BOOTS MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£181M
+107.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£174M
+44.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
30,820
+0.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£71M
+15.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,104,300,000 | £1,167,000,000 | £1,275,400,000 | +9.3% | |
| Operating profit | £53,500,000 | £57,700,000 | £64,300,000 | +11.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £55,600,000 | £61,700,000 | £71,300,000 | +15.6% | |
| Net profit | £41,800,000 | £44,600,000 | £54,200,000 | +21.5% | |
| Cash | — | £87,300,000 | £180,800,000 | +107.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £138,600,000 | £184,600,000 | +33.2% | |
| Net assets | — | £120,700,000 | £174,000,000 | +44.2% | |
| Equity | £73,200,000 | £120,700,000 | £174,000,000 | +44.2% | |
| Average employees | 31,346 | 30,746 | 30,820 | +0.2% | |
| Wages | £906,800,000 | £956,900,000 | £1,040,900,000 | +8.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 4.9% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 41.6% | 34.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 48.6% | 41.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.38x | 2.61x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have determined that the Company has access to adequate resources to continue operating for a period of at least 12 months from the date these financial statements are signed, and none of the above factors give rise to any material uncertainty around the going concern status of the Company.”
Significant events
- “On 28 August 2025, The Boots Group Limited completed its acquisition of certain operations of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. outside the United States including, its health and beauty retail businesses, the pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution business in Germany, and certain corporate and treasury legal entities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, Andrew Richard | Secretary | 2020-02-03 | — | — |
| HEMMERDINGER, Anthony Stuart | Director | 2024-02-02 | Mar 1969 | British |
| HUNTER, Samuel James | Director | 2023-05-22 | Apr 1976 | British |
| THOMPSON, Andrew Richard | Director | 2015-10-02 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANDISH, Frank | Secretary | 2009-11-11 | 2020-02-03 |
| BADARANI, Sami | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2010-10-21 |
| CLEMENTS, Nathan Roy George | Director | 2018-06-26 | 2018-10-03 |
| CLERCKX, Toon | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2012-11-01 |
| DELVE, Martin Christopher | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2010-03-08 |
| DENCH, Marcus Simon | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2013-09-30 |
| FOSTER, David Charles Geoffrey | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2015-10-02 |
| GILES, Christopher James | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2010-06-21 |
| HORNER, Benjamin James | Director | 2021-04-13 | 2024-02-02 |
| LEHANE, Stephen James | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2010-06-21 |
| MULLER, Mark Francis, Mr. | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2016-06-24 |
| PAGNI, Marco | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2018-03-05 |
| PAGNI, Marco | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2010-03-08 |
| SNAPE, Michael David | Director | 2018-10-03 | 2023-05-22 |
| STANDISH, Frank, Mr. | Director | 2018-03-05 | 2021-04-13 |
| WASS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2016-06-24 | 2018-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Boots Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.