WHITBREAD GROUP PLC
Operating as the primary subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange-listed Whitbread PLC, the company manages the Premier Inn hotel chain and several restaurant brands including Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, and Table Table.
Get an alert when WHITBREAD GROUP PLC files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£909M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.8B
Equity attributable
Employees
34,700
Average over period
Profit before tax
£349M
Period ending 2025-02-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,959,900,000 | £2,921,900,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £553,800,000 | £515,900,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £428,500,000 | £349,400,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £294,600,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £696,700,000 | £909,000,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,728,200,000 | £8,071,700,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £2,596,100,000 | £2,820,400,000 | — | |
| Equity | £2,596,100,000 | £2,820,400,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 39,611 | 34,700 | — | |
| Wages | £756,900,000 | £786,000,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,000,000 | £5,000,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.7% | 17.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.7% | 71.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.47x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | 4.00x | 2.52x |
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
- WHITBREAD GROUP PLC 2001-05-10 → present
- WHITBREAD PLC 1991-03-01 → 2001-05-10
- WHITBREAD AND COMPANY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1889-07-25 → 1991-03-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“A combination of the strong cash flows generated by the business and the sufficient available headroom on its credit facilities supports the directors' view that the Group has sufficient funds available to meet its foreseeable working capital requirements.”
Group structure
- WHITBREAD GROUP PLC · parent
- Premier Inn UK Limited
- Premier Inn Ochre Limited
- Whitbread Hotel Company Limited
- Premier Inn Glasgow Limited
- Premier Inn Manchester Airport Limited
- Premier Inn Westminster Limited
- Elm Hotel Holdings Limited
Significant events
- “Premier Inn continues to operate 850+ hotels in the UK (86,000 rooms) and is looking to continue its expansion into Germany through profit and double-digit returns on organic growth.”
- “Premier Inn UK's statutory revenue of £2,019.9m (2023/24: £2,277.0m) was 3% behind the comparative year, and summary profit of £65.2m (2023/24: £383.7m) was 7% behind.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOWRY, Daren Clive | Secretary | 2023-06-22 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Mark | Director | 2018-02-02 | Mar 1971 | British |
| HOWARTH, Rachel Margaret | Director | 2021-07-23 | Jul 1970 | British |
| PATEL, Hemantkumar Kiritbhai | Director | 2022-03-22 | Nov 1969 | British |
| PAUL, Dominic James | Director | 2023-01-17 | May 1971 | British |
| THOMAS HATHAWAY, Alexandra Clare | Director | 2023-06-22 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRATT, Simon Charles | Secretary | 1997-03-26 | 2015-10-13 |
| HAMPSON, Michael David | Secretary | — | 1997-03-26 |
| VAUGHAN, Christopher David | Secretary | 2015-10-13 | 2023-06-22 |
| ANGUS, Michael Richardson, Sir | Director | — | 2000-06-20 |
| BAKER, Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-04-12 |
| BANHAM, John Michael Middlecott | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2005-08-01 |
| BRITTAIN, Alison Jane | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2023-01-17 |
| BROUGHTON, Martin Faulkner | Director | 1993-08-01 | 2000-06-20 |
| CADBURY, Nicholas Theodore | Director | 2012-11-14 | 2022-03-22 |
| COCKBURN, William | Director | 1995-09-14 | 1995-11-21 |
| FINDLAY, Martin Charles | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| FRANKLIN, Michael David Milroy, Sir | Director | — | 1998-06-16 |
| GURASSA, Charles Mark | Director | 2000-07-26 | 2001-05-01 |
| HABGOOD, Anthony John | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| HARRISON, Andrew | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2015-12-07 |
| JARVIS, Peter Jack | Director | — | 1997-06-17 |
| LEITH, Prudence Margaret | Director | 1995-09-14 | 2001-05-01 |
| MACLAURIN, Ian Charter, Lord | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2001-03-20 |
| MILLER, Stewart | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2005-09-30 |
| PADOVAN, John Mario Faskally | Director | — | 2001-05-14 |
| PARKER, Alan Charles | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2010-11-30 |
| PERELMAN, Alan Steven | Director | — | 2001-03-20 |
| RICHARDSON, David Hedley | Director | 1996-05-07 | 2005-04-30 |
| RISLEY, Angela Susan | Director | 2004-09-10 | 2007-05-22 |
| ROGERS, Christopher Charles Bevan | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| SCHAIK, Gerard Van | Director | — | 1993-03-16 |
| SHANNON, William Mervyn Frew Carey | Director | 1994-12-21 | 2004-06-30 |
| SMALLEY, Louise Helen | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2021-07-23 |
| TEMPLEMAN, Miles Howard | Director | — | 2000-12-18 |
| THOMAS, David Malcolm | Director | — | 2004-06-15 |
| TURNER, David John | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2001-05-14 |
| VAN RIEMSDIJK, Wessel Willem | Director | — | 1996-06-18 |
| VUURSTEEN, Karel | Director | 1993-03-16 | 2000-09-19 |
| WHITBREAD, Samuel Charles | Director | — | 2001-05-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, David Francis, Lord Williamson Of Horton | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2001-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitbread Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1004 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-19 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2021-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.