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Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£1.2bn

USD 1,596,000,000

-81.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£2.3bn

USD -3,086,000,000

-339.2% lowest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric Trend 2023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover
Operating profit -£21,284,982£958,924,911-£2,124,740,433 -321.6%
Profit before tax £1,576,665£956,647,179-£2,288,638,386 -339.2%
Net profit £82,774,931£998,405,588-£2,250,074,162 -325.4%
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities £9,594,008,672£9,988,611,343£4,618,065,856 -53.8%
Net assets £5,575,088,687£6,346,518,867£1,183,625,037 -81.4%
Equity £5,575,088,687£6,346,518,867£1,183,625,037 -81.4%
Average employees
Wages
Directors' remuneration

Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. 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 2023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Return on capital employed -0.2%9.6%-46.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 42.3%38.2%74.4%
Current ratio 0.01x1.60x
Interest cover -0.06x5.59x-12.62x

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

  1. WEYBRIGHT UK 1 LIMITED 2022-10-04 → present
  2. WBA FINANCIAL LIMITED 2014-12-15 → 2022-10-04

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have assessed that there is no material uncertainty surrounding the going concern of the entity and continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. WEYBRIGHT UK 1 LIMITED · parent
    1. WBA UK Holdings 2 Limited 100% · UK
    2. WBA US 11, LLC 100% · United States
    3. AA Asia Limited 100% · Hong Kong
    4. Alliance Santé - Distribuição Farmacêutica de Eulália Baeta Pereira e Ramalho Fernandes, S.A. 100% · Portugal
    5. Walgreen Investments Luxembourg S.à r.l. 100% · Luxembourg
    6. Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited 100% · Isle of Man

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DUNN, Mathew James Director 2025-07-23 Oct 1974 British
JEFFERIES, Daniel Bruce Director 2026-04-01 Sep 1970 British
KERSCHEN, Marco Rene Leon Robert Director 2023-10-10 Feb 1974 Luxembourger
PATEMAN, Philip James Director 2026-04-01 Jan 1970 British
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GREENBERG, Joseph Hillel Secretary 2014-12-15 2015-06-18
STANDISH, Frank Secretary 2015-06-18 2026-02-17
CLARE, Aidan Gerard Director 2015-06-18 2022-02-22
DELVE, Martin Christopher Director 2016-05-17 2017-02-06
DRAKE, Kate Charlotte Director 2022-02-22 2023-09-26
GREENBERG, Joseph Hillel Director 2014-12-15 2015-06-18
HARRIS, Omorlie Director 2022-02-22 2025-07-23
JENNINGS, Clare Louisa Minnie, Mrs. Director 2020-12-22 2021-12-31
MULLER, Mark Francis, Mr. Director 2017-02-06 2020-12-22
STANDISH, Frank Director 2015-06-18 2026-02-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
The Boots Group Bidco Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-08-28 Active
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2021-05-21 Ceased 2025-08-28
Walgreens Boots Alliance Scottish Lp Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2019-07-26 Ceased 2021-05-21
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-07-26

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 86 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-09-04 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-09-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-09-02 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-09-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-08-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-05-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-02-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-27 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-01-15 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2026-01-07 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2026-01-07 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-04 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-09-04 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-09-02 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-09-01 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-08-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-08-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-08-21 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2025-08-21 SH20 capital Legacy
2025-08-21 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2025-08-21 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
14

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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