SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKETS LTD

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKETS LTD 1997-02-07 → present
2. BURGINHALL 921 LIMITED 1996-10-10 → 1997-02-07

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

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval. The parent company, J Sainsbury plc, has confirmed its intention to provide financial support for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval such that the Company is able to repay its liabilities as they fall due.”

Group structure

1. SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKETS LTD · parent
   1. Barleygold Limited 100% · UK
   2. BLSSP (PHC 7) Limited 100% · UK
   3. Coolidge Investments Limited 100% · UK
   4. Argos (N.I.) Limited 100% · UK
   5. Nash Court (Kenton) Limited 100% · UK
   6. Sainsbury's Argos Asia Commercial Limited 62.5% · Hong Kong
   7. Sainsbury's Argos Asia Limited 62.5% · Hong Kong
   8. Sainsbury's Argos Asia Sourcing Limited 62.5% · Hong Kong
   9. Sainsbury's Argos Asia Technical Limited 62.5% · Hong Kong
   10. Sainsbury's Argos Commercial Consulting (Shanghai) Limited 62.5% · China
   11. Sainsbury's (NI) Ltd 100% · UK
   12. Sainsbury's SL Limited 100% · UK
   13. Town Centre Retail (Bicester) Limited 100% · UK

Significant events

• “In February 2024, the J Sainsbury plc group (the "Group") set out our Next Level Sainsbury's plan, focussing on four key outcomes underpinned by a revised purpose.”
• “40 new stores will be opened in 2025/2026, bringing over 700,000 more people within a ten-minute drive of Sainsbury's over the next two years.”
• “In January 2025 the Group issued £550 million of Investment Grade Corporate Bonds. The Bonds were split into two tranches, a £250 million tranche maturing in June 2030 and a £300 million tranche maturing in January 2035. The proceeds of the Bonds was used to repay in full the £575 million committed term loan facility.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +2.4%

  £27,877,000,000 → £28,544,000,000

• Cash

  +1.9%

  £214,000,000 → £218,000,000

• Net assets

  +6.4%

  £4,059,000,000 → £4,319,000,000

• Employees

  -3.5%

  135,500 → 130,800

• Operating profit

  +11.6%

  £682,000,000 → £761,000,000

• Profit before tax

  +14.7%

  £273,000,000 → £313,000,000

• Wages

  +4.1%

  £2,658,000,000 → £2,767,000,000

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