Costco Online UK Limited
Registered name: COSTCO ONLINE UK LIMITED
Part of Costco Wholesale Corporation groupCostco Online UK Limited made £320m revenue and £985k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Costco Online UK Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £320m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £985k profit. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £255m | £277m | £277m | £320m |
| Cost of sales | −£252m | −£272m | −£272m | −£316m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £4.6m | £4.6m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | −£751k | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£751k | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£56k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £985k |
| Profit (best available) | −£56k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £985k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.6% | — | ▲15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼14.3% |
| 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
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- 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 Online UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Costco Wholesale UK LimitedRev. £5.3bn · Profit £165m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £985k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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