J D Wetherspoon

Public houses and bars · Watford, Hertfordshire

J D Wetherspoon

J D Wetherspoon PLC

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ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated43 years on the register

Public limited company registered in Watford, classed under “Public houses and bars”.

Headline figures

FY to Jul 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

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Profit after tax

£68m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202320242025
Profit after tax£68m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202320242025
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Shares
    Purchase of own shares (and 39 more like it since 5 February 2024)
  2. Shares
    Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 8 September 2026 · GBP 2,109,605.64 (and 34 more like it since 24 April 2025)
  3. Filing
    Resolutions (and 4 more like it since 29 November 2022)
  4. Directors
    Replacement Filing for the appointment of Mr Hudson Anthony Simmons as a director
  5. Directors
    Appointment of Mr John Anthony Herring as a director on 12 January 2026
  6. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Harry Michael Charles Morley as a director on 20 November 2025
  7. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 27 July 2025
  8. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 28 July 2024
  9. Charges
    Registration of charge 017097840152, created on 6 June 2024
  10. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 July 2023
  11. Accounts
    Current accounting period shortened from 31 July 2023 to 30 July 2023
  12. Ownership
    Notification of a person with significant control statement
  13. 6 earlier
    1. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 July 2022
    2. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Richard Gervase Beckett as a director on 17 November 2022
    3. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Susan Alina Cacioppo as a director on 7 October 2022
    4. Directors
      Appointment of Mr James Ullman as a director on 4 May 2022
    5. Directors
      Director's details changed for Ms Debbie Whittingham on 20 December 2021
    6. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Debbie Whittingham as a director on 20 December 2021

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does J D Wetherspoon do?

Public limited company registered in Watford, classed under “Public houses and bars”. In its own words: “Find your local Wetherspoon Autumn beer festival The festival will run from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 18 October, inclusive. The overseas brewers are from China, Denmark, Singapore, Ukraine and the USA, with all festival beers being new to Wetherspoon.  Read about the international brewers...”

›How much turnover does J D Wetherspoon make?

Answered in the full report

›Is J D Wetherspoon profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £68m in the year to 27 July 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns J D Wetherspoon?

Answered in the full report

›Where is J D Wetherspoon based?

Its registered office is Wetherspoon House, Reeds Crescent, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 4QL, in Watford, Hertfordshire.

›When was J D Wetherspoon founded?

J D Wetherspoon PLC was incorporated on 25 March 1983.

›Is J D Wetherspoon still trading?

The register lists J D Wetherspoon PLC as active.