# Primark Stores Limited (00453448)

> Accounts, ratios and register details for UK company 00453448, from Companies House filings, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/00453448

- **Status:** active
- **Company type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1948-04-30
- **Registered office:** Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY
- **Industry (SIC):** 47710 Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
- **Accounts on record:** 36 years (1990–2025)

Figures in GBP units (not thousands), last 10 years. Costs and liabilities are positive amounts; tax is positive for a charge and negative for a credit; losses are negative. Latest year source: scanned PDF read by OCR; check against the filing.

## Profit and loss

| Line item | 2016-09-16 | 2017-09-15 | 2018-09-14 | 2019-09-12 | 2020-09-12 | 2021-09-17 | 2022-09-16 | 2023-09-14 | 2024-09-13 | 2025-09-13 |
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| Revenue / turnover | 2,942,692,000 | 3,171,714,000 | 3,346,702,000 | 3,449,257,000 | 2,540,686,000 | 2,338,007,000 | 3,378,510,000 | 3,851,018,000 | 3,906,702,000 | 3,862,364,000 |
| Gross profit | 599,324,000 | 587,614,000 | 634,742,000 | 638,072,000 | 341,313,000 | 411,334,000 | 722,476,000 | 699,935,000 | 860,290,000 | 853,479,000 |
| Operating profit | 314,810,000 | 308,142,000 | 336,695,000 | 336,660,000 | 139,435,000 | 119,890,000 | 237,283,000 | 185,691,000 | 182,827,000 | 180,497,000 |
| Profit before tax | 305,464,000 | 304,240,000 | 333,149,000 | 331,281,000 | 91,056,000 | 77,062,000 | 199,583,000 | 141,178,000 | 149,494,000 | 136,606,000 |
| Tax charge / (credit) | 67,861,000 | 68,735,000 | 100,773,000 | 68,762,000 | 47,223,000 | 44,322,000 | 34,626,000 | 34,187,000 | 58,692,000 | 66,794,000 |
| Profit after tax | 237,603,000 | 235,505,000 | 232,376,000 | 262,519,000 | 43,833,000 | 32,740,000 | 164,957,000 | 106,991,000 | 90,802,000 | 69,812,000 |

## Balance sheet

| Line item | 2016-09-16 | 2017-09-15 | 2018-09-14 | 2019-09-12 | 2020-09-12 | 2021-09-17 | 2022-09-16 | 2023-09-14 | 2024-09-13 | 2025-09-13 |
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| Total fixed / non-current assets | 1,285,072,000 | 1,361,742,000 | 1,484,770,000 | 1,516,219,000 | 2,538,942,000 | 2,400,357,000 | 2,305,945,000 | 2,250,487,000 | 2,225,823,000 | 2,181,452,000 |
| Current assets | 592,898,000 | 607,808,000 | 613,928,000 | 655,692,000 | 548,440,000 | 587,966,000 | 860,253,000 | 822,004,000 | 679,522,000 | 751,285,000 |
| Cash at bank | 19,611,000 | 43,917,000 | 35,932,000 | 37,592,000 | 31,228,000 | 33,355,000 | 42,126,000 | 37,694,000 | 42,583,000 | 44,840,000 |
| Creditors < 1 year (current liabilities) | 1,396,359,000 | 1,266,529,000 | 1,113,362,000 | 922,551,000 | 799,451,000 | 744,195,000 | 782,654,000 | 629,682,000 | 899,041,000 | 899,534,000 |
| Net current assets | -803,461,000 | -658,721,000 | -499,434,000 | -266,859,000 | -251,011,000 | -156,229,000 | 77,599,000 | 192,322,000 | -219,519,000 | -148,249,000 |
| Creditors > 1 year (non-current liabilities) | 97,740,000 | 109,971,000 | 120,670,000 | 128,975,000 | 1,189,795,000 | 1,129,064,000 | 1,063,892,000 | 1,051,945,000 | 1,006,700,000 | 963,645,000 |
| Net assets | 378,731,000 | 593,050,000 | 841,833,000 | 1,102,839,000 | 1,070,076,000 | 1,108,236,000 | 1,296,540,000 | 1,389,425,000 | 997,360,000 | 1,066,888,000 |
| Total equity | 378,731,000 | 593,050,000 | 841,833,000 | 1,102,839,000 | 1,070,076,000 | 1,108,236,000 | 1,296,540,000 | 1,389,425,000 | 997,360,000 | 1,066,888,000 |

## Ratios

| Ratio | 2016-09-16 | 2017-09-15 | 2018-09-14 | 2019-09-12 | 2020-09-12 | 2021-09-17 | 2022-09-16 | 2023-09-14 | 2024-09-13 | 2025-09-13 |
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| Revenue growth | 1.8% | 7.8% | 5.5% | 3.1% | -26.3% | -8.0% | 44.5% | 14.0% | 1.4% | -1.1% |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 18.5% | 19.0% | 18.5% | 13.4% | 17.6% | 21.4% | 18.2% | 22.0% | 22.1% |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 9.8% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 7.0% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.7% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | 67.4% | 48.5% | 32.4% | 27.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 13.7% | 8.0% | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| Return on capital employed | 65.4% | 43.8% | 34.2% | 26.9% | 6.1% | 5.3% | 10.0% | 7.6% | 9.1% | 8.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 72.6% | 52.5% | 34.7% | 28.5% | 10.7% | 9.2% | 16.8% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 9.3% |
| Current ratio | 0.42× | 0.48× | 0.55× | 0.71× | 0.69× | 0.79× | 1.10× | 1.31× | 0.76× | 0.84× |
| Effective tax rate | 22.2% | 22.6% | 30.2% | 20.8% | 51.9% | 57.5% | 17.3% | 24.2% | 39.3% | 48.9% |

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