OCADO RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-06
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£68M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£49M
Equity attributable
Employees
869
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£80M
Period ending 2025-04-06
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- OCADO RETAIL LIMITED 2014-06-16 → present
- OCADO LIMITED 2001-06-26 → 2014-06-16
- L.M. SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED 2000-01-31 → 2001-06-26
- PCO 225 LIMITED 1999-11-11 → 2000-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-06
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-03 | 2025-04-06 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,408,800,000 | £3,737,200,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£110,400,000 | -£34,700,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£139,000,000 | -£80,000,000 | |
| Net profit | -£140,500,000 | -£80,000,000 | |
| Cash | £76,400,000 | £68,200,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £529,700,000 | £443,800,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,100,000 | -£49,000,000 | |
| Equity | £31,100,000 | -£49,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 841 | 869 | |
| Wages | £38,400,000 | £62,400,000 |
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 | 2023-12-03 | 2025-04-06 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.6% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | -5.8% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -20.8% | -7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.3% | 106.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | -3.76x | -0.70x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Company's accounts.”
Significant events
- “Until 5 April 2025, our financial results were consolidated into those of Ocado Group. From 6 April 2025, as planned and in accordance with our shareholders' agreement, this moved with our results now being consolidated into the results of M&S.”
- “As of 11 April 2025, subsequent to the balance sheet date, under the terms of their contract, Ocado Group ceased to provide fulfilment services to Morrisons using 30% of the capacity of the Erith CFC. This event will result in the recognition of right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities of approximately £143.0 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WISEMAN, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2021-01-11 | — | — |
| ANKERS, Mathew David | Director | 2023-09-22 | Sep 1986 | British |
| DOBBS, Adam Leslie | Director | 2022-11-17 | Mar 1980 | British |
| DOLAN, Alison Ann | Director | 2025-04-01 | Dec 1969 | Irish |
| GIBSON, Hannah | Director | 2022-09-20 | Dec 1983 | British |
| HENE, Lawrence, Dr | Director | 2026-01-22 | Oct 1978 | British |
| MACHIN, Stuart Barry | Director | 2019-08-05 | Oct 1970 | British |
| MATTHEWS, James Xavier | Director | 2023-04-26 | Oct 1983 | British |
| STEINER, Timothy | Director | 2000-04-13 | Dec 1969 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAMS, Neill | Secretary | 2000-09-19 | 2019-08-05 |
| BANE, Carolyn Louise | Secretary | 2019-08-05 | 2020-01-01 |
| CALCOTT, Anya Catherine | Secretary | 2003-12-09 | 2005-04-22 |
| COOPER, Robert Mcneill | Secretary | 2010-09-28 | 2019-08-05 |
| GISSING, Jason Mark Conrad | Secretary | 2000-02-02 | 2000-09-19 |
| PAILEX CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-11-11 | 2000-02-02 |
| ABRAMS, Neill | Director | 2000-09-19 | 2019-08-05 |
| BRACEY, Andrew | Director | 2009-11-02 | 2012-03-23 |
| CLAYTON, Tom, Doctor | Director | 2000-05-19 | 2010-03-09 |
| DAINTITH, Stephen Wayne | Director | 2022-11-17 | 2026-01-22 |
| EDWARDS, Jacqueline Marie | Director | 2000-09-19 | 2001-05-22 |
| ESOM, Steven Derek | Director | 2000-10-13 | 2004-02-25 |
| FAIMAN, Jonathan Moss | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2010-03-09 |
| FRAMPTON, Jeremy John | Director | 2000-05-19 | 2010-03-09 |
| GISSING, Jason Mark Conrad | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2014-05-07 |
| GORRIE, Robert James Alexander | Director | 2000-04-13 | 2010-03-09 |
| GRADE, Michael Ian | Director | 2006-10-04 | 2010-03-09 |
| GREGSON, Jeanette Margaret | Director | 1999-11-11 | 2000-02-02 |
| HENE, Lawrence, Dr | Director | 2019-08-05 | 2023-04-26 |
| JENSEN, Luke Giles William | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2019-08-05 |
| LEWIS, Patrick | Director | 2009-10-21 | 2010-03-09 |
| LYNAS, Brian | Director | 2006-01-11 | 2009-08-10 |
| MAYFIELD, Andrew Charles, Sir | Director | 2000-10-13 | 2005-01-14 |
| MCBRIDE, Niall James | Director | 2020-01-13 | 2023-01-19 |
| MCKAY, Alastair | Director | 2005-01-25 | 2008-11-10 |
| MEGSON, Angela | Director | 2004-02-25 | 2006-01-09 |
| RAUSING, Jorn | Director | 2003-04-02 | 2010-03-09 |
| RICHARDSON, Mark Antony | Director | 2012-02-03 | 2019-08-05 |
| ROBARTS, Michael | Director | 2009-12-22 | 2010-03-09 |
| ROBERTSON, Nigel | Director | 2000-04-13 | 2003-11-24 |
| ROWE, Stephen Joseph | Director | 2019-08-05 | 2022-05-25 |
| SMITH, Melanie Jane | Director | 2019-08-05 | 2022-07-19 |
| TATTON-BROWN, Duncan Eden | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| TONGE, Eoin Philip | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2022-11-18 |
| TOWNSEND, Jeremy Charles Douglas | Director | 2023-01-26 | 2025-04-01 |
| WHITESIDE, Roger | Director | 2000-04-13 | 2003-11-07 |
| YOUNG, David Ernest | Director | 2000-10-13 | 2010-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marks And Spencer Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2019-08-05 | Active |
| Ocado Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-18 |
| Ocado Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 421 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-06 vs 2023-12-03