BOOKER LIMITED

1. BOOKER LIMITED 2005-06-27 → present
2. BOOKER CASH & CARRY LTD 2000-03-31 → 2005-06-27
3. BOOKER BELMONT WHOLESALE LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 2000-03-31
4. CHARLES ARKCOLL,LIMITED 1924-04-17 → 1977-12-31

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At 23 February 2025, the Company remains in a net current asset position, has cash at bank and in hand of £92.1m and had net amounts owed by Booker Group undertakings of £385.0m. The Directors consider that the Company has adequate resources, to remain in operation for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements, whilst the Company also has access if needed to balances owed by Tesco Group undertakings. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BOOKER LIMITED · parent
   1. Venus Wine & Spirit Merchants Limited 100% · UK · specialist wines and spirits merchants, operating in the UK, supplying alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to a wide variety of customers, including public houses, bars, hotels and restaurants.

Significant events

• “In June 2024, the Company acquired 100% of the ordinary share capital of Venus Wine & Spirit Merchants Limited, a specialist wines and spirits merchants, operating in the UK, supplying alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to a wide variety of customers, including public houses, bars, hotels and restaurants.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.6%

  £5,647,400,000 → £5,612,600,000

• Cash

  -39.4%

  £151,900,000 → £92,100,000

• Net assets

  +5.3%

  £755,700,000 → £796,100,000

• Employees

  +1.5%

  9,770 → 9,917

• Operating profit

  -32.5%

  £221,400,000 → £149,500,000

• Profit before tax

  -27.8%

  £287,700,000 → £207,600,000

• Wages

  +4.2%

  £252,900,000 → £263,400,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers