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Ao World PLC

Active 21 years old · 2,196th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 2000s

Company number05525751
StatusActive
Incorporated02/08/2005
Accounts last made up to15/08/2025
Next accounts due30/09/2026
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier2138005FFOAJIUZY4375

Registered office

UNIT 5A THE PARKLANDS, LOSTOCK, BOLTON, BL6 4SD

Other PLCs registered in Bolton

Online

No website could be identified for this company.

Group structure

It is the immediate parent of 12 entities:

  • APPLIANCES ONLINE LTD
  • WORRY FREE LIMITED
  • AO MOBILE LIMITED
  • AO LTD
  • AO LOGISTICS (NETHERLANDS) B.V.
  • AO DEUTSCHLAND LIMITED
  • AO.NL B.V.
  • WEEE RE-USE IT LIMITED
  • AO RECYCLING LIMITED
  • AO RETAIL LIMITED
  • EXPERT LOGISTICS LTD.
  • ELEKDIRECT LIMITED

Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.

Filing history

This company has 265 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 02/10/2025. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 10/08/2026.

Filings: share capital74
Filings: accounts7
Filings: charges5
Filings: confirmation statements4
Filings: resolutions4
Filings: officer changes4

The most recent filings

Share capital change 24/09/2026
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Share capital change 24/09/2026
Share capital change 24/09/2026
Share capital change 08/09/2026
Share capital change 08/09/2026

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 8 current officers and 17 who have resigned.

Julie Angela Louise Finnemore Secretaryappointed 18/07/2014
Geoffrey Ian Cooper Directorappointed 01/07/2016
Jonathan Mark Stephen Higgins Directorappointed 01/08/2015
Shaun Mccabe Directorappointed 24/07/2018
Peter Paul Pritchard Directorappointed 01/10/2022
John Charles Roberts Directorappointed 02/08/2005
Sophie Alice Tomkins Directorappointed 01/09/2025
Sarah Louise Venning Directorappointed 01/11/2022

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 6 registered charges, of which 0 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
Hsbc Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties
Fully satisfied, created 05/04/2023
A registered charge
Hsbc Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (Security Agent)
Fully satisfied, created 06/04/2020
A registered charge
Hsbc Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (Security Agent)
Fully satisfied, created 06/04/2020
A registered charge
Lloyds Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 27/05/2016
Guarantee & debenture
Barclays Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 12/11/2010
Debenture
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 27/11/2007

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 2,196th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 2000s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)