Morrisons: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show

Morrisons is a supermarket chain selling groceries and household goods through large supermarkets, Morrisons Daily convenience stores and an online delivery service. It started as an egg and butter stall on Bradford Market in 1899 and makes much of its own fresh food, running its own abattoirs, bakeries and food factories. It was taken private in 2021 by a group backed by the investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, and these figures are for Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited, the main Morrisons trading company, whose immediate parent is Market Bidco Limited.

In brief: supermarket chain · makes much of its own fresh food · started in Bradford · owned by a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice backed group

The Companies House register records Market Bidco Limited as the person with significant control of WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited, company number 00358949. Market Bidco Limited is itself company number 13537474.

That places WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.

The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited.

WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited reported turnover of £8,491m in the year to October 2025. That was down 5.3% on £8,962m the year before.

It reported 43,975 employees. The year before it reported 46,166.

It filed a pre-tax loss of £166m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £2,704m the year before.

Staff costs came to £1,022m. That is an average of £23,000 a head. It ended the year with £295m at the bank and net assets of £5,466m.

WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited has registered 44 charges at Companies House, of which 39 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.