ASOS: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
ASOS PLC is owned by its shareholders: as a listed company it has no single person with significant control on the register. In the year to August 2025 it reported turnover of £2,478m.
- In the year to August 2025, ASOS had turnover of £2,478m, down 14.7% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £282m, losing £11.36 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 2,974 people, with staff costs of £161m.
- ASOS PLC is listed on the stock market, so it is owned by its shareholders.
- These figures are from ASOS PLC's group accounts for the year to August 2025, filed at Companies House on 30 January 2026.
- Registered name
- ASOS PLC
- Company number
- 04006623
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 2 June 2000
- Registered office area
- North-West London
- Industry code on the register
- 70100: Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to August 2025, filed 30 January 2026
What does ASOS do?
ASOS is an online fashion retailer that sells clothing, shoes, accessories and beauty products through its website and app, with no shops of its own. It was founded in 2000 and sells its own brands alongside products from hundreds of other brands, serving about 17 million customers in more than 150 markets. It earns its money from these online sales, and these figures are the group accounts of ASOS plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In brief: online fashion retailer · own brands and partner brands · about 17 million customers worldwide · listed on the London Stock Exchange
Source: ASOS's own website, retrieved 9 November 2026.
Who owns ASOS?
ASOS PLC, company number 04006623, has no person with significant control on the register. That is normal for a company whose shares trade on a regulated market: ownership sits with the shareholders who hold the shares at any given time.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs ASOS?
The Companies House register lists 12 current officers for ASOS PLC.
All 12 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Nicholas John Robertson | 6 June 2000 |
| Jose Antonio Ramos Calamonte | 16 June 2022 |
| Marie Gulin-Merle | 1 February 2023 |
| Wei Gao | 1 February 2023 |
| Natasja Ilse Gysele Laheij | 11 April 2023 |
| Jose Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez | 11 April 2023 |
| Anna Maria Rugarli | 26 June 2023 |
| William Barker | 20 September 2023 |
| Christine Cross | 16 April 2024 |
| Aaron Izzard | 1 July 2025 |
| Rishi Sharma | 30 September 2025 |
| Jonathan Damian Kamaluddin | 1 December 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did ASOS file?
ASOS PLC reported turnover of £2,478m in the year to August 2025. That was down 14.7% on £2,906m the year before.
It reported 2,974 employees. The year before it reported 3,027.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £282m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £379m the year before.
Staff costs came to £161m. That is an average of £54,000 a head. It ended the year with £319m at the bank and net assets of £212m.
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,478m | £2,906m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£282m (filed) | -£379m (filed) |
| Employees | 2,974 | 3,027 |
| Staff costs | £161m | £155m |
| Average staff cost per head | £54,000 | £51,000 |
| Bank and cash | £319m | £391m |
| Net assets | £212m | £521m |
| Interest paid | £74m | |
| Interest received | £5m | |
| Directors' pay | £2m |
Read the accounts to August 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against ASOS?
ASOS PLC has registered 6 charges at Companies House, of which 3 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
All 3 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Kroll Trustee Services Limited (As Common Security Agent) | 26 November 2025 |
| Kroll Trustee Services Limited | 26 September 2024 |
| Kroll Trustee Services Limited | 9 June 2023 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How ASOS compares
Of the 9 high street fashion, ASOS is 4th on turnover, 9th on profit margin and 9th on growth. Next keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £17.28.
| Rank | High street fashion | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Next | £6,901m | £17.28 |
| 4th | ASOS | £2,478m | −£11.36 |
| + 7 more high street fashion ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
ASOS files as ASOS PLC, with turnover of £2,478m in its latest filed year.
Questions about ASOS
What does ASOS do?
ASOS is an online fashion retailer that sells clothing, shoes, accessories and beauty products through its website and app, with no shops of its own. It was founded in 2000 and sells its own brands alongside products from hundreds of other brands, serving about 17 million customers in more than 150 markets. It earns its money from these online sales, and these figures are the group accounts of ASOS plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Is ASOS bigger than Next?
No, by turnover. ASOS reported £2,478m in its latest accounts, against £6,901m at Next. Our Next v ASOS page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Next v ASOS →
How does ASOS compare with its rivals?
By turnover, ASOS is 4th of the 9 companies in our battle of high street fashion, behind Next. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of high street fashion →
Who owns ASOS?
ASOS PLC is owned by its shareholders. As a listed company it is exempt from the register of people with significant control, so no single owner appears at Companies House.
How much does ASOS make?
ASOS PLC reported turnover of £2,478m in the year to August 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £282m.
How many people work at ASOS?
ASOS PLC reported 2,974 employees in the year to August 2025.
Who runs ASOS?
The Companies House register lists 12 current officers for ASOS PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from ASOS PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 04006623, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “ASOS: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/asos/. Figures from Companies House filings for ASOS PLC (04006623).
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