MAKRO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
Cash
£11M
+864.8% vs 2022
Net assets
£408K
+104.8% vs 2022
Employees
2
0% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£10M
-779.7% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As a result of this decision the financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis as described in note 2.2.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MAKRO LIMITED 2001-06-07 → present
- MAKRO (UNITED KINGDOM) HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED 1998-04-14 → 2001-06-07
- SHV (UNITED KINGDOM) HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED 1946-05-28 → 1998-04-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,042,000 | -£9,160,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,091,000 | -£9,598,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,091,000 | -£9,598,000 | |
| Cash | £1,137,000 | £10,970,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£8,460,000 | £408,000 | |
| Net assets | -£8,460,000 | £408,000 | |
| Equity | -£8,460,000 | £408,000 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | -2245.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 721.6% | 96.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.14x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | -21.27x | -20.91x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Smailes Goldie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As a result of this decision the financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis as described in note 2.2.”
Group structure
- MAKRO LIMITED · parent
- Makro Pension Trustees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the prior year, the directors of the Company decided to execute a complete pension fund buy-out...”
- “On 30 March 2023, the Trustee entered into a further bulk annuity policy with Rothesay Life to cover all remaining non-insured members of the Scheme. The premium of ~£34.1m was paid to Rothesay on 12 April 2023...”
- “On 15 December 2023, the company issued one ordinary share of £1 at a price of £10,330,000 to Makro Cash and Carry UK Holding Limited. This resulted in an addition to share premium of £10,329,999.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTEFISCH, Imke | Director | 2018-03-26 | Jun 1970 | German |
| SCHWARZE, Juergen | Director | 2011-10-04 | Oct 1967 | German |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENNELL, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 2005-03-14 |
| KÖPPEN, Jens, Dr | Secretary | 2012-08-02 | 2018-03-01 |
| SHEPHERD, William John | Secretary | — | 1997-01-31 |
| WILSON, David Paul | Secretary | 2005-03-14 | 2012-08-02 |
| BLAN, Stephen Albert | Director | 2012-01-04 | 2013-04-22 |
| DAUTZENBERG, Philipp Ludwig, Dr | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2007-01-02 |
| DE KAT, Dirk Robbart | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| FENTENER VAN VLISSINGEN, Paul | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1995-11-20 |
| FLOTO, Hans Adolf Friedrich | Director | 2007-01-11 | 2011-06-10 |
| HAMILTON, Ian Mackenzie | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2001-04-01 |
| HEENAN, John Joseph | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2003-09-18 |
| HENNELL, Andrew Charles | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2005-03-31 |
| HESSE, Stefan Heinrich | Director | 2005-05-03 | 2011-06-10 |
| KÖPPEN, Jens | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2018-03-01 |
| LINZBACH, Peter | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2004-02-05 |
| MURPHY, Daniel | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2012-01-13 |
| RIJNVIS, Drs Arie Johannes | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| RÄTTIG, Klaus Peter, Dr | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2012-01-13 |
| SCHUMACHER, Martin Arnold Benedikt | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2012-01-04 |
| SHEPHERD, William John | Director | 1995-11-20 | 1997-01-31 |
| STEELE, Anthony Lionel | Director | 1995-11-17 | 1996-04-01 |
| VISSER, Jan | Director | — | 1995-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makro Cash & Carry Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-11-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-13 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-03-12 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-01-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-03-11 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-03-08 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-11-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+864.8%
£1,137,000 £10,970,000
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Net assets
+104.8%
-£8,460,000 £408,000
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Employees
0%
2 2
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Operating profit
-779.1%
-£1,042,000 -£9,160,000
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Profit before tax
-779.7%
-£1,091,000 -£9,598,000
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