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Smiths News PLC

Active 22 years old · 2,073rd oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 2000s

Company number05195191
StatusActive
Incorporated02/08/2004
Accounts last made up to30/08/2025
Next accounts due28/02/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier2138004O33ONVOOQXB02
Charges outstanding1

Registered office

ROWAN HOUSE CHERRY ORCHARD NORTH, KEMBREY PARK, SWINDON, SN2 8UH

Other PLCs registered in Swindon

Online

Website smithsnews.co.uk

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Group structure

It is the immediate parent of 2 entities:

  • SMITHS NEWS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  • SMITHS NEWS TRADING LIMITED

Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.

Filing history

This company has 365 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 17/02/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 04/02/2026.

Filings: share capital35
Filings: officer changes25
Filings: confirmation statements12
Filings: accounts11
Filings: resolutions9
Filings: charges3

The most recent filings

Group accounts 17/02/2026
Confirmation statement 04/02/2026
Director appointed 04/02/2026
Director resigned 25/11/2025
Group accounts 07/02/2025
Resolution filed 07/02/2025
Memorandum articles 07/02/2025
Confirmation statement 04/02/2025
Director appointed 04/02/2025
Director resigned 04/02/2025

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 8 current officers and 27 who have resigned.

Stuart Steven Marriner Secretaryappointed 01/09/2011
David Charles Blackwood Directorappointed 13/05/2020
Jonathan Michael Bunting Directorappointed 01/04/2010
Richard Henry Arden Clay Directorappointed 02/02/2026
Michael John Director Holt Directorappointed 01/10/2018
Manju Malhotra Directorappointed 16/01/2025
Deborah Anne Rabey Directorappointed 01/03/2023
Mark Argent Whiteling Directorappointed 01/09/2017

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 2 registered charges, of which 1 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
Hsbc Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited
Outstanding, created 06/11/2020
A registered charge
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 12/09/2018

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 2,073rd oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 2000s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)