GREENE KING LIMITED
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Cash
£133M
+26.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.3B
-1.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
38,881
-4.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£23M
+84.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend
GREENE KING LIMITED
GREENE KING LIMITED
GREENE KING LIMITED
GREENE KING LIMITED
GREENE KING LIMITED
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-04
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2026-01-04 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,375,400,000 | £2,450,500,000 | £2,539,000,000 | +3.6% | |
| Operating profit | £167,200,000 | -£16,400,000 | £93,800,000 | +672% | |
| Profit before tax | £45,200,000 | -£147,100,000 | -£23,400,000 | +84.1% | |
| Net profit | £40,100,000 | -£156,300,000 | -£34,700,000 | +77.8% | |
| Cash | £120,100,000 | £104,500,000 | £132,600,000 | +26.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,784,800,000 | £4,158,800,000 | £4,583,100,000 | +10.2% | |
| Net assets | £2,491,800,000 | £2,333,800,000 | £2,301,800,000 | -1.4% | |
| Equity | £2,491,800,000 | £2,333,800,000 | £2,301,800,000 | -1.4% | |
| Average employees | 40,695 | 40,588 | 38,881 | -4.2% | |
| Wages | £707,300,000 | £728,400,000 | £770,800,000 | +5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,200,000 | £2,100,000 | £2,500,000 | +19% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2026-01-04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | -0.7% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | -6.4% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.5% | -0.4% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.4% | 58.3% | 58.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.32x | 0.21x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | 1.32x | -0.12x | 0.75x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GREENE KING LIMITED 2019-10-31 → present
- GREENE KING PLC 1990-09-11 → 2019-10-31
- GREENE KING & SONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1887-06-01 → 1990-09-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- GREENE KING LIMITED · parent
- Greene King CH Investments Limited 100%
- Greene King Commercial Investments Limited 100%
- Greene King Developments Limited 100%
- Greene King Investments Limited 100%
- Greene King Pension Scheme Limited 100%
- Greene King Properties Limited 100%
- Greene King Property Development Limited 100%
- Greene King Pubs Limited 100%
- Greene King Residential Investments Limited 100%
- Greene King Retailing Parent Limited 100%
- Johoco 2029 Limited 100%
- Spirit Pub Company Limited 100%
- Bar Lounge Limited 100%
- Belhaven Brewery Company Limited 100%
- Greene King Hospitality Limited 100%
- Greene King Brewing and Retailing Limited 100%
- Greene King Neighbourhood Estate Pubs Limited 100%
- Greene King Retail Services Limited 100%
- Greene King Retailing Limited 100%
- Greene King Services Limited 100%
- Hickory's (ROS) Ltd 100%
- Hickory's Smokehouse Limited 100%
- Hickory's (West Kirby) Limited 100%
- Huggins and Company Limited 100%
- LFR Group Limited 100%
- Premium Dining Restaurants and Pubs Limited 100%
- Spirit (Legacy) Pension Trustee Limited 100%
- Spirit Financial Holdings Limited 100%
- Spirit Group Equity Limited 100%
- Spirit Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Spirit Group Parent Limited 100%
- Spirit Group Retail Limited 100%
- Spirit Intermediate Holdings Limited 100%
- Spirit Managed Holdings Limited 100%
- Spirit Managed Inns Limited 100%
- Spirit Parent Limited 100%
- Spirit Pub Company (Holdco) Limited 100%
- Spirit Pub Company (Leased) Limited 100%
- Spirit Pub Company (Managed) Limited 100%
- Spirit Pub Company (Services) Limited 100%
- Spirit Pub Company (SGE) Limited 100%
- Spirit Pub Company (Trent) Limited 100%
- Spirit Pubs Debenture Holdings Limited 100%
- Spirit Pubs Parent Limited 100%
- The Chef & Brewer Group Limited 100%
