COSTCO UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
The company acts as the UK holding entity for the British operations of Costco, a membership-only warehouse club retailer ultimately owned by the Nasdaq-listed Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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Cash
£285M
-34.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£854M
-6.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
8,880
+2.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£219M
+15.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-03 | 2024-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,010,933,000 | £5,312,754,000 | £5,591,123,000 | +5.2% | |
| Operating profit | £150,264,000 | £176,885,000 | £207,259,000 | +17.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £139,294,000 | £188,955,000 | £218,570,000 | +15.7% | |
| Net profit | £102,647,000 | £151,719,000 | £165,377,000 | +9% | |
| Cash | £362,087,000 | £433,923,000 | £285,185,000 | -34.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £952,652,000 | £935,323,000 | £883,718,000 | -5.5% | |
| Net assets | £930,356,000 | £908,801,000 | £853,754,000 | -6.1% | |
| Equity | £930,356,000 | £908,801,000 | £853,754,000 | -6.1% | |
| Average employees | 8,194 | 8,654 | 8,880 | +2.6% | |
| Wages | £284,407,000 | £303,403,000 | £319,304,000 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £3,531,000 | £4,235,000 | +19.9% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-03 | 2024-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 2.9% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.8% | 18.9% | 23.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.53x | 1.39x | |
| 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.
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and the parent Company have adequate resources to continue in operation for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and have therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements”
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%
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 100 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.