SAFEWAY (OVERSEAS) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last filed for 2024-10-27

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-06 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£231K

-65.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£103M

-9.3% vs 2023

Employees

238

-15.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£10M

+90.5% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

SAFEWAY (OVERSEAS) LIMITED 1988-07-01 → present
ARGYLL STORES (OVERSEAS) LIMITED 1983-08-30 → 1988-07-01
ALLIED SUPPLIERS (OVERSEAS) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1983-08-30
ALLIED SUPPLIERS (SOUTH) LIMITED 1924-10-03 → 1979-12-31

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

SAFEWAY (OVERSEAS) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-27

Metric	2023-10-29	2024-10-27
Turnover	£60,927,000	£65,097,000
Operating profit	£5,247,000	£6,500,000
Profit before tax	£5,286,000	£10,070,000
Net profit	£3,680,000	£8,563,000
Cash	£674,000	£231,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£113,222,000	£102,658,000
Net assets	£113,123,000	£102,658,000
Equity	£113,123,000	£102,658,000
Average employees	281	238
Wages	£4,718,000	£4,899,000

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2023-10-29	2024-10-27
Operating margin	8.6%	10.0%
Net margin	6.0%	13.2%
Return on capital employed	4.6%	6.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	5.9%	7.9%
Current ratio	12.78x	11.14x
Interest cover	—	34.21x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on the Directors' assessment, these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”

Group structure

SAFEWAY (OVERSEAS) LIMITED · parent
1. Safeway Stores (Gibraltar) Pension Trustees Limited 0.5% · Gibraltar · Pension trustee
2. The Medical Hall Limited 1% · Gibraltar · Pharmaceutical licensee

Significant events

“On 29 January 2024, the Group completed the strike off of Maypole Limited, a Guernsey based subsidiary of the Company. Prior to finalisation, distributions were made between Maypole Limited, the Company and it's parent company, Safeway Stores Limited, in order to prepare Maypole Limited for strike off.”

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

People

3 active · 29 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BURKE, Jonathan James	Secretary	2017-02-22	—	—
BURKE, Jonathan James	Director	2017-02-22	Nov 1966	British
GOFF, Joanna Louise	Director	2022-07-01	Sep 1978	British

Show 29 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
AMSDEN, Mark Rowan	Secretary	2013-02-07	2017-02-22
BURKE, Jonathan James	Secretary	2004-03-11	2009-03-16
KINCH, John Patrick	Secretary	—	2001-10-13
MCMAHON, Gregory Joseph	Secretary	2009-03-16	2013-01-11
WILSON, David, Dr	Secretary	2001-10-13	2004-03-11
ACKROYD, Martin	Director	2004-03-11	2005-05-25
AMSDEN, Mark Rowan	Director	2013-02-07	2017-02-22
COLLINS, Miles Eric	Director	2002-02-15	2004-03-11
DUDLEY, Guilford Paul Julian	Director	1998-03-25	1999-12-08
ELLIS, Gerald	Director	1998-03-25	2004-03-11
FISHER, Robert Stewart	Director	1993-12-31	1998-03-25
FRENDO, Paul Anthony	Director	—	1993-12-31
GARCIA VALENCIA, Fernando	Director	2002-03-25	2004-03-11
GLEESON, Michael	Director	2020-07-27	2022-07-01
GOFF, Joanna Louise	Director	2018-12-18	2020-07-27
GUNTER, Mark	Director	2004-03-11	2011-06-17
HUTCHINSON, David Robert	Director	2004-03-11	2007-06-29
KINCH, John Patrick	Director	—	2001-10-13
LAFFIN, Simon Timothy	Director	1996-01-02	2004-03-08
LANE, Simon Paul	Director	1999-12-08	2002-02-15
MCMAHON, Gregory Joseph	Director	2011-06-17	2013-01-11
MELNYK, Marie Margaret	Director	2004-03-11	2006-12-06
PENNYCOOK, Richard John	Director	2006-05-01	2013-04-10
SMITH, Colin Deverell	Director	—	1993-12-31
STOTT, Robert Winston	Director	2004-03-11	2006-09-29
STRAIN, Trevor John	Director	2013-01-11	2018-12-18
WILLIAMS, Richard Glynne	Director	2000-05-25	2002-08-13
WILSON, David, Dr	Director	2001-10-13	2004-03-11
WOTHERSPOON, Gordon	Director	1996-01-02	2000-05-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Safeway Stores Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active
Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited	Corporate entity	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 169 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-07-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-18	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-08-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-11	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-07-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-06-06	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2021-11-30	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2021-10-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-11-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-10-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-10-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-07-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-11-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-27 vs 2023-10-29

Turnover

+6.8%

£60,927,000 £65,097,000
Cash

-65.7%

£674,000 £231,000
Net assets

-9.3%

£113,123,000 £102,658,000
Employees

-15.3%

281 238
Operating profit

+23.9%

£5,247,000 £6,500,000
Profit before tax

+90.5%

£5,286,000 £10,070,000
Wages

+3.8%

£4,718,000 £4,899,000

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

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