CO-OP WHOLESALE LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-10-04 (in 5mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-05

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-31 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£0

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£21M

Equity attributable

Employees

310

Average over period

Profit before tax

£300K

Period ending 2025-01-05

Name history

Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-03-27

CO-OP WHOLESALE LIMITED 2025-03-27 → present
NISA RETAIL LIMITED 2012-10-08 → 2025-03-27
NISA-TODAY'S (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1992-11-18 → 2012-10-08
NISA-TODAY'S LIMITED 1989-11-17 → 1992-11-18
NISA LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1989-11-17
NORTHERN INDEPENDENT SUPERMARKETS ASSOCIATION (WHOLESALE) LIMITED 1970-05-29 → 1979-12-31

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

CO-OP WHOLESALE LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-05

Metric	2024-01-07	2025-01-05
Turnover	£1,423,996,000	£1,325,617,000
Operating profit	£14,157,000	-£130,000
Profit before tax	£14,911,000	£300,000
Net profit	£11,290,000	£108,000
Cash	£51,418,000	£0
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—
Net assets	£20,665,000	£20,773,000
Equity	£20,665,000	£20,773,000
Average employees	295	310
Wages	£14,688,000	£15,326,000

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	2024-01-07	2025-01-05
Operating margin	1.0%	-0.0%
Net margin	0.8%	0.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	92.1%	89.4%
Current ratio	0.97x	0.96x
Interest cover	44.52x	-0.48x

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
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Group has confirmed that it has the ability to provide such financial support and has committed to providing such support until at least 31 December 2026. ... Based on all of the above considerations, the Directors of the Company have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have access to adequate resources to enable them to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being the period to 31 December 2026.”

Group structure

CO-OP WHOLESALE LIMITED · parent
1. Cellars International Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
2. Nisa Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
3. Nisa -Today's Central Buying Company Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
4. Nisa Retail Services Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
5. Nisa -Today's (Ireland) Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
6. Nisa Wholesale Limited 98% · United Kingdom · Dormant
7. Nisa (Northern Ireland) Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · Dormant

Significant events

“Post year-end, with effect from 27th March 2025, the name of the Company was changed from Nisa Retail Limited to Co-op Wholesale Limited.”
“At the end of April 2025, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking The Co-operative Group (the Group) announced that the Group had been managing a targeted cyber attack. The incident has been treated as a non-adjusting post-balance sheet event and there has been no impact on the financial results reported for the Company for the year ended 5 January 2025.”
“The Group proactively managed the incident. The cyber attack and subsequent response resulted in a period of disruption across the Group's systems and operations, including the systems and operations of the Company. As a result, the Group and Company experienced a loss of sales and income from having restricted or no access to systems, in addition to the additional costs incurred to support the incident.”
“On the 18 June 2025, the Group signed a new £350m sustainability-linked term loan agreement for a 5 year term committed to June 2030. The facility remained undrawn at the time of approval of these accounts.”

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

People

4 active · 96 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
AGRIA, Flavia	Secretary	2025-03-31	—	—
KENDAL-WARD, Dominic Adam	Director	2025-08-22	Apr 1980	British
KING, Ian	Director	2025-06-16	Sep 1976	British
SECRETAN, Katie	Director	2024-04-02	Dec 1977	British

