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SUPERDRUG STORES PLC
Profile
- Company number
- 00807043
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1964-05-28
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-28
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 47730
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having assessed the principal risks, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Superdrug Pension Trustee Limited · 1% held · United Kingdom · Dormant
Significant events
- “On 8 May 2025, it was announced that the Company's distribution centre in Pontefract would close on expiry of the lease at the end of 2025. Management is confident that the operations can be absorbed into the existing operational network.”
- “On 20 May 2025 a loan extension was agreed to extend the existing credit agreement with AS Watson Group (HK) Limited from 15 June 2025 to 15 June 2030.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
6 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHIH, Edith | Secretary | 2002-10-21 | — | British |
| BLAKEMORE, Scott John | Director | 2022-05-11 | Dec 1968 | Australian |
| FLEMING, Richard Alexander | Director | 2015-10-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| LAI, Dominic Kai Ming | Director | 2002-10-21 | Jul 1953 | Canadian |
| MACNAB, Peter William | Director | 2014-05-20 | Oct 1957 | British |
| NGAI, Malina Man Lin | Director | 2024-08-26 | Mar 1969 | Chinese |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Sally Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 1998-07-24 | 2002-10-21 |
| MUIRHEAD, Brian Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1993-06-22 |
| ROBERTS THOMAS, Caroline Emma | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 1998-07-24 |
| WOODHOUSE, Christopher Kevin | Secretary | 1993-05-24 | 1997-01-31 |
| ASH, Christopher John | Director | 1994-04-15 | 1997-10-03 |
| BAILEY, Andrew Harry | Director | 2000-02-25 | 2003-02-03 |
| BRADY, Geoff | Director | — | 1994-05-20 |
| BROADBRIDGE, Robert Julian | Director | 1996-10-18 | 1998-02-28 |
| CARTER, Colin James | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| CASEY, Dennis | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2005-08-15 |
| COBAIN, Colin Morris | Director | 1993-05-24 | 1996-10-18 |
| DE RIJCKE, Pieter Willem Jacobus | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2002-11-25 |
| EDWARDS, Ian Robert Michael | Director | 1997-04-04 | 2000-12-21 |
| GLOVER, William James, Dr | Director | 1997-08-29 | 2000-09-13 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Peter David | Director | 1991-10-16 | 1996-11-22 |
| HAGGERTY, Colin | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2002-05-08 |
| HAZELEBACH, Gerard Willem | Director | 2003-07-10 | 2004-07-09 |
| HEATON, Alan John | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2022-05-11 |
| HOWARD, Joan Harris | Director | — | 1996-05-24 |
| HUNT, Stanley | Director | — | 2001-01-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Peter Frederick | Director | — | 1993-04-23 |
| HYNDMAN, Ruth Jennifer | Director | 2000-08-31 | 2002-08-30 |
| INGHAM, Brian Philip | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2006-01-03 |
| JONES, Roger Evenden | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| MALHOTRA, Preneet Singh | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2004-08-20 |
| MCCARTEN, Kevin | Director | 1993-11-29 | 1995-02-21 |
| MUIRHEAD, Brian Geoffrey | Director | — | 1993-06-22 |
| MULCAHY, Geoffrey John, Sir | Director | 1998-10-02 | 2001-07-19 |
| O'CONNOR, Joanna Mary Elizabeth | Director | 1998-03-27 | 2002-01-31 |
| PAGE, Neil Lloyd | Director | 2005-08-15 | 2008-06-20 |
| ROUND, Steven Robert | Director | 1993-05-24 | 2001-02-03 |
| SCHREIBER, Jurgen | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2006-08-31 |
| SEIGAL, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2012-01-31 |
| SHAPLAND, Darren Mark | Director | 2000-12-21 | 2002-10-21 |
| SIEBRAND, Dirk Jan | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2004-04-05 |
| SMITH, Gillian Greig | Director | 2008-06-20 | 2015-10-01 |
| SO, Aloysius Martin Yirk Yu | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2008-05-01 |
| STEELE, Graham Charles | Director | 1994-08-19 | 1997-07-16 |
| SUTHERLAND, Euan Angus | Director | 2004-12-24 | 2008-04-18 |
| TOOGOOD, Martin | Director | 2000-09-28 | 2001-03-31 |
| VACASSIN, Priscilla | Director | 1996-05-24 | 1998-04-30 |
| VAN HEDEL, Theodorus Johannes Maria | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2004-06-01 |
| VERHOEF, Hubertus Cornelius Gerardus | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2002-10-21 |
| WADE, Ian Frances | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2006-12-11 |
| WAT, Joey Chui Yung | Director | 2012-01-31 | 2014-05-20 |
| WHITTON, Kenneth Crichton Stuart | Director | 1997-10-31 | 2001-03-23 |
| WOODHOUSE, Christopher Kevin | Director | 1993-05-24 | 1997-01-31 |
| WRIGHT, Elizabeth Joan | Director | 1998-05-29 | 2002-12-31 |
| YING, Kenneth Tze Man | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2009-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As Watson (Health & Beauty Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 278 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-02-06 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with old address new address |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-01-18 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with old address new address |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-05-27 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-05-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2019-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-06-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
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