ID and advice on spokeshave

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I had a couple of moments this week to visit some secondhand shops and came away with some items of rust.

A small disston backsaw that I bought for the sawnuts

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an old hand drill, a warrington pein hammer, a fine-hammer sawset, 3 titan chisels and an old black stone that appears to be natural, not manufactured.

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But the reason for this post is a spokeshave I bought. It appears to be a clone of a Stanley 53 and is in pretty good nick. The blade just needs a bit of a sharpen and it's good to go.

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The paintwork is in good condition, with a few nicks and rust spots and a decent layer of grime, but it's over 90% intact and I want to keep it that way. How should I go about cleaning it and stopping/clearing up the rust without damaging the paint unduly?

The other thing I'm interested in is who made it? The maker's label is partially worn away, but I can make out that is english.

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As best as I can see, the top line reads "Guaranteed ....... made"
The name looks to be Te...a
The third line is "Wilson ..... sons"
The fourth line is "Wolverhampton.Eng"

Does anyone have any idea as to the manufacturer? Or any information about them?
On the rear of the shave it has "162" stamped into the metal.

Many thanks, Mike

Brand is Tema, if you google Tema Wolverhampton you get a few hits.

Thanks, that's given me enough to work out that the parent company is Wilson Lovatt & Sons of Wolverhampton. Not a huge amount of information out there though on their tool making operations - they seem to have been a very large building and mixed industry company in the first 2/3 of the 20th century, before folding in the late 60s/early 70s.

It's a sweet little spokeshave, with a smooth movement of the adjustable mouth, so I'm keen to fix it up properly.