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The Boots Company PLC

Active 137 years old · 26th oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1880s

Company number00027657
StatusActive
Incorporated07/11/1888
Accounts last made up to31/08/2025
Next accounts due28/02/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Legal Entity Identifier2138009YWT13UT858U30
Charges outstanding3

Registered office

NOTTINGHAM, NG2 3AA

Online

Website www.boots.com

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Group structure

Its immediate parent is ALLIANCE BOOTS HOLDINGS 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 1,769 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 06/03/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 11/02/2026.

Filings: officer changes34
Filings: accounts20
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: annual returns7
Filings: resolutions6
Filings: share capital5

The most recent filings

Accounts, full 06/03/2026
Confirmation statement 11/02/2026
Memorandum articles 19/11/2025
Resolution filed 19/11/2025
Charge registered or satisfied 19/11/2025
Charge registered or satisfied 19/11/2025
Accounts, full 20/02/2025
Confirmation statement 12/02/2025
Share capital change 09/03/2024
Accounts, full 19/02/2024

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 4 current officers and 56 who have resigned.

Andrew Richard Thompson Secretaryappointed 02/10/2015
Samuel James Hunter Directorappointed 22/05/2023
Andrew Richard Thompson Directorappointed 02/10/2015
Mark Terence Winter Directorappointed 31/01/2023

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Alliance Boots Holdings Limited
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares; Holds 75% to 100% of the voting rights
since 06/04/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 4 registered charges, of which 3 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
U.S. Bank Trustees Limited as Collateral Agent
Outstanding, created 14/11/2025
A registered charge
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Outstanding, created 14/11/2025
Deed of accession
Deutsche Bank Ag, London Branch (The "Security Agent")
Fully satisfied, created 21/12/2007
Deed of charge and guarantee
The Law Debenture Pension Trust Corporation P.L.C.
Outstanding, created 10/01/2007

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

  • 26th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1880s 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)