Costco Wholesale UK Limited
Registered name: COSTCO WHOLESALE UK LIMITED
Part of Costco Wholesale Corporation groupCostco Wholesale UK Limited made £5.3bn revenue and £165m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Costco Wholesale UK Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £5.3bn in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £165m profit. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 1 Sep 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 1 Sep 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8bn | £5.1bn | £5.1bn | £5.3bn |
| Cost of sales | −£4.6bn | −£4.8bn | −£4.8bn | −£5.1bn |
| Gross profit | £228m | £263m | £263m | £292m |
| Operating profit | £151m | £176m | £176m | £206m |
| Profit before tax | £140m | £188m | £188m | £218m |
| Profit after tax | £103m | £151m | £151m | £165m |
| Profit (best available) | £103m | £151m | £151m | £165m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 3% | 3% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 4.8% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | — | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.4% | — | ▲9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Costco Wholesale Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Costco UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Costco Wholesale UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Costco LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £465k
- Crick Management Company LimitedRev. £110k · Profit £0
- Alcalay LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Costco Online UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £165m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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