WH SMITH PLC
Company details
- Registered name
- WH SMITH PLC
- Company number
- 05202036
- Registered office
- WINDMILL HILL BUSINESS PARK, WHITEHILL WAY, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 6PB, ENGLAND
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated on
- 10 August 2004
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 22 years
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 — Activities of head offices
- Accounts — next due
- 28 Feb 2027
- Accounts — last made up to
- 31 Aug 2025
- Confirmation statement — next due
- 14 Aug 2027
- Confirmation statement — last
- 31 Jul 2026
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Companies House register snapshot, read 02/09/2026.
Officers
6 active · 26 resigned
Corporate structure
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Connections
Serving officers
Change history
Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes
| Date | Change | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2026 | Director resigned | BURKE, Colette | — |
| 07/04/2026 | Director resigned | HARRISON, Andrew David | — |
| 07/04/2026 | Director appointed | — | QUINN, Leo Martin |
| 02/02/2026 | Director resigned | DULIEU, Nicola Joy | — |
| 02/02/2026 | Director resigned | COURT, Annette Elizabeth | — |
| 19/11/2025 | Director resigned | COWLING, Carl David | — |
| 19/11/2025 | Director appointed | — | HARRISON, Andrew David |
| 01/12/2024 | Director appointed | — | IZZARD, Maxwell Leslie James |
| 30/11/2024 | Director resigned | MOORHEAD, Robert James | — |
| 01/07/2024 | Director appointed | — | ROSE, Helen Claire |
| 01/03/2024 | Director appointed | — | JOBANPUTRA, Situl Suryakant |
| 07/02/2024 | Director resigned | SEARS, Marion Jane | — |
| 12/09/2023 | Director resigned | ATWAL, Kalvinder | — |
| 01/07/2023 | Director appointed | — | BURKE, Colette |
| 18/01/2023 | Director resigned | THOMPSON, Maurice Nicholas Beech | — |
| 30/11/2022 | Director resigned | STAUNTON, Henry Eric | — |
| 01/09/2022 | Director appointed | — | COURT, Annette Elizabeth |
| 01/02/2022 | Director appointed | — | SEARS, Marion Jane |
| 19/01/2022 | Director resigned | DURBIN, Annemarie Verna Florence | — |
| 01/02/2021 | Director appointed | — | ATWAL, Kalvinder |
Financial highlights
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About WH SMITH PLC (05202036)
WH SMITH PLC is a public limited company incorporated on 10 August 2004 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number 05202036. Its registered office is at WINDMILL HILL BUSINESS PARK, WHITEHILL WAY, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 6PB, ENGLAND. The recorded nature of business is activities of head offices (SIC 70100). The company is currently active , with statutory accounts last made up to 31 August 2025. 32 active officers are on record . This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House bulk data , last refreshed 9 September 2026.
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