Ocado: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Ocado Retail Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Ocado Holdings Limited. In the year to March 2026 Ocado Retail Limited reported turnover of £3,193m.
- In the year to March 2026, Ocado had turnover of £3,193m, down 14.6% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £35m, losing £1.10 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 928 people, with staff costs of £63m.
- Ocado Retail Limited is controlled by Ocado Holdings Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Ocado Retail Limited's accounts for the year to March 2026, filed at Companies House on 28 September 2026.
- Registered name
- OCADO RETAIL LIMITED
- Company number
- 03875000
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 11 November 1999
- Registered office area
- St. Albans
- Industry code on the register
- 47110: Retail trade
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2026, filed 28 September 2026
What does Ocado do?
Ocado is an online supermarket that delivers groceries, household goods and Marks & Spencer food to people's homes, with no shops of its own. Orders are picked and packed in its own distribution centres, then delivered in a slot the customer chooses. The retail business is a joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer, and these figures are for Ocado Retail Limited, the company that runs Ocado.com.
In brief: online-only grocer · home delivery from its own warehouses · sells M&S food · joint venture of Ocado Group and M&S
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 6 November 2026. Official website: ocado.com.
Who owns Ocado?
The Companies House register records Ocado Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Ocado Retail Limited, company number 03875000. Ocado Holdings Limited is itself company number 07148670.
That places Ocado Retail Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
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 Ocado?
The Companies House register lists 9 current officers for Ocado Retail Limited.
All 9 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Timothy Steiner | 13 April 2000 |
| Stuart Barry Machin | 5 August 2019 |
| Jonathan David Wiseman | 11 January 2021 |
| Hannah Gibson | 20 September 2022 |
| Adam Leslie Dobbs | 17 November 2022 |
| James Xavier Matthews | 26 April 2023 |
| Mathew David Ankers | 22 September 2023 |
| Alison Ann Dolan | 1 April 2025 |
| Dr Lawrence Hene | 22 January 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Ocado file?
Ocado Retail Limited reported turnover of £3,193m in the year to March 2026. That was down 14.6% on £3,737m the year before.
It reported 928 employees. The year before it reported 869.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £35m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £80m the year before.
Staff costs came to £63m. It ended the year with £73m at the bank and net liabilities of £84m.
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,193m | £3,737m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£35m (filed) | -£80m (filed) |
| Employees | 928 | 869 |
| Staff costs | £63m | £74m |
| Average staff cost per head | n/d | £86,000 |
| Bank and cash | £73m | £68m |
| Net assets | -£84m | -£49m |
| Interest paid | £46m | |
| Interest received | £1.8m | |
| Directors' pay | £3m |
Read the accounts to March 2026 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Ocado?
Ocado Retail Limited has registered 25 charges at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Ocado compares
Of the 10 supermarkets, Ocado is 9th on turnover, 8th on profit margin and 10th on growth. Tesco keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £3.26.
| Rank | Supermarkets | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tesco | £73,712m | £3.26 |
| 9th | Ocado | £3,193m | −£1.10 |
| + 8 more supermarkets ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Ocado files as Ocado Retail Limited, whose person with significant control is Ocado Holdings Limited, with turnover of £3,193m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Ocado
What does Ocado do?
Ocado is an online supermarket that delivers groceries, household goods and Marks & Spencer food to people's homes, with no shops of its own. Orders are picked and packed in its own distribution centres, then delivered in a slot the customer chooses. The retail business is a joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer, and these figures are for Ocado Retail Limited, the company that runs Ocado.com.
Is Ocado bigger than Waitrose?
No, by turnover. Ocado reported £3,193m in its latest accounts, against £7,767m at Waitrose. Our Ocado v Waitrose page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Ocado v Waitrose →
How does Ocado compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Ocado is 9th of the 10 companies in our battle of the supermarkets, behind Tesco. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the supermarkets →
Who owns Ocado?
The Companies House register records Ocado Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Ocado Retail Limited.
How much does Ocado make?
Ocado Retail Limited reported turnover of £3,193m in the year to March 2026. It filed a pre-tax loss of £35m.
How many people work at Ocado?
Ocado Retail Limited reported 928 employees in the year to March 2026.
Who runs Ocado?
The Companies House register lists 9 current officers for Ocado Retail Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Ocado Retail Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 03875000, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- 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, “Ocado: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/ocado/. Figures from Companies House filings for OCADO RETAIL LIMITED (03875000).
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