Midcounties Co-operative
| Your Coop | |
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| Company type | Consumer Co-operative |
| Industry | Retail (Wholesale) |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Co-operative House, Warwick Technology Park, Gallows Hill, |
Key people | Phil Ponsonby (CEO) |
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| Revenue | £840 million (24/25) |
| £10.6 million (24/25) | |
| Members | 758,000 (24/25) |
Number of employees | 6,088 (24/25) |
| Website | midcounties |
| Footnotes / references https://www.midcounties.coop/siteassets/footer/corporate-info/corporate-reports/202324/annual-report-2023-24.pdf | |
The Midcounties Co-operative Limited is a consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom with over 758,000 members. Registered in England under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, it is a member of Co-operatives UK and Federal Retail Trading Services.
The Society's principal activity is retailing in parts of the West Midlands, South West, and South East regions, however some of its businesses do trade nationally. Its trading groups are Food, Travel, Phone Co-op, Post Office, Early Years and Flexible Benefits. The Society is also active in recruiting electricity and gas customers through its Co-op Energy brand, and in community-owned energy generation, both in partnership with Octopus Energy.
The Midcounties Co-operative has its headquarters in Warwick, Warwickshire, with trading outlets in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Shropshire, the West Midlands, Worcestershire and the surrounding counties, but also has a national trading presence through its Travel, Early Years, Phone Co-op and Flexible Benefits businesses.
As of 25 January 2025, Midcounties generated £1.5bn of gross sales and had 410 trading sites. Trade with members as a proportion of total sales was 44%.
The Midcounties Co-operative invests in the communities in which it trades through responsible trading, local sourcing, community projects and charitable work. In 2024/25 Midcounties paid out £287,000 to good causes.
In 2024/25, Midcounties recorded gross sales of £1.51bn (£1.48bn 2023/24) and an operating profit before exceptional items of £11.0m (£9.5m 2023/24). The Society’s net debt was £63.0m (£65.8m 2023/24) and net assets totalled £104.8m (£106.4m 2023/24) as at 25 January 2025.
The Society is run by a non-executive Board of 16 Directors, which is chaired by the Society's President. The members of the Board are elected directly by the members. The current President is Irene Kirkman.