MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-06 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£865M
-15.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£7B
-2% vs 2024
Employees
73,333
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£512M
+89.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2025-03-29.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-02 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,940,000,000 | £13,040,100,000 | £13,816,300,000 | |
| Operating profit | £294,300,000 | £412,300,000 | £624,300,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £453,300,000 | £270,000,000 | £511,800,000 | |
| Net profit | £273,000,000 | £42,500,000 | £291,900,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,022,400,000 | £864,500,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,932,200,000 | £11,446,000,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,521,000,000 | £7,368,000,000 | |
| Equity | — | £7,521,000,000 | £7,368,000,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 74,297 | 73,333 | |
| Wages | — | £1,738,100,000 | £1,838,800,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £2,712,000 | £3,284,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-30
-
Turnover
+6%
£13,040,100,000 £13,816,300,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-15.4%
£1,022,400,000 £864,500,000
-
Net assets
-2%
£7,521,000,000 £7,368,000,000
-
Employees
-1.3%
74,297 73,333
-
Operating profit
+51.4%
£412,300,000 £624,300,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+89.6%
£270,000,000 £511,800,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+5.8%
£1,738,100,000 £1,838,800,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Heads up: a more recent set of accounts has been filed but isn't yet reflected here — the figures above are older than the company's latest filing.
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-04-02 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 3.2% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 0.3% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.8% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 42.3% | 46.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.10x | 2.71x | |
| Interest cover | 1.48x | 2.77x | 5.55x |
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
- MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C. 2002-01-24 → present
- CONKER RETAIL LIMITED 2001-08-07 → 2002-01-24
- TRUSHELFCO (NO.2827) LIMITED 2001-07-23 → 2001-08-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have concluded that the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate”
Group structure
- MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C. · parent
- Ocado Retail Limited 50%
- Marks & Spencer UK Holdings Limited 100%
- Marks & Spencer International Holdings Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer (A3B Investment) Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer Group CIC 100%
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Parman House Stores) Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Purley Store) Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer 2005 (Warrington Gemini Store) Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer Investments Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer Property Holdings Limited 100%
- Ruby Properties (Hardwick) Limited 100%
- Ruby Properties (Hempstead) Limited 100%
- Ruby Properties (Tunstall Edge) Limited 100%
- Ruby Properties (Tunstall) Limited 100%
- Simple Food (Property Ventures) Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer (Jaeger) Limited 100%
- Gist Limited 100%
- The Sports Edit Limited 82.583%
- Ignazia Limited 100%
- Teranis Limited
- M.S. General Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer (Australia) Pty Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer (Shanghai) Limited 100%
- Jemnicka 1138/1, Czech Republic a.s. 100%
- Marks and Spencer Services S.R.O 100%
- Apreli Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer (Ireland) Company Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer (Nederland) B.V. 100%
- Marks and Spencer (Singapore) PTE. Ltd 100%
- Marks and Spencer (SA) (Pty) Limited 100%
- Marks and Spencer Giyim Magazacilik Limited 100%
- Gist Distribution Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group acquired Gist Limited, a third-party logistics provider, on 29 October 2022. This business combination contributed to total assets and liabilities and profit or loss.”
