ASDA STORES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-16 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4B
+1% vs 2023
Net assets
£2B
-23.7% vs 2023
Employees
131,027
-3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£834M
-483.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ASDA STORES LIMITED 1987-08-25 → present
- ASSOCIATED DAIRIES LIMITED 1949-02-19 → 1987-08-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,630,800,000 | £23,773,800,000 | |
| Operating profit | £514,000,000 | -£571,100,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £217,400,000 | -£834,400,000 | |
| Net profit | £165,200,000 | -£763,100,000 | |
| Cash | £3,896,900,000 | £3,935,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,348,100,000 | £18,514,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,096,200,000 | £2,361,400,000 | |
| Equity | £3,096,200,000 | £2,361,400,000 | |
| Average employees | 135,911 | 131,027 | |
| Wages | £2,577,100,000 | £2,597,500,000 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.7% | -3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.4% | 90.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.71x | 3.47x | |
| Interest cover | 1.07x | -1.21x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ASDA STORES LIMITED · parent
- Arthur Foodstores Limited 100%
- ASDA Delivery Limited 100%
- ASDA Guernsey Limited 100%
- ASDA Pension Plan Trustees Limited 100%
- ASDA Storage Limited 100%
- ASDA Stores (Belfast) Limited 100%
- ASDA Supermarkets Limited 100%
- Essencecalm Limited 100%
- Ever 1993 Limited 100%
- Ever 2010 Limited 100%
- Ever 2010 North Limited 100%
- Ever 2010 South Limited 100%
- Forza AW Limited 100%
- Forza Food Limited 100%
- George Sourcing Services UK Limited 100%
- International Procurement and Logistics Limited 100%
- International Produce Sociedad Limitada 100%
- Kober Limited 100%
- NordeaLine Limited 100%
- Selby Produce Limited 100%
- Vinpack Limited 100%
- Westry Produce Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Re-financing activities on 1 July 2025: On 1 July 2025, Bellis Acquisition Company PLC issued ",700m of 8.0% Eurobonds maturing in July 2031, of which the Company is a guarantor. On the same date, BAC repaid ",302m of February 2026 senior secured notes and Bellis Finco PLC ",500m of February 2027 senior unsecured notes.”
- “Security pledged assets: On 1 July 2025, Asda Stores Limited, entered into, amongst others, a supplemental security agreement to a security agreement originally dated 12 February 2021 as amended, supplemented from time to time.”
- “Asda Express Limited and Arthur Foodstores Limited trade and assets transfer: Subsequent to the year end, a decision was made by the executive board of Bellis Finco PLC, to transfer the trade and assets from Asda Express Limited and Arthur Foodstores Limited to Asda Stores Limited. This transaction is expected to complete within Q3 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 88 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELBY, Helen Kathryn | Secretary | 2020-04-06 | — | — |
| GLEESON, Michael | Director | 2023-05-24 | Mar 1969 | Irish |
| SELBY, Helen Kathryn | Director | 2025-05-23 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 88 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Francis Benjamin | Secretary | — | 1992-08-28 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Neil | Secretary | 1992-10-15 | 1994-11-07 |
| COOPER, Nicholas Ian | Secretary | 1994-11-07 | 1999-12-31 |
| COX, Philip Robert | Secretary | 1992-10-02 | 1993-02-03 |
| DOOHAN, Eleanor | Secretary | 2008-01-25 | 2013-06-01 |
| JAGGER, Denise Nichola | Secretary | 1993-02-03 | 2003-12-22 |
| LONGWORTH, John | Secretary | 2003-12-22 | 2008-01-25 |
| SIMPSON, Alexander | Secretary | 2013-06-01 | 2019-08-27 |
| TITCHMARSH, Philip | Secretary | 2019-08-27 | 2020-04-06 |
| WHITE, Philip Martin | Secretary | — | 1992-10-13 |
| ARMSTRONG, Dana Elizabeth | Director | 1998-03-26 | 1999-11-16 |
| BAKER, Richard | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2003-09-15 |
| BALLINGALL, James | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| BENDEL, Richard Nigel | Director | 2006-11-20 | 2012-04-30 |
| BLACKHURST, Darren | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2010-10-12 |
| BLUNDELL, Mark | Director | 2000-12-15 | 2004-11-01 |
| BOND, Andrew James | Director | 2000-06-09 | 2011-01-01 |
| BOWLES, Howard Glen | Director | 1998-08-15 | 2004-11-01 |
| BOYLE, Lawrence Frederick | Director | — | 1997-01-10 |
| BREWER, Richard Wilson | Director | 1994-12-01 | 1995-12-31 |
| BURNLEY, Roger Michael | Director | 2016-11-21 | 2021-08-06 |
| BURR, Gwyneth Victoria | Director | 1996-01-17 | 2001-06-29 |
| CAIN, Steven Anthony | Director | 1996-01-17 | 1998-11-30 |
| CAMPBELL, Lloyd Anthony | Director | — | 2001-03-02 |
| CHEESEWRIGHT, David | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2008-01-01 |
