AO RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-11 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Group and 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.”
Significant events
- “Our Care product protection offering performed resiliently as customers continue to recognise the value and peace of mind that our plans offer. We have extended our arrangement with Domestic and General in relation to the sale and promotion of our Care product protection plans to December 2033.”
- “Shortly before the end of the period we extended our arrangement for a further seven years with New Day, who provide our Customer Finance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINNEMORE, Julie Angela Louise | Secretary | 2014-04-15 | — | — |
| HAYNES, Stuart Mark | Director | 2022-05-24 | Mar 1983 | British |
| HIGGINS, Jonathan Mark Stephen | Director | 2014-03-31 | Mar 1978 | British |
| ROBERTS, John Charles | Director | 2019-06-17 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAUNCE, Stephen James | Secretary | 2005-10-13 | 2014-04-15 |
| DUTTON, Marion | Secretary | 2000-04-19 | 2002-02-01 |
| LATCHFORD, Alan Robert | Secretary | 2002-02-01 | 2005-10-13 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-01-28 | 2000-04-19 |
| CAUNCE, Stephen James | Director | 2005-10-13 | 2017-07-05 |
| CORT, Philip Hinton | Director | 2005-10-13 | 2008-08-06 |
| COULTER, John Howard | Director | 2015-02-05 | 2018-03-29 |
| CROWTHER, John | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2014-10-24 |
| DURSTON, Robert | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2007-10-23 |
| DUTTON, John Philip | Director | 2000-04-19 | 2002-02-22 |
| EMMETT, Daniel Anthony | Director | 2015-06-12 | 2022-09-16 |
| HOLROYD, William | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2014-03-31 |
| HOPKINSON, Christopher John | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2014-03-31 |
| KIRKCALDY, Andrew Niall | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2017-09-15 |
| LATCHFORD, Alan Robert | Director | 2000-04-19 | 2005-10-13 |
| LAWSON, David William | Director | 2015-06-12 | 2022-03-31 |
| MONK, Kevin Charles | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2017-06-26 |
| PHILBIN, Kevin | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2014-02-25 |
| ROBERTS, John Charles | Director | 2000-04-19 | 2018-04-19 |
| ROSE, Richard Sidney | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| STOLLER, Norman Kelvin | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2015-02-05 |
| WARNE, Adam John | Director | 2016-11-27 | 2018-02-28 |
| WILKINSON, David | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2018-04-19 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-01-28 | 2000-04-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ao Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one