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Whitbread Group PLC

Welcome to Whitbread PLC. Whitbread is a leading hospitality business and the owner of Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest hotel brand. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 137 years old · 33rd oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1880s

Company number00029423
StatusActive
Incorporated25/07/1889
Accounts last made up to26/02/2026
Next accounts due01/09/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier2138006LIAYQKUCYBB20
Charges outstanding5

Registered office

WHITBREAD COURT, HOUGHTON HALL BUSINESS PARK, PORZ AVENUE DUNSTABLE, BEDFORDSHIRE, LU5 5XE

Online

Website www.whitbread.co.uk

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts X

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Group structure

Its immediate parent is WHITBREAD PLC.

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 1,009 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 25/08/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 05/08/2026.

Filings: officer changes33
Filings: accounts22
Filings: charges13
Filings: confirmation statements11
Filings: annual returns11
Filings: address changes4

The most recent filings

Group accounts 25/08/2026
Charge registered or satisfied 20/08/2026
Confirmation statement 05/08/2026
Secretary appointed 09/06/2026
Secretary resigned 09/06/2026
Director's details changed 21/04/2026
Group accounts 08/09/2025
Confirmation statement 30/07/2025
Group accounts 20/08/2024
Confirmation statement 16/08/2024

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 6 current officers and 36 who have resigned.

Reshma Padmanabhan Mathilakath Secretaryappointed 03/06/2026
Mark Anderson Directorappointed 02/02/2018
Rachel Margaret Howarth Directorappointed 23/07/2021
Hemantkumar Kiritbhai Patel Directorappointed 22/03/2022
Dominic James Paul Directorappointed 17/01/2023
Alexandra Clare Thomas Hathaway Directorappointed 22/06/2023

Who controls it

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

Whitbread Plc
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 31 registered charges, of which 5 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
Cynergy Bank PLC (As Security Agent)
Outstanding, created 14/08/2026
A registered charge
Whitbread Pension Trustees (00629992)
Outstanding, created 03/01/2019
A registered charge
Whitbread Pension Fund Trustees as Trustee of the Whitbread Group Pension Fund
Fully satisfied, created 22/05/2015
A registered charge
Whitbread Pension Trustees
Fully satisfied, created 17/04/2013
Legal charge
Whitbread Pension Trustees (The "Trustees")
Fully satisfied, created 25/02/2010
Legal charge
Whitbread Pension Trustee Limited as Trustee of the Whitbread Group Pension Fund
Fully satisfied, created 30/09/2009
Assignation in security
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Outstanding, created 05/05/1999
Deed of covenant
Secretary of State for Wales
Outstanding, created 18/12/1998

Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.

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.

Also at LU5 5XE

A shared registered office is not evidence of a relationship. Formation agents and genuine groups look identical on the register.

On the register

  • 33rd 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)