COSTCO UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-09-01
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-12 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£434M
+19.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£909M
-2.3% vs 2023
Employees
8,654
+5.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£189M
+35.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COSTCO UK HOLDINGS LIMITED 2000-03-29 → present
- SHELFCO (NO.1826) LIMITED 2000-02-28 → 2000-03-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-01
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-03 | 2024-09-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,010,933,000 | £5,312,754,000 | |
| Operating profit | £150,264,000 | £176,885,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £139,294,000 | £188,955,000 | |
| Net profit | £102,647,000 | £151,719,000 | |
| Cash | £362,087,000 | £433,923,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £952,652,000 | £935,323,000 | |
| Net assets | £930,356,000 | £908,801,000 | |
| Equity | £930,356,000 | £908,801,000 | |
| Average employees | 8,194 | 8,654 | |
| Wages | £284,407,000 | £303,403,000 |
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 | 2023-09-03 | 2024-09-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.8% | 18.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | 6.30x | 39.48x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors anticipate that the business will maintain its profitability and strong positive cash flow over at least the next 12 months. The directors have regular access to the Company's financial information, including cash flows and profit and loss statements, covering short to medium term timeframes.”
Group structure
- COSTCO UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Costco Wholesale UK Limited 100%
- Costco Limited 100%
- Alcalay Limited 100%
- Submitselect Limited 100%
- Costco Online UK Limited 100%
- Crick Management Company Limited 80%
Significant events
- “In January 2025, we announced our first membership fee increase in 8 years, effective in March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JANUARIO, Cristina Maria | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| KELLY, Peter Robert | Director | 2024-09-30 | Nov 1969 | British |
| SILVEIRA, Luis Carlos | Director | 2024-09-30 | Apr 1969 | American |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUHAN, Magan Khushalbhai | Secretary | 2000-05-01 | 2019-11-15 |
| SHAH, Rajesh Natwerlal | Secretary | 2019-11-15 | 2024-09-30 |
| E P S SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-02-28 | 2000-05-01 |
| GALANTI, Richard | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| MURPHY, James Patrick | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2022-04-11 |
| RIEL, Pierre | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2024-09-30 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-02-28 | 2000-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-21 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-04-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-01 vs 2023-09-03
-
Turnover
+6%
£5,010,933,000 £5,312,754,000
-
Cash
+19.8%
£362,087,000 £433,923,000
-
Net assets
-2.3%
£930,356,000 £908,801,000
-
Employees
+5.6%
8,194 8,654
-
Operating profit
+17.7%
£150,264,000 £176,885,000
-
Profit before tax
+35.7%
£139,294,000 £188,955,000
-
Wages
+6.7%
£284,407,000 £303,403,000
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