About Us
GET TO KNOW US
Founded in 1963, Ceylon Tea Brokers is the first stand-alone Tea Broking Company to be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. Since our inception, we have ascended to great heights in the Ceylon Tea industry as a premium service provider specialising in tea broking and marketing superior quality tea from factories representing all elevations, such as Uva High, Uva Medium, Western High, Western Medium and Low Grown.
Covering key service areas from Tea Broking and Marketing, Financing, Warehousing Manufacturing Advisory Services to Cataloguing and Real Time Informative Services. Ceylon Tea Brokers have not only become a trailblazer in the Ceylon Tea Broking sector, but aspire to retain the market position through innovation. Their experience of decades and meticulous attention to everything happening in the Tea industry, sets them apart.
WHAT WE DO
Our status as the first stand-alone tea broking company in Sri Lanka to be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange is another outcome of our endless pursuit of unmatched quality that we believe must reflect on all that we do. Providing services to over 120 factories in Sri Lanka, we are proud to say that we handle more than 16% of the value of the produce sold at the Colombo Tea Auction.
We firmly believe that our growth is reflected in the extent of the services we offer to our reputed customers, which is why we are committed to offering a full set of services that guarantee complete satisfaction.
Tea Broking
Warehousing & Sampling
Manufacturing Advisory Services
Financing
Cataloguing and Real Time Informative Services
A STORY OF HUMBLE BEGINNINGS…
Ceylon Tea Brokers is among the most reputed tea broking companies in Sri Lanka today. However, the road to securing our status was not an easy one. It is a story of relentless resilience, courage, teamwork, commitment to the industry and its stakeholders and an undeniable thirst for knowledge and growth. As we are now among the best tea brokers in Sri Lanka, we look back at that history with pride.
1963
Foundation laid with a partnership formed by M/s
C.J.C De Silva, R.E.P. Abeywardena and J. Peiris.
1999
Incorporated as a private limited company.
2005
Acquired by the Capital Alliance Group
2006
Renamed Ceylon Tea Brokers (Pvt) Ltd.
2007
Renamed Ceylon Tea BConverted to a Public Companyrokers (Pvt) Ltd.
2010
Listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange as the first
standalone Tea Broking Company.
2015
Corporate office shifted to a strategic location at
Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 02.
2016
Bronze Award – ‘Service Organisation Category’ at the
52nd Annual Report Awards competition organised
by CA Sri Lanka.
2017
Acquisition of Logicare (Pvt) Ltd to enter into the logistics business |
I Silver Award – ‘Service Organisation Category’ at the 53rd Annual Report Awards competition organised by CA Sri Lanka. |
I Merit Award – ‘SME Category’ at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2017 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
I Annual Staff Get-Together and Employee Award Ceremony |
Acquisition of Logicare (Pvt) Ltd to enter into the logistics business |
I Silver Award – ‘Service Organisation Category’ at the 53rd Annual Report Awards competition organised by CA Sri Lanka. |
I Merit Award – ‘SME Category’ at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2017 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
I Annual Staff Get-Together and Employee Award Ceremony |
2018
First ever Rights Issue. | Silver Award – ‘Service Organisation Category’ at the 54th Annual Report Awards competition organised by CA Sri Lanka. |
Best Integrated Report – ‘SME Category’ at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2018 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
Overall Merit Award at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2018 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
First ever Rights Issue. |
Silver Award – ‘Service Organisation Category’ at the 54th Annual Report Awards competition organised by CA Sri Lanka. |
Best Integrated Report – ‘SME Category’ at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2018 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
Overall Merit Award at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2018 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
2019
Achieved a profit after tax of Rs. 113.55 Mn for the year ended 31st March 2019. | Silver Award – ‘Service Organisation Category’ at the 55th Annual Report Awards competition organised by CA Sri Lanka |
Best Integrated Report – ‘SME Category’ at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2019 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
Overall Merit Award at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2019 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
Achieved a profit after tax of Rs. 113.55 Mn for the year ended 31st March 2019. |
Silver Award – ‘Service Organisation Category’ at the 55th Annual Report Awards competition organised by CA Sri Lanka |
Best Integrated Report – ‘SME Category’ at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2019 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
Overall Merit Award at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2019 organised by CMA Sri Lanka. |
2021
Commencement of Online Auctions by the Tea Trade
2022
Bronze Award- “Service Organisation Category “at the 56th Annual Report Awards competition organised by CA Sri Lanka |
I Achieved a Market Share of 15.77% on the value of Teas sold. |
Bronze Award- “Service Organisation Category “at the 56th Annual Report Awards competition organised by CA Sri Lanka |
I Achieved a Market Share of 15.77% on the value of Teas sold. |
2023
“Best Integrated Annual Report Award” SME Category at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2023 organized by CMA Sri Lanka. |
“Best Integrated Annual Report Award” SME Category at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2023 organized by CMA Sri Lanka. |
OUR TEAM
Our competent team is the heart and soul of our company, ensuring that we continuously offer our customers the best service, even during the most challenging times!
OUR VALUES
ABILITY
Since the inception of Ceylon Tea Brokers, our extraordinary team has dedicated themselves to always being a helping hand to all our stakeholders, adding value to their experiences, and creating a stepping stone for them to reach their milestones. As we move forward, we acknowledge the value of our learnings we have mastered over the years and dedicate ourselves to the further development of our capabilities.
CREDIBILITY
We value honesty above all else. We ensure it is reflected in our operations with stringent measures implemented to actively seek methods and processes to offer our stakeholders the chance to access the latest and the most credible sources of information on Ceylon Tea with the utmost convenience.
INTEGRITY
Doing the right thing that benefits all our stakeholders, protecting their wellbeing and growth, is at the very core of our business.
TEAM WORK
Striving towards a common goal, the main ingredient of our secret sauce that leads us to our success is our incredible team.