- “On 22 April 2025, the Group announced a cyber incident. As part of protecting colleagues, customers and the Group, measures have been taken including engaging third-party cybersecurity experts and notifying relevant regulators and authorities, including reporting the incident to the National Cyber Security Centre and the Information Commissioner’s Office. An incident has been treated as a non-adjusting post-balance sheet event and there is an estimated net impact on Group operating profit of around £20m for 2025/26, which will be reduced from an initial gross impact of around £50m for 2025/26 (prior to the incident) to £30m for 2025/26, due to around £20m pre-incident positive adjustment of operating profit from the incident, with the remainder being presented separately as an adjusting item.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 59 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOLLAND, Nick James | Secretary | 2019-02-01 | — | — |
| BOURKE, Evelyn Brigid | Director | 2021-02-01 | Jan 1965 | Irish,British |
| BURNLEY, Roger Michael | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jun 1966 | British |
| DAWSON, Fiona Eleanor | Director | 2021-05-25 | May 1966 | Irish |
| DOLAN, Alison Ann | Director | 2025-01-06 | Dec 1969 | Irish |
| DOYLE, Sean Liam | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jun 1971 | Irish |
| HOOD, Cheryl Yvonne | Director | 2023-03-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| INGRAM, Tamara | Director | 2020-06-01 | Oct 1960 | British |
| MACHIN, Stuart Barry | Director | 2022-05-25 | Oct 1970 | British |
| NORMAN, Archibald John | Director | 2017-09-01 | May 1954 | British |
| SOOD, Sapna Rani | Director | 2020-06-01 | Jun 1973 | British,Australian |
Show 59 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELLOR, Amanda | Secretary | 2009-07-09 | 2019-02-01 |
| OAKLEY, Graham John | Secretary | 2002-01-21 | 2009-07-08 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-07-23 | 2002-01-21 |
| ANDREWES, Melissa Katherine | Director | 2001-08-03 | 2002-01-21 |
| BALDOCK, Brian Ford | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2004-07-14 |
| BALL, Anthony Frank Elliott | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2002-09-04 |
| BANGA, Manvinder Singh | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-10-01 |
| BICKERSTAFFE, Katie | Director | 2022-05-25 | 2024-07-02 |
| BICKERSTAFFE, Katie | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2020-07-03 |
| BOLLAND, Marc | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2016-04-02 |
| BOSTOCK, Kate | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2012-09-30 |
| BOUSQUET-CHAVANNE, Patrick Francois | Director | 2013-07-10 | 2018-04-18 |
| BRITTAIN, Alison Jane | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2020-07-03 |
| BURNS, Terence, Lord | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2008-06-01 |
| CASSANI, Barbara | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2004-04-30 |
| CURTIS, Miranda | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2018-02-01 |
| DARROCH, David Jeremy | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2013-06-19 |
| DIXON, John William | Director | 2009-09-09 | 2015-07-16 |
| DU PLESSIS, Jan Petrus | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2015-03-04 |
| DUNNE, Ronan James | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| DYSON, Ian | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2010-07-14 |
| ESOM, Steven Derek | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2008-07-01 |
| FISHER, Andrew Raymond | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2024-07-02 |
| FOX, Martha Lane | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2016-04-02 |
| HABGOOD, Anthony John | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2005-08-30 |
| HALFORD, Andrew Nigel | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| HELFGOTT, Maurice Harold | Director | 2003-11-19 | 2004-11-09 |
| HOLLIDAY, Steven John | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2014-07-08 |
| HOLMES, Roger Anthony | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2004-05-31 |
| KEENAN, John Michael Joseph | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2007-07-10 |
| KING, Justin | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2025-09-10 |
| KING, Justin Matthew | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2003-11-19 |
| LOMAX, John Kevin | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2006-08-31 |
| MCCROSTIE, Pip | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2021-03-24 |
| MCKEON, Mark David | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2004-11-09 |
| MCWALTER, Alan James | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2002-07-10 |
| MICHELS, David Michael Charles | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2012-02-29 |
| MYNERS, Paul | Director | 2002-04-02 | 2006-07-11 |
| NORGROVE, David Ronald, Sir | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2004-03-31 |
| PATTEN, Louise Alexandra Virginia Charlotte, Lady | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2011-07-13 |
| POWERS-FREELING, Laurel Claire | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2004-11-09 |
| RADICE, Vittorio | Director | 2003-03-03 | 2004-06-11 |
| REED, Alison Clare | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2005-04-30 |
| RIMINGTON, Stella, Dame | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2004-07-14 |
| ROSE, Stuart Alan Ransom, Sir | Director | 2004-05-31 | 2011-01-04 |
| ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane | Nominee Director | 2001-07-23 | 2001-08-03 |
| ROWE, Stephen Joseph | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2022-05-25 |
| RYDE, Andrew Gareth | Director | 2001-08-03 | 2002-01-21 |
| SHARP, Steven Michael, Dr | Director | 2005-11-08 | 2013-07-09 |
| SINGER, Humphrey Stewart Morgan | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2019-12-31 |
| SOLOMONS, Richard Leslie | Director | 2015-04-13 | 2018-07-10 |
| STEWART, Alan James Harris | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2014-07-10 |
| SWANNELL, Robert William Ashburnham | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2017-09-01 |
| TONGE, Eoin Philip | Director | 2020-06-08 | 2022-12-09 |
| VANDEVELDE, Luc Emile | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2004-05-31 |
| WADE-GERY, Laura Katharine | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2016-09-12 |
| WEIR, Helen Alison | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| WILSON, Charles | Director | 2004-05-31 | 2005-10-28 |
| ZUERCHER, Eleanor Jane | Nominee Director | 2001-07-23 | 2001-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 2238 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 20
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.