J D WETHERSPOON PLC
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Cash
£39M
-32.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£362M
-9.9% vs 2024
Employees
42,081
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£81M
+10.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-28 | 2025-07-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,035,500,000 | £2,127,524,000 | +4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £139,491,000 | £146,409,000 | +5% | |
| Profit before tax | £73,875,000 | £81,445,000 | +10.2% | |
| Net profit | £58,514,000 | £57,569,000 | -1.6% | |
| Cash | £57,233,000 | £38,682,000 | -32.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,552,981,000 | £1,546,533,000 | -0.4% | |
| Net assets | £401,627,000 | £361,996,000 | -9.9% | |
| Equity | £401,627,000 | £361,996,000 | -9.9% | |
| Average employees | 42,077 | 42,081 | 0% | |
| Wages | £717,558,000 | £756,677,000 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,326,000 | £2,443,000 | +5% |
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 | 2024-07-28 | 2025-07-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.9% | 81.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | 2.06x | 2.24x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- J D WETHERSPOON PLC 1992-10-06 → present
- J.D. WETHERSPOON ORGANISATION LIMITED 1983-03-25 → 1992-10-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have made enquiries into the adequacy of the Company's financial resources, through a review of the Company's budget and medium-term financial plan, including capital expenditure plans and cash flow forecasts. In line with accounting standards, the going concern assessment period is the 12-months from the date of approval of this report. The Company has modelled a 'base-case' forecast in which recent momentum of sales, profit and cash flow growth is sustained. The base case scenario indicates that the Company will have sufficient resources to continue to settle its liabilities as they fall due and operate within its leverage covenants for the going concern assessment period.”
Group structure
- J D WETHERSPOON PLC · parent
- JD Wetherspoon (Scot) Limited 100%
- JD Wetherspoon Property Holdings Limited 100%
- Moon and Spoon Limited 100%
- Moon and Stars Limited 100%
- Moon on the Hill Limited 100%
- Moorsom & Co Limited 100%
- Sylvan Moon Limited 100%
- Checkline House (Head Lease) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company had 85 fewer pubs at the FY25 period end and sales per pub were 29.0% above FY19.”
- “Three Wetherspoon managed pubs opened in the year and nine were sold. The disposals gave rise to a cash inflow of £8.1 million.”
- “Five franchised pubs opened in the year, bringing the total number to eight.”
- “During the period, 10,579,081 shares (8.6% of the start-of-year share capital) were purchased by the company for cancellation, at a cost of £66.8 million.”
- “On 6 June 2024, the company signed a new four-year £840.0 million banking agreement on attractive terms. A total of £800 million was extended by a further year in June 2025.”
- “On 21 January 2025, two new interest-rate swaps were entered into, with a nominal value of £200 million and £500 million.”
- “On 6 January 2025, one interest rate swap with a nominal value of £200 million matured.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOR, Nigel | Secretary | 2014-12-18 | — | — |
| HERRING, John Anthony | Director | 2026-01-12 | Nov 1957 | British |
| HUTSON, John David | Director | 1996-09-04 | Jul 1965 | British |
| MARTIN, Timothy Randall | Director | — | Apr 1955 | British |
| SIMMONS, Hudson | Director | 2021-12-20 | Sep 1970 | British |
| THORNE, Ben | Director | 2020-12-17 | Aug 1959 | British |
| ULLMAN, James | Director | 2022-05-04 | Mar 1971 | British |
| VAN GENE, Debra | Director | 2006-03-01 | Sep 1954 | British |
| WHITLEY, Benjamin Newton | Director | 2015-11-12 | Jul 1978 | British |
| WHITTINGHAM, Deborah Jayne | Director | 2021-12-20 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRACCHIO, Julie | Secretary | 2007-10-29 | 2008-01-07 |
| CLARKE, James | Secretary | 2002-09-27 | 2007-10-26 |
| CLARKE, James | Secretary | 2001-05-31 | 2001-11-19 |
| COOPER, Nicholas Ian | Secretary | 2001-11-19 | 2002-09-27 |
| DAVIS, Kirk | Secretary | 2010-10-22 | 2014-10-11 |
| DOWN, Keith | Secretary | 2008-01-07 | 2010-10-14 |
| MCLELLAN, Helen Christina Denham | Secretary | — | 1994-11-25 |
| SCHOFIELD, Rosalyn Sharon | Secretary | 1994-11-25 | 2001-05-31 |
| BAKER, Suzanne Louise | Director | 1997-09-04 | 2005-12-20 |
| BECKETT, Richard Gervase, Sir | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2022-11-17 |
| CACIOPPO, Susan Alina | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2022-10-07 |
| CLARKE, James | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2007-10-26 |
| DAVIES, Mark Lawrence | Director | 1997-09-04 | 2001-06-30 |
| DAVIS, Kirk Dyson | Director | 2011-03-11 | 2014-10-11 |
| DOWN, Keith | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2010-10-14 |
| HARBOTTLE, Paul John | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2010-10-14 |
| HERRING, John Anthony | Director | 1997-05-16 | 2011-11-03 |
| HOWARTH, Richard Henry, Non-Executive Director | Director | — | 1992-09-09 |
| JERVIS, Brian Roy | Director | — | 2005-11-10 |
| LOWRIE, Anthony Carmel | Director | — | 2005-03-23 |
| LUNN, Keith | Director | — | 1994-08-09 |
| MARTIN, Raymond Randall | Director | — | 1996-11-01 |
| MCLELLAN, Helen Christina Denham | Director | — | 1994-11-25 |
| MCMEIKAN, Elizabeth | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2019-10-08 |
| MCQUARTER, Mark | Director | 1994-05-23 | 1996-11-12 |
| MORLEY, Harry Michael Charles | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2025-11-20 |
| PENNYCOOK, Richard | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1998-03-10 |
| RECKITT, Mark James | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2016-05-26 |
| SCHOFIELD, Rosalyn Sharon | Director | 1997-09-04 | 2001-05-31 |
| SCOTT, James Martin | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1058 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 17
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.