TXT In plain English
Company description
PRIMARK STORES LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 30 April 1948; registered for 78 years; registered office reported in LONDON. Its primary declared activity is 47710 · Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 30 trade marks. 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
- PRIMARK STORES LIMITED
- Company number
- 00453448
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 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
13 September 2025Next accounts due
15 June 2027Last statement made up to
16 June 2026Next statement due
30 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 40.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- 46.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 2.2%
- Men receiving bonus
- 6.4%
- Women in top quartile
- 59.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 78.1%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 77.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 77.6%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 20,000 or more0.8% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more1.4% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more1.1% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more0.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499915.6% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more0.0% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more0.0% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more0.0% 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
- 2 March 2025 – 13 September 2025
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 30 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- The Prompt Payment Code
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- 15 September 2024
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 2.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 30 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
The standard payment terms are 30 days
- Dispute resolution process
Primark's policy is to pay its suppliers on time in line with agreed terms. Complaints related to late payments are resolved by a dedicated accounts payable team who will work with the supplier and their Primark contact to resolve the dispute. Late payments are generally related to issues with incorrect supplier details or invoice/PO discrepancy. Suppliers raise queries regarding payments directly with the Primark Accounts Payable team.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 25.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay43.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay51.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay59.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay51.0% 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
PRIMARK STORES LIMITED
LEI 213800FFQ6FYDFYJVN88 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 30 April 1948
- Initial LEI registration
- 17 December 2013
- LEI last updated
- 27 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 17 December 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- WESTON CENTRE, 10 GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, GB-LND, W1K 4QY, GB
- Headquarters address
- WESTON CENTRE, 10 GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, GB-LND, W1K 4QY, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800FFQ6FYDFYJVN88 to LEI GBQKSY6W7G0OHCQ8OQ72
- Related legal entity
- ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC →
- Initial registration
- 17 December 2013
- Last updated
- 27 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 17 December 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2021-09-19T00:00:00Z; End: 2022-09-17T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-11-24T18:28:02.757Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00453448/filing-history/MzM4MzExMzE2NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800FFQ6FYDFYJVN88 to LEI 213800DE48PQJ6VNN980
- Related legal entity
- WITTINGTON INVESTMENTS LIMITED →
- Initial registration
- 17 December 2013
- Last updated
- 27 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 17 December 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-09-14T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-11-24T18:28:12.003Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://www.abf.co.uk/content/dam/abf/corporate/ar-assets-2024/pdfs/abf-annual-report-2024.pdf.downloadasset.pdf
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
INSTA GIRL
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 3,21
- Filed / designated
- 20 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 February 2027
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 14 June 1990
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 June 2007
SECRET POSSESSIONS
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 3
- Filed / designated
- 12 May 1990
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 May 2017
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 18
- Filed / designated
- 24 February 1988
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 February 2015
SENTIMENT
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 3
- Filed / designated
- 16 January 1987
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 January 2008
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2007
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 37
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2007
SECRET POSSESSIONS
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 27 March 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 March 2017
PRIMARK FANTONI
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 11 January 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 January 2017
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 16 April 1985
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 April 2006
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 8
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 11
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 12
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 22
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 26
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 27
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 8,11,12,22,26,27,28,30,31
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2015
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 21
- Filed / designated
- 7 June 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 June 2015
TRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 21 May 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 May 2005
PRIMARK
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 3
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 1983
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2014
WAGON WHEELS
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 13 May 1982
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 May 2013
WAGON WHEELS
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 1981
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2022
THEME
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 1981
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2022
THEME
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 5 September 1981
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 September 2022
MACROY
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 18
- Filed / designated
- 12 May 1981
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 May 2002
MACROY
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 18,25
- Filed / designated
- 12 May 1981
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 May 2022
PRIMARK FASHION SENSE
Owner Primark Stores Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 12 June 1980
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 June 2011
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.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Abf Investments (No.2) Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 15031006
- Notified
- 30 January 2024
Associated British Foods Plc
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Public Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 00293262
- Notified
- 30 January 2024
- Ceased
- 30 January 2024
Abf Investments Plc
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Public Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 00306672
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 30 January 2024
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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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
0 exact company-number registrations.
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.
14 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
15 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.
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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.