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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-14 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

-57.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£146M

+16.2% vs 2023

Employees

3,934

+3.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£28M

-10.3% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. HENDERSON RETAIL LIMITED 2005-03-16 → present
  2. ANDREW MILLAR AND COMPANY, LIMITED 1881-02-19 → 2005-03-16

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £614,865,202£655,693,522
Operating profit £27,803,852£24,310,635
Profit before tax £31,698,735£28,449,209
Net profit £22,850,705£20,269,758
Cash £5,944,006£2,530,467
Total assets less current liabilities £132,276,215£153,440,552
Net assets £125,319,679£145,589,437
Equity £125,319,679£145,589,437
Average employees 3,7863,934
Wages £60,474,717£68,183,758

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 4.5%3.7%
Net margin 3.7%3.1%
Return on capital employed 21.0%15.8%
Current ratio 2.76x3.03x
Interest cover 1153.09x

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
BDO Northern Ireland
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. HENDERSON RETAIL LIMITED · parent
    1. Moundview Service Station Ltd 100% · Northern Ireland · Dormant
    2. Beechwood Retail (NI) Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · Dormant
    3. McGirr Retail Ltd 100% · Northern Ireland · Dormant
    4. J & U McGirr Property Ltd 100% · Northern Ireland · Dormant

Significant events

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

People

14 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GAMBLE, Neil William Secretary 2024-05-27
ADAMS, William Director 2025-10-01 Jan 1983 British
AGNEW, Geoffrey William Director Apr 1964 British
AGNEW, Martin John Director Aug 1962 British
CHERRY, Julie Ann Director 2026-04-20 Jan 1976 Irish
DERBY, Desmond James Director 2026-04-16 Feb 1977 Irish
DRISCOLL, John William Director 2023-04-24 Feb 1973 British
GAMBLE, Neil William Director 2024-04-03 Jan 1983 British
HAMILTON, Stephen Leslie Director 2022-01-01 Oct 1969 British
KELLY, Neal Francis Director 2011-11-07 Nov 1970 Northern Irish
MCCAMMOND, Robert Mark Director 2014-09-15 Nov 1965 British
MOORE, William James Director 2021-01-01 Jul 1976 British
RANKIN, George David Director 2025-05-01 Sep 1979 British
SIMPSON, Katherine Allison Director 2025-04-01 Jun 1974 British
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
WHITTEN, William John Ronald Secretary 2024-05-27
ADRAIN, Mark Hugh Director 2007-06-25 2025-09-30
AGNEW, John Robert Henderson Director 2002-04-22
DAVIDSON, Samuel Houston Director 2004-07-01 2025-12-31
FITZSIMMINS, Alan James Director 2001-01-01 2023-12-31
GRAY, Nigel Robin Alexander Director 2009-08-10 2014-03-28
JOHNSTON, Graeme Director 2004-03-08 2007-05-18
MCCAMMOND, Robert Mark Director 2001-03-12 2009-04-30
STEWART, Darren William Director 2016-09-01 2019-10-31
WHITTEN, William John Ronald Director 1999-07-01 2024-05-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Martin John Agnew Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Geoffrey William Agnew Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active
John Henderson (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 275 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-01-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-04 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-06-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-04 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-19 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-01-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-30 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-05-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
4

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.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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

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