Primark: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Primark Stores Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is ABF INVESTMENTS (NO.2) LIMITED. In the year to September 2025 Primark Stores Limited reported turnover of £3,862m.
- In the year to September 2025, Primark had turnover of £3,862m, down 1.1% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £137m, keeping £3.54 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 33,961 people, with staff costs of £617m.
- Primark Stores Limited is controlled by ABF INVESTMENTS (NO.2) LIMITED, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Primark Stores Limited's accounts for the year to September 2025, filed at Companies House on 30 May 2026.
- Registered name
- PRIMARK STORES LIMITED
- Company number
- 00453448
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 30 April 1948
- Registered office area
- London
- Industry code on the register
- 47710:
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to September 2025, filed 30 May 2026
What does Primark do?
Primark is a clothing and homeware retailer known for low prices, selling fashion, beauty and household goods in large high street and shopping centre stores. It sells almost entirely in its own shops rather than online. It is owned by Associated British Foods, and these figures are for Primark Stores Limited, the Primark company that files its own accounts in the UK.
In brief: value fashion retailer · stores, not online · clothing, beauty and homeware · owned by Associated British Foods
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 5 November 2026. Official website: primark.com.
Who owns Primark?
The Companies House register records ABF INVESTMENTS (NO.2) LIMITED as the person with significant control of Primark Stores Limited, company number 00453448. ABF INVESTMENTS (NO.2) LIMITED is itself company number 15031006.
That places Primark Stores 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 Primark?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Primark Stores Limited.
All 2 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Kari Louise Rodgers | 10 March 2023 |
| Eoin Philip Tonge | 26 April 2023 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Primark file?
Primark Stores Limited reported turnover of £3,862m in the year to September 2025. That was down 1.1% on £3,907m the year before.
It reported 33,961 employees. The year before it reported 33,888.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £137m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £149m the year before.
Staff costs came to £617m. That is an average of £18,000 a head. It ended the year with £45m at the bank and net assets of £1,067m.
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,862m | £3,907m |
| Pre-tax profit | £137m (filed) | £149m (filed) |
| Employees | 33,961 | 33,888 |
| Staff costs | £617m | £583m |
| Average staff cost per head | £18,000 | £17,000 |
| Bank and cash | £45m | £43m |
| Net assets | £1,067m | £997m |
| Dividends paid | n/d | £450m |
| Interest paid | £60m | |
| Interest received | £5m | |
| Directors' pay | £1.0m |
Read the accounts to September 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
How Primark compares
Of the 9 high street fashion, Primark is 3rd on turnover, 6th on profit margin and 5th 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 |
| 3rd | Primark | £3,862m | £3.54 |
| + 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.
Primark files as Primark Stores Limited, whose person with significant control is ABF INVESTMENTS (NO.2) LIMITED, with turnover of £3,862m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Primark
What does Primark do?
Primark is a clothing and homeware retailer known for low prices, selling fashion, beauty and household goods in large high street and shopping centre stores. It sells almost entirely in its own shops rather than online. It is owned by Associated British Foods, and these figures are for Primark Stores Limited, the Primark company that files its own accounts in the UK.
How does Primark compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Primark is 3rd 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 Primark?
The Companies House register records ABF INVESTMENTS (NO.2) LIMITED as the person with significant control of Primark Stores Limited.
How much does Primark make?
Primark Stores Limited reported turnover of £3,862m in the year to September 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £137m.
How many people work at Primark?
Primark Stores Limited reported 33,961 employees in the year to September 2025.
Who runs Primark?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Primark Stores Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Primark Stores Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00453448, 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, “Primark: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/primark/. Figures from Companies House filings for PRIMARK STORES LIMITED (00453448).
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