AO World Plc
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- CEO
- John Charles Roberts
- Full Time Employees
- 2,842
- Sector
- Retail trade
- Industry
- Internet retail
- Address
- AO, 5A The Parklands Bolton LA United Kingdom BL6 4SD
- IPO Date
- Mar 3, 2014
- Website
- ao-world.com
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- AO World plc is a United Kingdom-based online electrical retailer that sells major domestic appliances including fridges, freezers, washing machines, laundry products and dishwashers; small domestic appliances; consumer electronics such as televisions, smart tech, computing products and AV equipment; and mobile phones including contracts through brands like mobilephonesdirect.co.uk, affordablemobiles.co.uk and buymobiles.net. The company, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Bolton, England, offers ancillary services encompassing product installation, old product collection, product protection plans, customer finance and waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling via its state-of-the-art facility; it also operates the musicMagpie platform for sales in the United Kingdom and maintains an official AO Outlet eBay store. AO World primarily serves consumer and business-to-business markets in the United Kingdom through its e-commerce platform ao.com, which stocks over 9,000 products, with delivery handled by its in-house logistics and select third parties. In recent developments, the company acquired musicMagpie, contributing £30 million in revenue for the period post-acquisition in fiscal year 2025; expanded its product range by over 1,500 items into categories like fitness, drones, cameras and health and beauty; grew its Five Star membership programme to drive customer retention; and increased its revolving credit facility from £80 million to £120 million, extending expiry to October 2028 while ending the year with net funds of £23 million.
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