Show 96 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BAMFORTH, Rachel	Secretary	2017-03-23	2018-05-30
HAIGH, John	Secretary	2008-03-19	2013-12-06
MCCRACKEN, Rodger	Secretary	2006-05-10	2006-09-09
MCCRACKEN, Vincent Rodger Whyte	Secretary	2006-09-09	2008-03-19
ROBINSON, Richard John	Secretary	2002-03-27	2006-05-10
SCHOFIELD, John	Secretary	—	2002-03-27
SCOTT, Benjamin Richard Denison	Secretary	2013-12-07	2016-11-07
SELLERS, Caroline Jane	Secretary	2018-05-30	2025-03-31
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2016-12-01	2018-05-30
ADAMS, Christopher Borlase	Director	1996-07-02	1997-11-03
AITCHISON, Stephen Edward	Director	1996-07-02	1998-11-25
AITCHISON, Stephen Edward	Director	—	1994-03-03
AMABILE, James	Director	2007-05-02	2007-11-28
AMIN, Atul Kumar	Director	2008-07-21	2009-11-25
AMIN, Bharatkumar Jashbhai	Director	2015-11-23	2018-05-08
ASHWORTH, Neil Henry	Director	2016-12-01	2018-05-08
ASLAM, Harris Shahzad	Director	2012-10-18	2015-01-27
ATKINSON, Gerald	Director	1997-07-01	1999-07-06
BAGOT, Andrew Keneth John	Director	2003-03-19	2007-10-13
BAILEY, Reginald William	Director	1995-03-24	1998-09-16
BAKER, Christopher James	Director	2013-01-23	2016-09-29
BATT, Peter	Director	2022-10-10	2024-12-20
BELLINI, Peter	Director	2007-11-28	2013-11-28
BISHOP, Richard	Director	—	2005-06-10
BLACK, Ian Spencer	Director	2008-01-01	2010-11-24
BLACK, John William Louis	Director	1995-11-09	1997-03-31
BLACK, Rowan Mcmillan Berry	Director	2006-11-28	2011-09-28
BLAKEY, Ian Johnston	Director	2004-08-16	2006-11-28
BOAG, John Foster	Director	—	2005-12-31
BOOTH, Edwin John	Director	—	2007-11-28
BRALSFORD, David Martin	Director	1997-07-01	2000-07-19
BRALSFORD, David Martin	Director	1993-06-23	1995-11-09
BROWN, Leslie Ronald	Director	—	2003-07-14
BROWN, Robin	Director	2015-10-07	2018-12-30
BURKE, Raymond	Director	1996-02-14	2003-03-19
BUSBY, John Oliver	Director	1993-06-23	1996-07-02
CHATHA, Rajinder	Director	2003-12-19	2010-03-15
CHRYSOSTOMOU, Andreas	Director	1995-03-24	2003-11-20
CLARK, James Antony Corbett	Director	2018-12-31	2019-07-11
CLELAND, Jonathan Bradley	Director	2011-05-10	2012-11-09
CULLEN, David Gerald	Director	—	1998-11-25
DART, Geoffrey Court	Director	1996-07-02	1997-03-31
DEE, Frank Rigby	Director	—	1993-03-17
DELVES, David Paul	Director	2007-11-28	2012-04-09
DHAMECHA, Manish Shantilal	Director	—	2011-09-28
EMERSON, Henry George	Director	1993-06-23	2006-09-15
ETHERINGTON, Michael Scott	Director	2019-07-11	2021-09-24
FARNSWORTH, Patrick William	Director	1993-03-17	2004-08-16
FLETCHER, Douglas Thomas James	Director	1997-07-01	1998-11-25
FLETCHER, Michael Thomas Neil	Director	2022-01-06	2022-10-07
FUTTER, Christopher Charles	Director	2008-11-26	2010-06-28
GARVIN, Peter	Director	—	1998-11-25
GHAFOOR, Saqib	Director	2013-11-26	2015-11-23
GILL, Sukhjinder Singh	Director	2015-11-23	2018-05-08
GILLEN, Leo	Director	2000-07-19	2006-11-28
GORAYA, Mukhtar Singh	Director	2015-11-23	2018-05-08
GRAVES, Colin James	Director	—	2010-09-27
HANNAH, Simon John	Director	2009-11-25	2012-01-27
HARDMAN, Gerard	Director	—	1994-05-16
HARTLEY, Peter Christopher	Director	2012-12-03	2018-05-08
HEAD, Frank Iddon	Director	—	1993-11-10
HEAGNEY, John Francis Alexander	Director	—	2000-07-19
HUGHES, David Keith	Director	—	1994-11-10
HUNT, Ian	Director	2011-09-28	2014-09-29
HUNT, Matthew Alexander	Director	2016-09-29	2018-05-08
HUNT, Rodney Andrew	Director	1999-03-23	2009-05-06
HUNTER, Stephen	Director	2005-03-15	2006-01-09
HYSON, Martin John	Director	2000-07-19	2004-11-24
JEMPSON, Stephen Harold, Mr.	Director	2005-11-30	2014-09-29
JONES, Amanda Jane	Director	2013-06-25	2014-10-05
JOSHI, Krishan Kant	Director	2006-11-28	2008-11-26
KEEN, Kevin Charles	Director	2000-07-19	2003-01-28
LAIRD, William Alexander	Director	2009-05-06	2012-01-27
LISTON, Padraic	Director	2003-03-19	2006-11-28
MAHER, Eamonn	Director	2003-11-25	2007-02-21
MCNEILL, John	Director	2021-08-16	2024-07-09
MILLAR, John	Director	—	1995-06-08
MISRA, Arnu Kumar	Director	2016-12-01	2018-05-30
MORRISON, Robert Henry	Director	1995-06-08	1998-01-19
MULCHANDANI, Manoher Ghanshamdas	Director	2010-11-24	2012-01-27
MURPHY, Ian	Director	1997-03-31	1997-07-01
NUTTALL, Steven John	Director	2018-05-08	2021-08-16
O'HAGAN, Leonard John Patrick	Director	1995-03-24	1997-07-01
ODEDRA, Vimanji Nathaji	Director	2011-09-28	2018-05-08
PATEL, Jitendrakumar Maganbhai	Director	2006-08-10	2006-11-28
PATEL, Jitendrakumar Maganbhai	Director	1994-11-10	2004-04-14
PATEL, Kishor	Director	2009-11-25	2013-11-28
PIA, Raymond Joseph	Director	—	1994-03-03
PROUDFOOT, Mark Alistair	Director	2011-09-28	2014-09-29
PULLEN, Jonathan Mark	Director	2008-01-01	2012-11-07
RAMSDEN, Dudley Burton	Director	—	2006-11-28
RAMSDEN, Sean David	Director	2010-11-24	2013-11-28
READ, Nicholas James	Director	2015-02-23	2017-09-30
REHMAN, Raza	Director	2013-11-26	2015-01-27
ROBERTS, James	Director	2005-11-30	2006-11-28
ROBSON, Nigel John	Director	—	1993-06-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 498 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2025-03-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-09-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-08-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-07-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-24	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-04-15	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2025-04-14	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-03-27	CERTNM	change-of-name	Certificate change of name company	PDF
2025-01-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-09-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-06-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-17	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-08-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-19	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-10-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-08-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-05 vs 2024-01-07

Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 24 months prior.

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