Caffè Nero's board biography describes Paladin Partners as a private equity group with investments including Caffè Nero. Gerry Ford remains the company's stated majority shareholder. The biography does not establish Paladin's stake, instrument or legal chain, so this is disclosed backing. Carlyle, HSBC and Santander's separate 2022 refinancing is debt and is not used as equity-ownership evidence. These are selected investor disclosures, not a complete beneficial-owner register. [5][6]
Headquarters, incorporation and tax residence describe different things. A headquarters address does not tell you where all of a company’s tax is paid.
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Caffè Nero's board biography describes Paladin Partners as a private equity group with investments including Caffè Nero. Gerry Ford remains the company's stated majority shareholder. The biography does not establish Paladin's stake, instrument or legal chain, so this is disclosed backing. Carlyle, HSBC and Santander's separate 2022 refinancing is debt and is not used as equity-ownership evidence.
Caffè Nero · International Board: Gerry Ford majority shareholder and Michael Ford-Deegan biography identifying Paladin investments including Caffè Nero
The filed 2025 group accounts explicitly report £9,000 UK corporation tax paid in the strategic-report table. This is a UK group amount, not the Caffè Nero banner alone; the separate £293,000 consolidated receipt covers a multinational group.
United KingdomYear ended 31 May 2025
UK corporation tax paid
£9kCash payment
Caffè Nero Group Holdings Ltd · UK group tax table Period ending 31 May 2025
The strategic report's UK tax-payments table labels £9,000 (£000 column) as corporation tax paid to UK government entities. This covers the group's UK businesses, including other coffee chains, not Caffè Nero stores alone. Its £91.212m total also includes VAT, employment taxes and business rates and is labelled paid and due. [4]
Consolidated groupYear ended 31 May 2025
Group corporation tax received
-£293kCash refund
Caffè Nero Group Holdings Ltd consolidated group Period ending 31 May 2025
The consolidated cash-flow statement reports £293,000 corporation tax received across a group with overseas subsidiaries. This is not the UK tax-table payment or a UK-only refund. [4]
These figures have different scopes. They should not be added together or used as a like-for-like tax ranking.
Companies House · UK corporation-tax payments table, PDF p.8 (printed p.7); group cash-flow statement, PDF p.38; UK and overseas subsidiary discussion, PDF p.73
Caffè Nero · International Board: Gerry Ford majority shareholder and Michael Ford-Deegan biography identifying Paladin investments including Caffè Nero