IKEA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-16 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+14,188.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
-30.6% vs 2023
Employees
1,578
+15.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+2.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- IKEA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED 2007-05-01 → present
- IKEA WHOLESALE LIMITED 1998-06-25 → 2007-05-01
- 919TH SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 1998-05-21 → 1998-06-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £146,198,000 | £133,339,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,062,000 | £7,345,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,783,000 | £6,977,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,014,000 | £3,271,000 | |
| Cash | £9,000 | £1,286,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,559,000 | £26,878,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,960,000 | £15,231,000 | |
| Equity | £21,960,000 | £15,231,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,367 | 1,578 | |
| Wages | £38,641,000 | £42,850,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.4% | 27.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.75x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | 16.70x | 5.65x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-09-01 | — | — |
| EL GARAA, Mostafa | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1977 | French,Moroccan |
| MOUROUZIDES, Constantinos | Director | 2019-10-15 | May 1974 | Cypriot |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-05-21 | 2013-08-31 |
| BAUMGARTNER, Markus | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2004-12-15 |
| BERGSTRAND, Ulf Torgny | Director | 2002-08-31 | 2003-08-31 |
| BERTILSSON, Karl Jakob | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| BLAAUW, Willem Derk | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2014-11-24 |
| BOER, Giny Lammechien | Director | 2002-08-31 | 2005-05-15 |
| ELOFSSON, Ulf Patrik | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2011-10-31 |
| FAIRCHILD, Peter | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2011-04-14 |
| HOFBAUER, Erich | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2007-04-30 |
| HOOD, David John | Director | 2000-10-05 | 2001-11-02 |
| JELKEBY, Peter | Director | 2019-09-11 | 2026-01-01 |
| JOHNSSON, Lars Thomas | Director | 2004-12-15 | 2008-02-18 |
| LARSSON, Lars Tomas | Director | 2000-09-14 | 2002-04-24 |
| LINDVALL, Ulf Peter Jonny | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2004-12-15 |
| LONSKOV, Leif Kim | Director | 1999-09-17 | 2000-09-14 |
| LUNDHOLM, Daniel Glenn | Director | 2019-09-11 | 2020-05-15 |
| MARSHALL, Claudia | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2016-09-12 |
| MORITZ, Gerhard Peter | Director | 2007-12-31 | 2013-11-30 |
| MUSCA, Aaron Edward | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2020-05-15 |
| NASH, Andrew | Director | 1999-09-03 | 2000-10-05 |
| NILSSON, Goran Nils | Director | 1998-06-12 | 2000-10-05 |
| NOELLE, Peter Richard | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-10-02 |
| NYGREN, Lars Gosta | Director | 1999-09-17 | 2001-11-03 |
| OLIE, Jean-Andre | Director | 2007-05-15 | 2008-04-01 |
| OUELLETTE, Jean Louis | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2004-06-30 |
| PIETERSON, Edwin Coenraad | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2010-09-01 |
| POST, Franklin | Director | 2020-09-14 | 2023-01-31 |
| POST, Franklin | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2009-10-15 |
| RASMUSSEN, John | Director | 1998-06-05 | 1999-09-03 |
| RIGNELL, Per Sture Mats | Director | 1999-09-17 | 2002-08-31 |
| SCHULER, Hans Michael | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| SELLWOOD-BROWN, Jay | Director | 2011-04-15 | 2022-01-01 |
| SHAH, Sajal | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2019-10-15 |
| SMITH, Marsha | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| VOLKWEIN, Klaus Gerhard | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2003-12-31 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-05-21 | 1998-06-05 |
| SERJEANTS' INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-05-21 | 1998-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ikea Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-8.8%
£146,198,000 £133,339,000
-
Cash
+14,188.9%
£9,000 £1,286,000
-
Net assets
-30.6%
£21,960,000 £15,231,000
-
Employees
+15.4%
1,367 1,578
-
Operating profit
+4%
£7,062,000 £7,345,000
-
Profit before tax
+2.9%
£6,783,000 £6,977,000
-
Wages
+10.9%
£38,641,000 £42,850,000
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