IKEA LIMITED

Active
Company number 01986283Private limited companyIncorporated 1986

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 47599

Where the company stands among the 7,394 active companies whose first SIC code is 47599 (Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store).

Company age40.8 years
Older than 96% · median 6.8 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. HOWDEN JOINERY LIMITED£546.2m
  2. DFS TRADING LIMITED£329.1m
  3. BARKER & STONEHOUSE LIMITED£41.9m
  4. FURNITURE VILLAGE LIMITED£39.5m
  5. GILLIES OF BROUGHTY FERRY LIMITED£24.3m
  6. PARLOUR PRODUCT TOPCO LIMITED£23.4m
  7. STOKERS LIMITED£22.7m
  8. SCOTSDALE NURSERY AND GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED£21.8m
  9. VALE FURNISHERS LTD£21.1m
  10. POOKY LIGHTING LIMITED£20.5m

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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: IKEA LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

IKEA LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01986283. It was incorporated on 5 Feb 1986. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (EC4M). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (47599), retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47910).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 7,394 active companies whose first SIC code is 47599: It is older than 96% of them (median age 6.8 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £414.1k, from Department for Work and Pensions.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, wood, knitted clothing. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, electrical equipment, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 42 days to pay suppliers, and 24% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 1.4% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

4 of 13 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 May 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 16 May 2027.

Government grants

2 grants

IKEA LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2021, together worth £414.1k.

Grants
  1. IKEA LIMITEDDepartment for Work and Pensions · £118,977 · Kickstart Scheme
  2. IKEADepartment for Work and Pensions · £295,129 · Kickstart 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 practices1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
42 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
24%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 76%
  • 31 to 60 days 15%
  • After 60 days 9%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
28 Feb 2026
43
70%
30%
31 Aug 2025
37
78%
22%
28 Feb 2025
43
75%
25%
31 Aug 2024
39
70%
31%
29 Feb 2024
34
59%
43%
31 Aug 2023
30
83%
18%
28 Feb 2023
29
82%
19%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 1.4% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 2.2% lower
Median bonus pay
women 2.8% lower
Employer size
5000 to 19,999 employees
Lower pay quarter51.6% womenLower middle55.8% womenUpper middle53.5% womenUpper pay quarter48.7% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 3.5% lower
women 5.6% lower
2023/24
women 5.9% lower
women 6.5% lower
2022/23
women 4.5% lower
women 6.7% lower
2021/22
women 8.3% lower
women 7.8% lower
2020/21
women 7% lower
women 6.3% lower
2018/19
women 7.1% lower
women 5.9% lower
2017/18
women 6.1% lower
women 6.9% 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. This report was submitted after the deadline. View on the Gender pay gap service

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)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, 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: plastics, wood, knitted clothing, woven clothing and iron and steel articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 9 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, electrical equipment, machinery, other textile articles and ceramics.

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

2 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. 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.