BESTWAY WHOLESALE LIMITED

1. BESTWAY WHOLESALE LIMITED 2015-10-15 → present
2. BESTWAY CASH & CARRY LIMITED 1975-04-11 → 2015-10-15

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Forvis Mazars LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirement through its cash reserves and revolving credit facilities. ... After making enquiries and considering downside scenarios, the directors are confident that the Company has access to sufficient financial resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company has positive cash flows and it has sufficient financial resources to continue as a going concern. ... The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BESTWAY WHOLESALE LIMITED · parent
   1. Bestway Northern Limited 100% · UK · Wholesaler
   2. Costcutter Supermarket Holdings Limited 100% · UK · Holding Company
   3. Bestway Retail Limited 100% · UK · Retailer
   4. MAP Trading Limited 100% · UK · Manufacturer and Wholesaler
   5. Adams Foodservice Trading Ltd 100% · UK · Food Services
   6. Eve Transport Ltd 100% · UK · Transportation
   7. Costcutter Supermarkets Group Limited 100% · UK · Retailer
   8. Ebor Foodmarkets Limited 100% · UK · Retailer

Significant events

• “During FY25, the Board approved the acquisition of Adams Foodservice Trading Ltd, a specialist catering wholesaler. The transaction was completed on 2 October 2024. The company reported a turnover of £109 million for the 15 months ended June 2025.”
• “The Company, together with its subsidiaries became party to a rolling credit facility agreement in May 2022, whereby the liabilities of the Company and Bestway Northern Limited are cross guaranteed by the Company and its subsidiaries. The credit limit of the rolling credit facility agreement amount to £75 million (2024: £75 million). The balance utilised at year end is £nil (2024: £nil).”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -4.6%

  £1,636,974,000 → £1,561,185,000

• Cash

  -64.8%

  £46,020,000 → £16,177,000

• Net assets

  +10.4%

  £51,434,000 → £56,775,000

• Employees

  -2%

  3,078 → 3,015

• Operating profit

  -5%

  £51,475,000 → £48,893,000

• Profit before tax

  -9.5%

  £30,508,000 → £27,620,000

• Wages

  +5%

  £84,471,000 → £88,729,000

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