WH Smith

Activities of head offices · Swindon, Wiltshire

WH Smith

WH Smith PLC

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Loss-makingActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated22 years on the register

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

Headline figures

FY to Aug 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

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Profit after tax

−£137m

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−£137m
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
    Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 12 June 2026 · GBP 33,633,199.91
  2. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Colette Burke as a director on 30 June 2026
  3. Address
    Registered office address changed from Greenbridge Road Swindon Wiltshire SN3 3RX to Windmill Hill Business Park Whitehill Way Swindon Wiltshire SN5 6PB on 1 May 2026
  4. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Leo Martin Quinn as a director on 7 April 2026
  5. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Andrew David Harrison as a director on 7 April 2026
  6. Filing
    Resolutions
  7. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Annette Elizabeth Court as a director on 2 February 2026
  8. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Nicola Joy Dulieu as a director on 2 February 2026
  9. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 August 2025
  10. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Andrew David Harrison as a director on 19 November 2025
  11. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Carl David Cowling as a director on 19 November 2025
  12. Shares
    Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 1 July 2025 · GBP 27,942,395.80 (and 74 more like it since 15 April 2025)
  13. 1 earlier
    1. Shares
      Purchase of own shares (and 11 more like it since 16 April 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 WH Smith do?

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

›How much turnover does WH Smith make?

Answered in the full report

›Is WH Smith profitable?

No: it made a loss after tax of £137m in the year to 31 August 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns WH Smith?

Answered in the full report

›Where is WH Smith based?

Its registered office is Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PB, in Swindon, Wiltshire.

›When was WH Smith founded?

WH Smith PLC was incorporated on 10 August 2004.

›Is WH Smith still trading?

The register lists WH Smith PLC as active.