| CHEESEWRIGHT, David | Director | 2002-08-05 | 2004-10-01 |
| CLARK, Stephen Godfrey | Director | 2002-01-14 | 2004-11-01 |
| CLARKE, Andrew James | Director | 2005-09-05 | 2016-07-25 |
| CLARKE, Andrew James | Director | 2000-06-09 | 2002-06-05 |
| CLARKE, Sean John | Director | 2016-07-11 | 2017-12-31 |
| COUPE, Michael Andrew | Director | 1996-01-17 | 2001-07-09 |
| COX, Philip Robert | Director | 1992-01-27 | 1998-12-12 |
| DALE, Manjit | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2023-12-19 |
| DENUNZIO, Anthony | Director | 1996-01-17 | 2005-04-01 |
| DOOHAN, Eleanor | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2013-06-01 |
| DOWNIE, David | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2005-07-01 |
| DUGGAN, John | Director | 1992-02-17 | 1993-12-31 |
| DUTTON, Philip | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2002-08-30 |
| EMMOTT, Francis Robert | Director | 1996-02-05 | 1999-08-30 |
| FALLON, John | Director | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-18 |
| FLEMING, Michael | Director | 1995-01-03 | 1995-07-21 |
| FOX, Jonathan Gaunt | Director | — | 1992-02-05 |
| GALLOWAY, John | Director | — | 1996-09-13 |
| GURR, Douglas John, Dr | Director | 2007-09-24 | 2011-01-01 |
| HARKER, James Richard | Director | — | 1992-07-01 |
| HILLS, David Alexander | Director | 2024-11-11 | 2025-05-23 |
| HORNBY, Andrew Hedley | Director | 1999-01-29 | 1999-10-31 |
| HUBBARD, Karen Rachael | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2014-03-31 |
| IBBOTSON, Mark | Director | 2013-01-28 | 2015-02-27 |
| ISSA, Mohsin | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2024-12-19 |
| ISSA, Zuber Vali | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2024-10-31 |
| JAGGER, Denise Nichola | Director | 1993-02-03 | 2003-12-22 |
| JEFFRIES, Anthony George | Director | — | 1993-04-06 |
| KING, Justin Matthew | Director | 1999-06-21 | 2001-03-12 |
| KING, Simon Theodore | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2011-07-11 |
| KUCHINAD, Chittaranjan | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2011-03-14 |
| LANGSDALE, Philip Richard | Director | 1993-01-08 | 1997-01-10 |
| LEIGHTON, Allan Leslie | Director | 1992-03-11 | 2000-11-03 |
| LINDSAY, Gary | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2023-12-19 |
| LONGWORTH, John | Director | 2003-12-22 | 2008-01-25 |
| MASON, Paul | Director | 1995-01-03 | 2001-10-23 |
| MAYFIELD, Richard Andrew | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2014-02-02 |
| MCBEATH, Maurice Gordon | Director | 1992-02-18 | 1994-01-31 |
| MCKENNA, Judith Jane | Director | 2000-12-15 | 2013-03-22 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Brian | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2001-03-12 |
| MCLEOD, Ian | Director | 1997-04-22 | 2001-04-21 |
| MCWILLIAM, Robert Gerard | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2021-07-31 |
| MILBURN, Brian Carr | Director | — | 1995-07-21 |
| MONAGHAN, Peter William | Director | 1992-08-01 | 1993-12-31 |
| MOORE, Andrew Jeffrey | Director | 2010-03-30 | 2016-11-21 |
| MURRAY, Andrew | Director | 2016-04-18 | 2016-11-21 |
| NORMAN, Archibald John | Director | 1991-12-10 | 1999-11-01 |
| NUTTALL, Steven John | Director | 2022-07-18 | 2023-05-24 |
| PAGE, Anthony Robert | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| PRITCHARD, Peter | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2008-07-30 |
| REDFIELD, Charles Robert | Director | 2010-10-18 | 2012-05-22 |
| RUSSELL, Michael John | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| RUSSO, Alejandro | Director | 2014-02-02 | 2018-07-31 |
| SHINGLER, Keith | Director | — | 1995-07-21 |
| SIMPSON, Alexander Daniel Keeler | Director | 2017-12-11 | 2019-08-27 |
| SMITH, David | Director | 2000-06-09 | 2009-01-31 |
| SMITH, Steve | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2015-04-29 |
| SPINDLER, Angela Lesley | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2007-08-03 |
| STREET, Geoffrey Graham | Director | — | 1993-04-06 |
| TATUM, Hayley | Director | 2024-12-16 | 2025-04-11 |
| TATUM, Hayley Marie | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2016-11-21 |
| THOMPSON, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2007-09-17 | 2010-03-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Barry Paul Inman | Director | 2013-02-18 | 2016-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asda Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 394 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3.5%
£24,630,800,000 £23,773,800,000
-
Cash
+1%
£3,896,900,000 £3,935,400,000
-
Net assets
-23.7%
£3,096,200,000 £2,361,400,000
-
Employees
-3.6%
135,911 131,027
-
Operating profit
-211.1%
£514,000,000 -£571,100,000
-
Profit before tax
-483.8%
£217,400,000 -£834,400,000
-
Wages
+0.8%
£2,577,100,000 £2,597,500,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers