WAYFAIR (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
+11% vs 2023
Employees
405
-31% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-15.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £69,198,000 | £59,434,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,206,000 | £2,357,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,644,000 | £2,236,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,862,000 | £1,280,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,665,000 | £13,674,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,665,000 | £12,945,000 | |
| Equity | £11,665,000 | £12,945,000 | |
| Average employees | 587 | 405 | |
| Wages | £24,433,000 | £16,768,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £191,327 | £193,338 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-14.1%
£69,198,000 £59,434,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+11%
£11,665,000 £12,945,000
-
Employees
-31%
587 405
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Operating profit
+95.4%
£1,206,000 £2,357,000
-
Profit before tax
-15.4%
£2,644,000 £2,236,000
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Wages
-31.4%
£24,433,000 £16,768,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 17.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.7% | 73.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | 0.39x | |
| Interest cover | 134.00x | 19.48x |
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
- WAYFAIR (UK) LIMITED 2011-09-28 → present
- CSN STORES (UK) LIMITED 2008-12-18 → 2011-09-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has received letter of support from Wayfair Inc., the ultimate parent company, that adequate financial support will to be made available for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements to enable it to discharge its obligations. On that basis, the directors believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLBERT, Enrique | Secretary | 2017-08-18 | — | — |
| COLBERT, Enrique | Director | 2017-08-18 | Apr 1974 | American |
| GULLIVER, Kate | Director | 2022-11-30 | Oct 1981 | American |
| MERRICKS, William | Director | 2019-09-17 | Jun 1983 | British |
| OLIVER, Andrew | Director | 2022-11-30 | Jan 1986 | American |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALONE, Nicholas | Secretary | 2008-12-18 | 2017-08-18 |
| CONINE, Steven | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2021-10-04 |
| FLEISHER, Michael | Director | 2017-05-30 | 2022-11-30 |
| HOWER, Sascha, Dr | Director | 2020-02-19 | 2022-11-30 |
| INTAT, Jens Uwe, Dr | Director | 2021-10-04 | 2022-11-30 |
| MALONE, Nicholas | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2017-08-18 |
| MULLIKEN, John | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2017-05-12 |
| NETZER, Thomas, Dr. | Director | 2018-05-25 | 2020-02-18 |
| RASWANT, Rahul, Mr. | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2022-05-15 |
| REITER, Martin | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2021-08-01 |
| SCHROTH, Fabian, Dr | Director | 2021-10-04 | 2022-11-30 |
| SCHROTH, Fabian, Dr. | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2019-09-17 |
| SHAH, Niraj | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2022-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayfair Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-05-02 | Active |
| Wayfair Stores Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2024-05-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-12-22 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-22 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.