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Cash down 65%ActiveLatest figures: 2026Group consolidated24 years on the register

Public limited company registered in Leicester, classed under “Activities of head offices”.

Headline figures

FY to Jan 2026 · Group consolidated

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£898m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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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
£202420252026
Profit after tax£898m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees

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 sheet202420252026
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
    Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 21 May 2026 · GBP 11,996,370 (and 63 more like it since 30 April 2025)
  2. Shares
    Purchase of own shares (and 13 more like it since 2 May 2025)
  3. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Jane Margaret Shields as a director on 21 May 2026
  4. Filing
    Resolutions (and 2 more like it since 21 May 2025)
  5. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 January 2026
  6. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Jonathan Michael Arundell Bewes as a director on 21 May 2026
  7. Directors
    Appointment of Ms Jenifer Mary Mundy as a director on 1 April 2026
  8. Directors
    Appointment of Ms Annette Elizabeth Court as a director on 1 March 2026
  9. Shares
    Statement of capital on 15 January 2026 · GBP 12,243,661.2
  10. Shares
    Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 15 January 2026 · GBP 453,015,464.40
  11. Filing
    Memorandum and Articles of Association (and 1 more like it since 21 May 2025)
  12. Accounts
    Amended interim accounts made up to 29 November 2025 (and 1 more like it since 6 January 2026)
  13. 5 earlier
    1. Accounts
      Interim accounts made up to 29 November 2025 (and 1 more like it since 5 January 2026)
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Hannah Woodall-Pagan as a secretary on 26 September 2025
    3. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Seonna Anderson as a secretary on 26 September 2025
    4. Filing
      Clarification hmrc confirmation received that appropriate stamp duty has been paid on this transaction.
    5. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 25 January 2025

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 Next do?

Public limited company registered in Leicester, classed under “Activities of head offices”. In its own words: “NEXT plc, trading as Next (styled as NEXT) is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer.”

›How much turnover does Next make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Next profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £898m in the year to 31 January 2026, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Next?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Next based?

Its registered office is Desford Road, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 4AT, in Leicester.

›When was Next founded?

Next PLC was incorporated on 9 April 2002.

›Is Next still trading?

The register lists Next PLC as active.