WAITROSE LIMITED
Trading as Waitrose & Partners, the company operates a major British supermarket chain and convenience store network as a subsidiary of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership.
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Cash
£71M
+6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£718M
+11.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
44,900
-3.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£111M
-19.6% vs 2025
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Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-27 | 2025-01-25 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,951,000,000 | £7,267,000,000 | £7,767,000,000 | +6.9% | |
| Operating profit | £99,000,000 | £200,000,000 | £178,000,000 | -11% | |
| Profit before tax | £42,000,000 | £138,000,000 | £111,000,000 | -19.6% | |
| Net profit | £41,000,000 | £114,000,000 | £73,000,000 | -36% | |
| Cash | £64,000,000 | £67,000,000 | £71,000,000 | +6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,181,000,000 | £2,259,000,000 | +3.6% | |
| Net assets | £531,000,000 | £645,000,000 | £718,000,000 | +11.3% | |
| Equity | £531,000,000 | £645,000,000 | £718,000,000 | +11.3% | |
| Average employees | 49,400 | 46,700 | 44,900 | -3.9% | |
| Wages | £876,000,000 | £907,000,000 | £954,000,000 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-01-27 | 2025-01-25 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 2.8% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 1.6% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.2% | 7.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.2% | 80.8% | 79.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.30x | 0.37x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | 1.43x | 2.60x | 2.14x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- WAITROSE LIMITED · parent
- Dishpatch Limited 100%
- Waitrose (Guernsey) Limited 100%
- Waitrose (Jersey) Limited 100%
- Admiral Park Retail Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After 31 January 2026, the Partnership announced its exit from the Build to Rent activity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEONG TUNG SING, Jane Christina | Secretary | 2021-11-01 | — | — |
| MOUNSEY, Andrew John | Director | 2024-09-06 | Aug 1978 | British |
| TARRY, Jason Mark | Director | 2024-09-12 | May 1967 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Simon Jim | Secretary | 2021-06-07 | 2021-11-01 |
| BUCHANAN, Alan | Secretary | 2014-07-31 | 2015-01-31 |
| CASELY-HAYFORD, Margaret Henrietta Augusta | Secretary | 2006-04-28 | 2014-07-31 |
| HUBBER, Keith Michael | Secretary | 2015-02-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| NEVILLE, Terence Frank | Secretary | 2001-05-10 | 2006-04-27 |
| PRITCHARD, Brian James | Secretary | — | 2001-05-09 |
| SIMPSON, Peter | Secretary | 2018-01-31 | 2021-06-07 |
| ATHRON, Thomas Clifton | Director | 2009-08-17 | 2018-04-27 |
| BERRY, Kevin John | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2012-06-01 |
| BURGESS, Jane | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2009-04-05 |
| BURTON, Nigel | Director | 1994-04-21 | 2004-07-30 |
| CARROLL, Brian Dirck | Director | — | 2004-07-15 |
| CASSONI, Marisa Luisa | Director | 2010-11-18 | 2012-06-01 |
| CLIFT, Paul Edwin | Director | 1999-05-07 | 2009-05-29 |
| COLLINS, Robert Andrew | Director | 2016-04-04 | 2020-01-23 |
| COX, Peter Nicholas | Director | 1996-07-18 | 2002-09-09 |
| DENNIS, Roger Anthony | Director | 1993-03-17 | 2001-03-30 |
| DOHERTY, Janice | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2007-08-23 |
| ESOM, Steven Derek | Director | 1996-07-18 | 2007-04-24 |
| FALCONER, Peter | Director | — | 1996-07-18 |
| FELWICK, David Leonard | Director | — | 2004-09-03 |
| GREGORY, Eric Alan | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2007-02-22 |
| HAMPSON, Stuart | Director | 1994-04-21 | 2007-03-26 |
| HODGSON, Richard Paul | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2010-10-01 |
| KANKIWALA, Nishpank Rameshbabu | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2025-03-26 |
| KEEN, Nigel | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2018-01-31 |
| LEWIS, John Patrick | Director | 2015-09-14 | 2020-12-31 |
| MARCH, Richard Murray | Director | 1992-03-23 | 1999-05-07 |
| MAYFIELD, Andrew Charles, Sir | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2020-02-04 |
| MAYFIELD, Richard Andrew | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2009-06-21 |
| MCKAY, Alastair | Director | — | 2007-02-23 |
| MEGSON, Angela | Director | 2002-04-22 | 2006-01-28 |
| MICHEL, Berangere Andree Mireille | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-09-06 |
| MILLER, Ian Anderson | Director | — | 1993-03-26 |
| MILNER, Michael Mark | Director | — | 1996-07-18 |
| PRICE, Mark Ian | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2016-03-18 |
| PRICE, Mark Ian | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2005-04-21 |
| READE, Tina Sandra | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2010-11-18 |
| ROSE, Michael John | Director | 1993-03-29 | 1999-11-12 |
| SALT, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2007-10-19 |
| SOLOMONS, Antony Howard | Director | 1996-07-18 | 2012-01-27 |
| TEMPLE, Kenneth David | Director | — | 1996-07-18 |
| WALDEMAR BROWN, Nicholas | Director | 1991-08-12 | 1996-08-16 |
| WEIR, Helen Alison | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-12-01 |
| WHITE, Sharon Michele, Dame | Director | 2020-02-04 | 2024-09-12 |
| WILLIAMSON, Mark Richard | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2017-01-31 |
| WILSON, David Mallon | Director | — | 2001-03-30 |
| WOODHOUSE, Loraine | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2018-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lewis Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 266 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-30 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-01 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.