WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED

Active
Company number 00358949Private limited companyIncorporated 1940

Key figures

£5,466-100.0%
Net assets 2024/25
-98.9%
Average annual change 2019/20–2024/25
02 bn4 bn6 bn2019/202020/212021/222024/25

† WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 47110

Where the company stands among the 32,659 active companies whose first SIC code is 47110 (Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating).

Turnover£8,491,000,000
Higher than 97% · median £2,374,330 among 218 that publish turnover
Net assets£5,466
Lower than 62% · median £12,742
Employees43,975
Higher than 99% · median 3
Company age86.8 years
Older than 99% · median 3.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. TESCO PLC£11.5bn
  2. J SAINSBURY PLC£6.2bn
  3. SAFEWAY LIMITED£1.7bn
  4. OCADO GROUP PLC£1.6bn
  5. WAITROSE LIMITED£718m
  6. ICELAND FOODS LIMITED£707.3m
  7. WELCOME BREAK GROUP LIMITED£289.9m
  8. WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS HOLDINGS LIMITED£262m
  9. EMILY ESTATE (UK) LIMITED£251.6m
  10. HENDERSON RETAIL LIMITED£171.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 32,659. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00358949. It was incorporated on 22 Jan 1940. Its status is active. The registered office is in Bradford (BD3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (47110).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 26 Oct 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £8,491,000,000. Loss for the year was £178,000,000. Net assets were £5,466, down 100% on the previous year. The company had an average of 43,975 employees. Figures are available for 4 financial years (2019/20–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 32,659 active companies whose first SIC code is 47110: By turnover it ranks higher than 97% of the 218 that publish turnover (median £2,374,330). By net assets it ranks lower than 62% of them (median £12,742). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 3). It is older than 99% of them (median age 3.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 11 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2021. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £21.9k. Its most frequent buyer is The North Yorkshire Council (2 contracts). 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants worth £120.8k, mainly from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly toys, games and sports goods, miscellaneous manufactures, furniture and lighting. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly miscellaneous manufactures, toys, games and sports goods, furniture and lighting. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 50 days to pay suppliers, and 0% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 1.3% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 39 of 44 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Jul 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 2 Dec 2026.

Filed accounts2019/20–2024/25
2019/202020/212021/222024/25 †
Turnover———8,491,000,000
Profit for the year——-30,000,000-178,000,000
Cash at bank and in hand305,000,000296,000,000287,000,000—
Total assets—11,510,000,00011,650,000,000—
Total liabilities—7,326,000,0007,477,000,00011,007
Net assets / total equity4,541,000,0004,184,000,0004,173,000,0005,466
Average number of employees———43,975

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

11 contracts

WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 11 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2021. The 4 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £21.9k. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers10
The North Yorkshire Council
2 contracts
South Tyneside Council
1 contract · £14.2k
NHS HUMBER & NORTH YORKSHIRE ICB
1 contract · £2,900
NHS Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
1 contract · £2,550
Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
1 contract · £2,250
Contracts
  1. Primary Care Contracts - Pharmacy ServicesNorth Somerset Council
  2. Provision of Community Pharmacy RSV and Pertussis Vaccination Enhanced Service within the Midlands Region‡NHS England · £3 · 3 lots
  3. Primary Care - Pharmacy ServicesThe North Yorkshire Council
  4. Primary Care - GP ServicesThe North Yorkshire Council
  5. Primary Care Stop Smoking ServicesSouth Tyneside Council · £14,154 · runs until Oct 2029
Show 6 more
  1. Bristol North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board - Specialist medicine- Direct award CNHS Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board · £2,550
  2. Bristol North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board - Specialist medicine- Direct Award CBristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board · £2,250
  3. Dynamic Purchasing System Invitation to tender for the provision of Community Pharmacy Public Health Services‡Westmorland and Furness Council · shared by 8 suppliers · runs until Mar 2027
  4. Pharmacy Enhanced Services North Yorkshire‡NHS HUMBER & NORTH YORKSHIRE ICB · £2,900
  5. QHM-2024-2421 Community Pharmacy Supply of Gluten Free FoodsNorth East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
  6. Multi Temperature Food SolutionsFOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED · shared by 18 suppliers, up to £240,000,000 in total

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

5 grants

WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants since 2018, together worth £120.8k.

Funders
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
3 grants · £63.8k
Department for Education
2 grants · £57k
Grants
  1. Precision Breeding using Artificial Insemination vs. the BullDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £3,826 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  2. Unpackaged Systems: A real world trial of a circular supply chain solution to scale refills for in-store & online retailDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £43,590 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  3. Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £23,000
  4. Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £34,000
  5. OPTI-BEEF: precision agricultural solution to monitor lifetime productivity and product qualityDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £16,348 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices27 Oct 2025 – 26 Apr 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
50 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
0%
Standard payment terms
7–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 11%
  • 31 to 60 days 56%
  • After 60 days 33%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
26 Oct 2025
50
12%
0%
27 Apr 2025
50
11%
0%
27 Oct 2024
48
18%
0%
28 Apr 2024
48
19%
0%
29 Oct 2023
50
17%
0%
30 Apr 2023
43
31%
1%
30 Oct 2022
43
31%
1%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 1.3% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 8.2% lower
Median bonus pay
women 37% lower
Employer size
20,000 or more employees
Lower pay quarter65.8% womenLower middle62.8% womenUpper middle54.4% womenUpper pay quarter38.8% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 4.5% lower
women 9.9% lower
2023/24
women 3% lower
women 12.5% lower
2022/23
women 5.8% lower
women 7.6% lower
2021/22
women 6.8% lower
women 10.8% lower
2020/21
women 12% lower
women 12.1% lower
2018/19
women 11.5% lower
women 14% lower
2017/18
women 11.8% lower
women 14.3% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: toys, games and sports goods, miscellaneous manufactures, furniture and lighting, optical, medical and measuring instruments and electrical equipment.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous manufactures, toys, games and sports goods, furniture and lighting, electrical equipment and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £8.5bn, net assets £5,466, 43,975 employees
  2. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £4.2bn
  3. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £4.2bn
  4. Market Bidco Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Financial year 2019/20 endedAccounts: net assets £4.5bn
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.