WH Smith PLC
ActivePublic limited company
Key figures
Year to 31 Aug 2025
- Turnover
- £1.6bn+£80mon prior year
- Loss
- £137m−£197mon prior year
- Net assets
- £188m−£234mon prior year
- Total assets
- £1.5bn−£394mon prior year
- Cash at bank
- £71m+£15mon prior year
- Employees
- 14,235
- Total assets£1.5bn
- Net assets£188m
- Total liabilities−£1.3bn
From accounts filed with Companies House · IFRS accounts. Changes are against the prior year.
Accounts
Current period
10 months left
1 Sept 202631 Aug 2027
- Next accounts due
- 28 Feb 2027
- in 4 months
- For the period to 31 Aug 2026
- Last made up to
- 31 Aug 2025
Details
- Company number
- 05202036
- Incorporated
- 10 August 2004
- Registered office
- Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PB, England
- Nature of business
- Activities of head offices 70100
- Directors
- Simon Emeny
- Colette Burke
- Situl Suryakant Jobanputra
- Helen Claire Rose
- Maxwell Leslie James Izzard
- Leo Martin Quinn
- Board mix
- 1 woman
- 3 men
- 2 not known
Estimated from directors’ names.
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From Companies House, updated 26 Feb 2026.