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Company No. 00029423 · Incorporated 25 Jul 1889

Whitbread Group PLC

Registered name: WHITBREAD GROUP PLC

Part of Whitbread PLC group

Whitbread Group PLC made £2.9bn revenue and £198m profit in the year to 26 Feb 2026.

Whitbread Group PLC’s revenue was £2.9bn in the year to 26 Feb 2026, with £198m profit and 32,386 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Porz Avenue Dunstable; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 55100Hotels and similar accommodationSIC 56101Licensed restaurants
Status
Active
Location
Porz Avenue Dunstable, East of England
Age
137 yrs · since 1889
Type
Public Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 26 Feb 2026

Key figures

Revenue
£2.9bn
Growth ▼0.1%
Profit
£198m
Growth ▼17.5%
Profit margin
6.8%
 
Employees
32,386
Change ▼6.7%
Profit / employee
£6.1k
Revenue/employee £90.2k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to27 Feb 202426 Feb 202527 Feb 202526 Feb 2026
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£3bn£2.9bn£2.9bn£2.9bn
Operating profit£567m£516m£516m£466m
Profit before tax£429m£349m£349m£278m
Profit after tax£295m£240m£240m£198m
Profit (best available)£295m£240m£240m£198m
Employees (average)39,61134,70034,70032,386
Ratios
Profit margin10%8.2%8.2%6.8%
Revenue per employee£74.7k£84.2k£84.2k£90.2k
Profit per employee£7.4k£6.9k£6.9k£6.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼1.3%—▼0.1%
Profit growth—▼18.6%—▼17.5%
Headcount growth—▼12.4%—▼6.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets————
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£90.2k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£6.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼7%
Now 32,386
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Whitbread PLCultimate parent75–100%
  2. Whitbread Group PLCthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (100)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 26 Feb 2026 (profit £198m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026

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