SUPERDRUG STORES PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-12 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£201M
+24.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£440M
+16.1% vs 2023
Employees
14,479
+4.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£137M
+22.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,527,989,000 | £1,634,452,000 | |
| Operating profit | £121,880,000 | £144,197,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £111,638,000 | £136,826,000 | |
| Net profit | £83,212,000 | £103,501,000 | |
| Cash | £161,538,000 | £200,602,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £651,641,000 | £701,863,000 | |
| Net assets | £378,774,000 | £439,838,000 | |
| Equity | £378,774,000 | £439,838,000 | |
| Average employees | 13,845 | 14,479 | |
| Wages | £262,032,000 | £295,611,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.7% | 20.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.6% | 62.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | 6.72x | 9.16x |
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
“Having assessed the principal risks, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- SUPERDRUG STORES PLC · parent
- Superdrug Pension Trustee Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 8 May 2025, it was announced that the Company's distribution centre in Pontefract would close on expiry of the lease at the end of 2025. Management is confident that the operations can be absorbed into the existing operational network.”
- “On 20 May 2025 a loan extension was agreed to extend the existing credit agreement with AS Watson Group (HK) Limited from 15 June 2025 to 15 June 2030.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHIH, Edith | Secretary | 2002-10-21 | — | British |
| BLAKEMORE, Scott John | Director | 2022-05-11 | Dec 1968 | Australian |
| FLEMING, Richard Alexander | Director | 2015-10-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| LAI, Dominic Kai Ming | Director | 2002-10-21 | Jul 1953 | Canadian |
| MACNAB, Peter William | Director | 2014-05-20 | Oct 1957 | British |
| NGAI, Malina Man Lin | Director | 2024-08-26 | Mar 1969 | Chinese |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Sally Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 1998-07-24 | 2002-10-21 |
| MUIRHEAD, Brian Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1993-06-22 |
| ROBERTS THOMAS, Caroline Emma | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 1998-07-24 |
| WOODHOUSE, Christopher Kevin | Secretary | 1993-05-24 | 1997-01-31 |
| ASH, Christopher John | Director | 1994-04-15 | 1997-10-03 |
| BAILEY, Andrew Harry | Director | 2000-02-25 | 2003-02-03 |
| BRADY, Geoff | Director | — | 1994-05-20 |
| BROADBRIDGE, Robert Julian | Director | 1996-10-18 | 1998-02-28 |
| CARTER, Colin James | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| CASEY, Dennis | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2005-08-15 |
| COBAIN, Colin Morris | Director | 1993-05-24 | 1996-10-18 |
| DE RIJCKE, Pieter Willem Jacobus | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2002-11-25 |
| EDWARDS, Ian Robert Michael | Director | 1997-04-04 | 2000-12-21 |
| GLOVER, William James, Dr | Director | 1997-08-29 | 2000-09-13 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Peter David | Director | 1991-10-16 | 1996-11-22 |
| HAGGERTY, Colin | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2002-05-08 |
| HAZELEBACH, Gerard Willem | Director | 2003-07-10 | 2004-07-09 |
| HEATON, Alan John | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2022-05-11 |
| HOWARD, Joan Harris | Director | — | 1996-05-24 |
| HUNT, Stanley | Director | — | 2001-01-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Peter Frederick | Director | — | 1993-04-23 |
| HYNDMAN, Ruth Jennifer | Director | 2000-08-31 | 2002-08-30 |
| INGHAM, Brian Philip | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2006-01-03 |
| JONES, Roger Evenden | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| MALHOTRA, Preneet Singh | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2004-08-20 |
| MCCARTEN, Kevin | Director | 1993-11-29 | 1995-02-21 |
| MUIRHEAD, Brian Geoffrey | Director | — | 1993-06-22 |
| MULCAHY, Geoffrey John, Sir | Director | 1998-10-02 | 2001-07-19 |
| O'CONNOR, Joanna Mary Elizabeth | Director | 1998-03-27 | 2002-01-31 |
| PAGE, Neil Lloyd | Director | 2005-08-15 | 2008-06-20 |
| ROUND, Steven Robert | Director | 1993-05-24 | 2001-02-03 |
| SCHREIBER, Jurgen | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2006-08-31 |
| SEIGAL, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2012-01-31 |
| SHAPLAND, Darren Mark | Director | 2000-12-21 | 2002-10-21 |
| SIEBRAND, Dirk Jan | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2004-04-05 |
| SMITH, Gillian Greig | Director | 2008-06-20 | 2015-10-01 |
| SO, Aloysius Martin Yirk Yu | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2008-05-01 |
| STEELE, Graham Charles | Director | 1994-08-19 | 1997-07-16 |
| SUTHERLAND, Euan Angus | Director | 2004-12-24 | 2008-04-18 |
| TOOGOOD, Martin | Director | 2000-09-28 | 2001-03-31 |
| VACASSIN, Priscilla | Director | 1996-05-24 | 1998-04-30 |
| VAN HEDEL, Theodorus Johannes Maria | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2004-06-01 |
| VERHOEF, Hubertus Cornelius Gerardus | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2002-10-21 |
| WADE, Ian Frances | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2006-12-11 |
| WAT, Joey Chui Yung | Director | 2012-01-31 | 2014-05-20 |
| WHITTON, Kenneth Crichton Stuart | Director | 1997-10-31 | 2001-03-23 |
| WOODHOUSE, Christopher Kevin | Director | 1993-05-24 | 1997-01-31 |
| WRIGHT, Elizabeth Joan | Director | 1998-05-29 | 2002-12-31 |
| YING, Kenneth Tze Man | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2009-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As Watson (Health & Beauty Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 278 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-28 | 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
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+7%
£1,527,989,000 £1,634,452,000
-
Cash
+24.2%
£161,538,000 £200,602,000
-
Net assets
+16.1%
£378,774,000 £439,838,000
-
Employees
+4.6%
13,845 14,479
-
Operating profit
+18.3%
£121,880,000 £144,197,000
-
Profit before tax
+22.6%
£111,638,000 £136,826,000
-
Wages
+12.8%
£262,032,000 £295,611,000
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