- Upstairs at the Grill Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Post-period end, in March 2026 Greene King introduced a new estate strategy focused on building an efficient system to focus investment, maximise profitability and support each site's growth to ensure the business is best set up to execute its 2030 group-wide strategy. This included evaluating the entire estate to recognise the most suitable sites for each brand. As part of this, c.300 managed sites were identified that would be better served under different models, with half of these sites expected to be converted to leased and tenanted, or franchise venues with the other half evaluated for sale over the medium-term.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KESWICK, Lindsay Anne | Secretary | 2003-09-12 | — | British |
| DYSON, David Richard | Director | 2019-10-30 | Apr 1970 | British |
| FEARN, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2025-02-25 | Sep 1976 | British |
| HUNTER, Andrew John | Director | 2019-10-30 | Oct 1958 | British |
| MA, Lai Chee Gerald | Director | 2019-10-30 | Feb 1968 | Canadian |
| MACKENZIE, Nicholas Stephen | Director | 2019-05-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MACNAB, Peter William | Director | 2019-10-31 | Oct 1957 | British |
| MAGNUS, George Colin | Director | 2019-10-30 | Oct 1935 | British |
| SMOTHERS, Richard | Director | 2018-02-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLHOUSE, Robin Christian | Secretary | 1998-11-23 | 2003-05-16 |
| BUSHNELL, Adrian John | Secretary | 2003-05-16 | 2003-09-12 |
| HAYES, Duncan Maclean | Secretary | 1998-06-12 | 1998-11-23 |
| LEA, Claire Maria | Secretary | 1997-06-02 | 1998-06-12 |
| PARK, Julian Malcolm | Secretary | — | 1997-06-02 |
| PARK, Julian Malcolm | Secretary | — | 1993-08-18 |
| ADAMS, Justin Peter Renwick | Director | 2005-09-05 | 2010-04-30 |
| ANAND, Rooney | Director | 2001-08-31 | 2019-04-30 |
| ANGELA, Mark David | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2007-04-18 |
| BOWKETT, Alan John | Director | 1993-12-07 | 2006-09-01 |
| BRADY, Charles John | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2014-07-27 |
| BRIDGE, Timothy John Walter | Director | — | 2016-05-01 |
| BULL, Ian Alan | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2011-06-30 |
| CLARKE, Jonathan Gleadow | Director | — | 2001-10-19 |
| CORKE, Martin Dewe | Director | — | 1992-08-27 |
| COUPE, Michael Andrew | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2019-10-30 |
| DAVIS, Kirk Dyson | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2018-01-31 |
| DURANT, Ian Charles | Director | 2007-03-16 | 2016-09-09 |
| ELLIOTT, David John | Director | 1998-11-03 | 2010-01-31 |
| FALCON, Michael Gascoigne | Director | — | 1996-01-31 |
| FEARN, Matthew Robin Cyprian | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-09-29 |
| FIELD, James Richard Brian | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2000-08-30 |
| FOSTER, John Francis | Director | — | 1995-11-10 |
| FRYETT, Gordon | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2019-10-30 |
| GILLIS, Neil Duncan | Director | 2000-03-24 | 2003-08-29 |
| GREENE, Graham Carleton | Director | — | 2004-09-03 |
| LAWSON, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2010-04-30 |
| MAYES, Colin Michael | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1999-11-05 |
| MCCALL, David Slesser | Director | 1995-02-16 | 2005-05-01 |
| MURRAY, Norman Loch | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Howard George | Director | 1998-06-19 | 2008-09-02 |
| REDMAN, Simon John Bickerton | Director | — | 1995-02-16 |
| REDMAN, Timothy Stewart | Director | — | 1997-07-25 |
| ROWLEY, Robert Oscar | Director | 2014-07-18 | 2019-10-30 |
| SCRIVEN, Jane Katherine | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2011-03-17 |
| SHALLOW, Michael St John | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| TICKNER, Bernard Oliver | Director | — | 1992-08-27 |
| TURNER, Sandra | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2019-10-30 |
| WEEDALL, Lynne Marie | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2019-10-30 |
| YEA, Philip Edward | Director | 2016-02-02 | 2019-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ck Noble (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-10-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 932 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-09 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-01-09 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2020-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.