WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED
Trading as Morrisons, the company is a major UK supermarket chain, food manufacturer, and fuel retailer operating as a private entity backed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice under ultimate parent Market Topco Limited.
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Cash
£295m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5.5bn
Equity attributable
Employees
43,975
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£166m
Period ending 2025-10-26
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company has obtained a letter of support from the ultimate parent, Market Topco Limited that confirms financial support will be provided where required, for the foreseeable future and at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and, in particular, it will not demand repayment of any amounts currently outstanding. Based on the Directors' assessment above these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-26
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-29 | 2024-10-27 | 2025-10-26 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,358,000,000 | £8,962,000,000 | £8,491,000,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£302,000,000 | £2,698,000,000 | -£96,000,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£183,000,000 | £2,704,000,000 | -£166,000,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£148,000,000 | £2,752,000,000 | -£178,000,000 | — | |
| Cash | £279,000,000 | £780,000,000 | £295,000,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,982,000,000 | £7,559,000,000 | £7,422,000,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £3,683,000,000 | £5,641,000,000 | £5,466,000,000 | — | |
| Equity | £3,683,000,000 | £5,641,000,000 | £5,466,000,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 104,813 | 46,166 | 43,975 | — | |
| Wages | £1,803,000,000 | £892,000,000 | £895,000,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,000,000 | £2,100,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £300,000 | £200,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £1,500,000 | £800,000 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-29 | 2024-10-27 | 2025-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.6% | 30.1% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | 30.7% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.0% | 35.7% | -1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.6% | 65.2% | 70.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 1.29x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | -3.87x | 32.12x | -0.84x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED 2021-11-17 → present
- WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS P L C LIMITED 2021-11-17 → 2021-11-17
- WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS P L C 1940-01-22 → 2021-11-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company has obtained a letter of support from the ultimate parent, Market Topco Limited that confirms financial support will be provided where required, for the foreseeable future and at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and, in particular, it will not demand repayment of any amounts currently outstanding. Based on the Directors' assessment above these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED · parent
- Bos Brothers Fruit and Vegetables B.V.1 100%
- Chippindale Foods Limited 100%
- De Mandeville Gate Management Limited 51%
- Flower World Limited 100%
- Food Retail Limited³ 100%
- Lowlands Nursery Limited 100%
- Mercury PFS 1 Limited⁴ 100%
- MHE JVCo Limited⁵ 51%
- Neerock Farming Limited⁶ 100%
- Perimeter Holdings Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison (HK) Limited⁷ 100%
- Wm Morrison Nominee 1 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison Nominee 2 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison Nominee 3 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison Pension Trustee Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison Property Investments Limited⁸ 100%
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets Holdings Limited 100%
- Yes Recycling (Fife) Ltd² 50%
- Alliance Property Holdings Limited 100%
- Amos Hinton & Sons Limited 100%
- Argyle Securities Limited¹ 100%
- Argyll Stores (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Ascot Road Watford Limited 100%
- Cancede Limited 100%
- Cordon Bleu Freezer Food Centres Limited 100%
- Dordon SPV Limited² 100%
- English Real Estates Limited 100%
- Erith Pier Company Limited 100%
- Evermere Limited 100%
- Falfish (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Falfish Limited 100%
- Farmers Boy Limited 100%
- Farmers Boy (Deeside) Limited 100%
- Federated Properties Limited 100%
- Firsdell Ltd 100%
- International Seafoods Limited 100%
- Ipsolus Limited 100%
- J3 Property Limited³ 100%
- Kiddicare Properties Limited 100%
- MDW (Eastbourne) Limited 100%
- MoClo Limited 100%
- Myton Food Group Limited 100%
- Myton Growers Limited 100%
- Neerock Limited 100%
- Newincco 1072 Limited 100%
- Oldwest Limited¹ 100%
- Optimisation Developments Limited 100%
- Optimisation Investments Limited 100%
- Rathbone Kear Limited 100%
- Rathbones Bakeries Limited 100%
- RP (No. 37) Limited² 100%
- Safeway (Overseas) Limited 100%
- Safeway Development Limited 100%
- Safeway Food Stores Limited 100%
- Safeway Limited 100%
- Safeway Pensions Trustees Company Limited 100%
- Safeway Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Safeway Properties Limited 100%
- Safeway QUEST Trustees Limited 100%
- Safeway Stores (Gibraltar) Pension Trustees Limited⁵ 100%
- Safeway Stores (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Safeway Stores Limited 100%
- Safeway Trustee (FURB) Limited 100%
- Safeway Wholesale Limited 100%
- Simply Fresh Foods Holdings Limited 100%
- Stores Group Limited 100%
- The Home & Colonial Stores Limited 100%
- The Medical Hall Limited⁴ 100%
- The Morrisons Foundation 100%
- Tower Centre Hoddesdon Limited 100%
- Trilogy (Leamington Spa) Limited 100%
- Velligrist Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison (Ireland) Limited³ 100%
- Wm Morrison At Source Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison Bananas Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison GP 1 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison GP 2 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison GP 3 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison LP 1 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison LP 2 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison LP 3 Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison Produce Limited 100%
- Wm Morrison Property Partnership LP¹ 100%
- Wm Morrison Property Partnership 1 Limited Partnership 100%
- Wm Morrison Property Partnership 2 Limited Partnership 100%
- Wm Morrison Property Partnership 3 Limited Partnership 100%
- Wm Morrison Property Partnership 4 LP¹ 100%
- Wm Morrison Supermarket Stores Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 November 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of Food Retail Limited which operates 36 convenience stores in the Channel Islands from long term partner SandpiperCI for a total purchase price of £60m (2024: £nil).”
