Accessed 2026-09-11.
2. ↑ Twinings: Terms of service, "Information About Us" Accessed 2026-09-11.
3. ↑ Front of the 200 g tin, photographed 2016-08-18 (Open Food Facts, CC BY-SA 3.0) Accessed 2026-09-11.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Twinings Accessed 2026-09-11.