CO-OPERATIVE BRANDS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£78M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4.8M
Period ending 2025-01-04
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
We draw attention to note 2 to the financial statements which explains the Company is expected to remain non-trading going forward, with no plans for future trade. Therefore, the directors do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. Our opinion is not modified in this respect of this matter.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-04
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-06 | 2025-01-04 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£4,461,000 | -£4,769,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,461,000 | -£4,769,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,413,000 | -£3,577,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£74,116,000 | -£77,693,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£74,116,000 | -£77,693,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2024-01-06 | 2025-01-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest cover | -1.00x | -1.00x |
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
- CO-OPERATIVE BRANDS LIMITED 2005-06-08 → present
- ORDERWALL LIMITED 2004-11-05 → 2005-06-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“We draw attention to note 2 to the financial statements which explains the Company is expected to remain non-trading going forward, with no plans for future trade. Therefore, the directors do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. Our opinion is not modified in this respect of this matter.”
Significant events
- “At the end of April 2025, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking The Co-operative Group (the Group) announced that the Group had been managing a targeted cyber attack.”
- “On the 18 June 2025, the Group signed a new £350m sustainability-linked term loan agreement for a 5 year term committed to June 2030. The facility remained undrawn at the time of approval of these accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGUIRE, Beth | Secretary | 2025-03-31 | — | — |
| DEWIN, Gary Martin | Director | 2019-08-02 | Aug 1970 | British |
| KENDAL-WARD, Dominic Adam | Director | 2022-12-22 | Apr 1980 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELLERS, Caroline Jane | Secretary | 2004-12-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-11-05 | 2004-12-01 |
| ALLEN, James Patrick | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2010-07-20 |
| CHURCH, Jonathan | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2020-07-31 |
| CROSSLAND, Anthony Philip James | Director | 2008-08-05 | 2019-08-02 |
| HEMINGWAY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2005-02-16 | 2005-06-13 |
| HUDGHTON, Terence | Director | 2008-08-05 | 2010-02-19 |
| HULME, Martyn Alan | Director | 2005-02-16 | 2005-06-13 |
| LANG, Andrew Paul | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2019-08-02 |
| MARKS, Peter Vincent | Director | 2010-07-20 | 2013-05-16 |
| MORGAN, Zoe Jeanette | Director | 2005-03-09 | 2007-07-28 |
| MOYNIHAN, Patrick | Director | 2013-05-16 | 2014-06-30 |
| REAY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2021-01-12 | 2022-12-20 |
| TOMLINSON, Jemima | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2008-01-12 |
| WHITFIELD, Christopher Colin | Director | 2005-03-09 | 2008-08-29 |
| CWS (NO 1) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-12-01 | 2005-06-13 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-11-05 | 2004-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-17 | 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.