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Whitbread Group PLC

Hotels and similar accommodation

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 34

  1. Alison Jane Brittain 2015-2023 Director View profile
  2. Louise Helen Smalley 2014-2021 Director View profile
  3. Richard Baker 2014-2016 Director View profile
  4. Nicholas Theodore Cadbury 2012-2022 Director View profile
  5. Andrew Harrison 2010-2015 Director View profile
  6. Anthony John Habgood 2005-2014 Director View profile
  7. Christopher Charles Bevan Rogers 2005-2014 Director View profile
  8. Angela Susan Risley 2004-2007 Director View profile
  9. David John Turner 2001-2001 Director View profile
  10. Charles Mark Gurassa 2000-2001 Director View profile
  11. Alan Charles Parker 2000-2010 Director View profile
  12. Stewart Miller 2000-2005 Director View profile
  13. Sir John Michael Middlecott Banham 1999-2005 Director View profile
  14. Williamson, David Francis, Lord Williamson of Horton 1998-2001 Director View profile
  15. Lord Ian Charter Maclaurin 1997-2001 Director View profile
  16. David Hedley Richardson 1996-2005 Director View profile
  17. William Cockburn 1995-1995 Director View profile
  18. Prudence Margaret Leith 1995-2001 Director View profile
  19. William Mervyn Frew Carey Shannon 1994-2004 Director View profile
  20. Martin Faulkner Broughton 1993-2000 Director View profile
  21. Karel Vuursteen 1993-2000 Director View profile
  22. Samuel Charles Whitbread 2001 Director View profile
  23. Wessel Willem Van Riemsdijk 1996 Director View profile
  24. David Malcolm Thomas 2004 Director View profile
  25. Sir Michael Richardson Angus 2000 Director View profile
  26. Martin Charles Findlay 1993 Director View profile
  27. Alan Steven Perelman 2001 Director View profile
  28. Miles Howard Templeman 2000 Director View profile
  29. Gerard Van Schaik 1993 Director View profile
  30. Peter Jack Jarvis 1997 Director View profile
  31. Sir Michael David Milroy Franklin 1998 Director View profile
  32. John Mario Faskally Padovan 2001 Director View profile
  33. Daren Clive Lowry 2023-2026 Secretary View profile
  34. Christopher David Vaughan 2015-2023 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Hotels and similar accommodation; Licensed restaurants
Incorporated
25/07/1889
Registered office
Porz Avenue Dunstable

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Whitbread PLC
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Whitbread Group PLC is controlled by Whitbread PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Whitbread PLC.

237 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

2 grants · £1,068,426 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Work and Pensions · £1,068,426 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Work and Pensions £754,9312022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £313,4952021-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

5 directors on the board

4.9y median 4.3y
average tenure
8.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (5)

Also govern a charity

1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Hospitality 8Professional services 4Property 3Construction 1Finance 1Health and social care 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00029423
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
01/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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