Setting Up a UK Company for Tea & Coffee

Branded tea and coffee sell well to UK retailers and online. A UK company lets you import, brand and reclaim VAT.

How to set up your UK company

The process is the same wherever you are in Pakistan, and you never need to travel to the UK. As tea & coffee, here is how we get you trading:

1. Register your UK limited company — usually within 24 hours, with directors, shareholders and share structure set up correctly.
2. Get a UK registered office — a UK address for Companies House and HMRC, keeping your home address private.
3. Register for VAT and an EORI where needed — so you can import stock and reclaim or charge VAT correctly (see below).
4. Open a UK business bank account — so your company can receive payments and pay suppliers in GBP.

Banking & getting paid

A UK business or fintech account (such as Wise or Revolut Business) lets your company invoice clients, receive marketplace payouts and pay suppliers in pounds — usually without visiting the UK. We guide non-resident directors through the options and help prepare your documents.

VAT & tax for Tea & Coffee

VAT. Tea and coffee (as groceries) are generally zero-rated for VAT, while hot drinks sold to consume are standard-rated. Registering lets you reclaim import VAT on stock and packaging.

Corporation tax. Corporation tax on profit. You take money out as a mix of salary and dividends, and we plan this efficiently.

Key considerations for tea & coffee

• Zero-rating of tea/coffee
• Packaging and labelling
• Import VAT reclaim

How Kingswood helps Tea & Coffee

We are UK-headquartered Chartered Certified Accountants with an office in Lahore, so you get UK expertise with local support in Urdu and English. For tea & coffee we handle:

• Formation, EORI and VAT
• VAT and import handling
• Bookkeeping and accounts