- “During the period, a refund was received relating to the purchase price of the investment of £1m, thus reducing the value of the investment by this amount.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Jonathan James | Secretary | 2017-02-15 | — | — |
| BAITIEH, Rami | Director | 2023-10-30 | May 1971 | French |
| GOFF, Joanna Louise | Director | 2022-04-08 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKROYD, Martin | Secretary | — | 2001-02-01 |
| AMSDEN, Mark Rowan | Secretary | 2013-02-01 | 2017-02-15 |
| BURKE, Jonathan James | Secretary | 2001-02-01 | 2009-03-16 |
| MCMAHON, Gregory Joseph | Secretary | 2009-03-16 | 2013-02-01 |
| ACKROYD, Martin | Director | — | 2005-05-26 |
| ANAND, Rooney | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-10-27 |
| BARNFATHER, Brian | Director | — | 1991-08-31 |
| BOLLAND, Marc | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2010-02-01 |
| BUTTLE, George Duncan | Director | — | 2000-01-28 |
| CAREW JONES, Belinda | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2020-09-10 |
| COX, Philip Gotsall | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Duncan Henry | Director | 2004-05-21 | 2005-03-23 |
| DAVIDSON, Richard Colin Neil | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2020-04-26 |
| DOWD, John | Director | — | 2002-03-11 |
| EMMOTT, Francis Robert | Director | — | 1993-07-07 |
| FLANAGAN, Brian John | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2011-06-09 |
| GIBSON, Ian, Sir | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2015-01-31 |
| GILLINGWATER, Richard | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2015-06-04 |
| GIVEN, Susanne Johanne | Director | 2020-08-12 | 2021-10-27 |
| GLEESON, Michael | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2022-04-04 |
| GUNTER, Mark | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2011-06-09 |
| HAVELOCK, Kevin John | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2021-10-27 |
| HIGGINSON, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2021-10-27 |
| HUGHES, Penelope Lesley | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, David Robert | Director | 2002-03-18 | 2007-06-29 |
| HUTCHINSON, Keith | Director | — | 1994-09-21 |
| JONES, Charles Martyn | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2010-09-09 |
| JONES, David Charles, Sir | Director | 2004-05-21 | 2006-06-30 |
| KRALINGEN, Tony Van | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-04-29 |
| LEE, Irwin Chua | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| MANDUCA, Paul Victor Falzon Sant | Director | 2005-09-06 | 2011-03-09 |
| MCGOWAN, Lyssa Ruth | Director | 2020-08-12 | 2021-10-27 |
| MELNYK, Marie Margaret | Director | 1993-08-25 | 2006-12-06 |
| MORRISON, Kenneth Duncan, Sir | Director | — | 2008-03-13 |
| MURRAY, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| OWEN, Roger Anthony | Director | — | 2009-02-01 |
| PENNYCOOK, Richard John | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2013-04-10 |
| PHILIPS, Timothy David Dalton | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2015-02-16 |
| POTTS, David Tom | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2023-11-01 |
| ROBERTSON, Nigel Mark Inches | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2013-03-13 |
| STOTT, Robert Winston | Director | 1997-04-17 | 2006-09-29 |
| STRAIN, Trevor John | Director | 2013-04-10 | 2022-09-27 |
| TOWNSEND, Jeremy Charles Douglas | Director | 2020-07-06 | 2021-10-27 |
| VENNELLS, Paula Anne | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-04-25 |
| WATEROUS, Johanna Elizabeth Martin | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2016-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1505 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2025-12-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.