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Company description
BOOKER LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 17 April 1924; registered for 102 years; registered office reported in WELLINGBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 46900 · Non-specialised wholesale trade.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks, 3 procurement records, 1 waste registration. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- BOOKER LIMITED
- Company number
- 00197380
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 6 total · 0 outstanding · 6 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
23 February 2025Next accounts due
26 November 2026Last statement made up to
28 May 2026Next statement due
11 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 42.3%
- Women receiving bonus
- 83.1%
- Men receiving bonus
- 75.5%
- Women in top quartile
- 17.2%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 15.1%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 34.9%
- Women in lower quartile
- 39.1%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 5000 to 19,99911.6% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99915.8% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99915.9% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99916.9% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99916.3% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99912.7% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99918.9% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99914.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 25 August 2025 – 1 March 2026
- Filed
- 30 March 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 45 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- GSCOP
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-2
- Financial period started
- 24 February 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £237,597,620
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,094,817,067
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £586,982,150
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £89,784,329
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 83.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 10.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
GFR – 45 days & GSNFR 60 days
- Other payment-term information
Longer than standard terms are generally agreed on imported/slow moving goods.
- Dispute resolution process
We manage all queries through specific mailboxes, there are separate teams to manage any supplier queries raised.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 42.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
BOOKER LIMITED
LEI 213800S5IONUNKXBP488 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 17 April 1924
- Initial LEI registration
- 15 April 2015
- LEI last updated
- 17 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 18 December 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- EQUITY HOUSE, IRTHLINGBOROUGH ROAD, WELLINGBOROUGH, GB-WNH, NN8 1LT, GB
- Headquarters address
- EQUITY HOUSE, IRTHLINGBOROUGH ROAD, WELLINGBOROUGH, GB-WNH, NN8 1LT, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- BOOKER LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- BOOKER GROUP LIMITED
- Statement period
- 28 February 2022 – 26 February 2023
- Approved
- 20 June 2023
- Sectors
- Food and beverages, agriculture and fishing
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 21 June 2023
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Booker Limited
Registration Z4722500
- Registered from
- 10 April 2000
- Current end date
- 9 April 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Liquor Items
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-775f7b74-d506-4e3a-955c-84ae9227150e
- Supplier named in award
- BOOKER LIMITED
- Award value
- £40,000
- Contract period
- 17 April 2018 – 31 July 2018
- Published
- 13 August 2018
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-775f7b74-d506-4e3a-955c-84ae9227150e-2018-08-13T15:23:17+01:00
Liquor Items for Village Store
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-9bb58f13-a5a5-4d02-b09b-9289491dce18
- Supplier named in award
- BOOKER LIMITED
- Award value
- £40,000
- Contract period
- 27 February 2018 – 31 July 2018
- Published
- 7 August 2018
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15982000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9bb58f13-a5a5-4d02-b09b-9289491dce18-2018-08-07T13:49:32+01:00
Retail Products
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-d8188494-b9c6-434e-be3a-e2a8fc8a652e
- Supplier named in award
- BOOKER LIMITED
- Award value
- £40,000
- Contract period
- 15 September 2017 – 31 July 2018
- Published
- 12 January 2018
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d8188494-b9c6-434e-be3a-e2a8fc8a652e-2018-01-12T10:21:13Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
BLACKGATE
Owner Booker Limited · classes 29,30,35,40
- Filed / designated
- 18 August 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 August 2025
CHEF'S CENTRAL
Owner Booker Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 24 April 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 April 2024
SEA FRESH
Owner Booker Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2023
FINCA LA VISTOSA
Owner Booker Limited · classes 32,33
- Filed / designated
- 9 October 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 October 2023
DIVINE FISH
Owner Booker Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 6 September 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 September 2023
Los Picos Distantes
Owner Booker Limited · classes 32,33
- Filed / designated
- 22 July 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 July 2023
THE JACOBITE BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED, BLENDED & BOTTLED FROM 100% SCOTCH WHISKIES PRODUCE OF SCOTLAND
Owner Booker Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 3 July 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 July 2023
CHEF'S ESSENTIALS
Owner Booker Limited · classes 3,16,21,24,35,39,43
- Filed / designated
- 13 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 June 2023
Highbridge
Owner Booker Limited · classes 32,33
- Filed / designated
- 13 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 June 2023
Figurative mark
Owner Booker Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 17 April 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 April 2023
crimson finch
Owner Booker Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 11 April 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 April 2023
FAMILY SHOPPER BARGAINS EVERYDAY
Owner Booker Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 3 April 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 April 2023
CATERERS ESSENTIALS
Owner Booker Limited · classes 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,39
- Filed / designated
- 20 March 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 March 2023
ARVO
Owner Booker Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 25 September 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 September 2022
ARVO Bargains everyday
Owner Booker Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 25 September 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 September 2022
BAKERS BLEND
Owner Booker Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2022
ALFRED BUTTON
Owner Booker Limited · classes 20,30
- Filed / designated
- 11 June 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 June 2022
FORESTER'S
Owner Booker Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 28 September 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 September 2021
TUCK SHOP
Owner Booker Limited · classes 16,28,29,30,32
- Filed / designated
- 16 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 August 2021
BOOKER BASICS for Caterers
Owner Booker Limited · classes 3,8,16,21,29,30
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2021
CAPARELLI
Owner Booker Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 28 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 July 2021
RAPTOR ENERGY
Owner Booker Limited · classes 29,30,32,33
- Filed / designated
- 27 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 July 2021
TAPAROO VALLEY
Owner Booker Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 26 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 July 2021
EL MESTENGO
Owner Booker Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 26 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 July 2021
BOOKER BASICS
Owner Booker Limited · classes 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,39
- Filed / designated
- 18 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 July 2021
RAPTOR
Owner Booker Limited · classes 29,30,32,33
- Filed / designated
- 12 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 July 2021
GREAT TO GO
Owner Booker Limited · classes 29,30,32,33
- Filed / designated
- 3 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 June 2021
G2G GREAT TO GO
Owner Booker Limited · classes 29,30,32,33
- Filed / designated
- 3 June 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 June 2021
CLASSIC DRINKS
Owner Booker Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 17 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 March 2021
CLASSIC
Owner Booker Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 17 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 March 2021
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Booker Wholesale Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 05137980
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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