ASDA GROUP LIMITED
Company number 01396513 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Asda Group Limited presents as a structurally healthy, fully compliant 47-year-old company with an exemplary administrative record, but this data extract omits the financial statements needed to verify its true condition. Widely reported context — a heavily debt-financed 2021 buyout, eroding market share, and credit rating downgrades — points to a business with a strong underlying constitution carrying a chronic leverage condition. The provisional grade of B- should be firmed up only after reviewing the full filed accounts, with debt servicing capacity and market share trajectory as the two vital signs to watch most closely.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1978-10-27
- Registered office
- Asda House, South Bank, Great Wilson Street, Leeds, LS11 5AD
- Postcode
- LS11 5AD
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-13
- Next due by
- 2027-10-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 6 current · 75 resigned
Group structure 11 subsidiaries
Controlled by BELLIS ACQUISITION COMPANY PLC — since 2021-02-16
Controlled by ASDA HOLDINGS UK LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2026-06-30) as part of the ASDA EXPRESS LIMITED group statement — 7 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.asda.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ASDA-MFI GROUP PLC. | 1988-02-26 |
| ASSOCIATED DAIRIES GROUP PLC | 1985-11-01 |
| DUALWARD LIMITED | 1978-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CRAVEN HOUSE, KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS | 1988-03-01 |
| AVEN HOUSE, KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS | 1988-03-01 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 387 similar companies in LS, trading since 1978
The class of 1978
51%
of the 8,636 companies incorporated in 1978 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2001-01-31
- Where
- Leicestershire (1), Staffordshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT330436 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2001-01-31 | — |
| SF360693 | Staffordshire | Freehold | 1996-02-21 | — |
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Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.