QVC UK
ActiveKey figures
† QVC UK 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.
Like most small UK companies, QVC UK does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 47910Where the company stands among the 147,742 active companies whose first SIC code is 47910 (Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet).
- THE BEAUTY TECH GROUP PLC£300.6m
- J.D. WILLIAMS & COMPANY LIMITED£170.7m
- ASOS.COM LIMITED£164.5m
- QVC UK£126.5m
- GRATTAN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY£121.2m
- MENWELL LIMITED£104m
- M AND M DIRECT LIMITED£101.5m
- IQ121.COM LIMITED£100m
- WORLD OF BOOKS LIMITED£93.5m
- JP BODEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£80.2m
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 147,742. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: QVC UK
What kind of company is it?
QVC UK is a private unlimited company registered with Companies House under company number 02807164. It was incorporated on 6 Apr 1993. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (W4). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47910), television programme production activities (59113).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Net assets were £126,489,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £47,345,000. Total assets were £206,138,000 and total liabilities £75,922,000.
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 147,742 active companies whose first SIC code is 47910: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £635). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £7,486). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £4,347). It is older than 99% of them (median age 1.5 years).
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 miscellaneous manufactures, toys, games and sports goods, furniture and lighting. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly precious metals and jewellery, perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 29 days to pay suppliers, and 9% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 12.7% lower than for men.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 2 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next confirmation statement is due by 28 Mar 2027.
Filed accounts2025
| 2025 † | |
|---|---|
| Cash at bank and in hand | 47,345,000 |
| Total assets | 206,138,000 |
| Total liabilities | 75,922,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 126,489,000 |
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.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 29 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 9%
- Standard payment terms
- 7–90 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 72%
- 31 to 60 days 19%
- After 60 days 9%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 34
- 46%
- 11%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 33
- 72%
- 11%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 32
- 79%
- 28%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 31
- 73%
- 19%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 30
- 78%
- 23%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 35
- 80%
- 25%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 35
- 81%
- 29%
- Median hourly pay
- women 12.7% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 14.3% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 23% lower
- Employer size
- 1000 to 4999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 19.1% lower
- women 15.5% lower
- 2023/24
- women 14.8% lower
- women 14.5% lower
- 2022/23
- women 15.7% lower
- women 15.3% lower
- 2021/22
- women 10.2% lower
- women 16.5% lower
- 2020/21
- women 20% lower
- women 14.1% lower
- 2019/20
- women 20.1% lower
- women 15.9% lower
- 2018/19
- women 13.1% lower
- women 15.1% lower
- 2017/18
- women 14.7% lower
- women 13.8% 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
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
- 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.
Listed by HMRC as an importer 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 vehicles.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: precious metals and jewellery, perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes, electrical equipment and miscellaneous metal articles.
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
4 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £126.5m
- Qvc Britain registered as a person with significant control
- Name changed to QVC UKPreviously QVC
- Company incorporatedPrivate unlimited 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.