TXT In plain English
Company description
MARSTON'S PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 14 May 1890; registered for 136 years; registered office reported in WOLVERHAMPTON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 56101 · Licensed restaurants, with 1 additional SIC activity reported. In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 27 September 2025, it reported turnover £897,900,000, profit after tax £71,600,000, net assets £790,700,000. Among active companies with electronic accounts available to BritDB, it ranks 17 by latest disclosed GBP turnover; this is a dataset comparison, not a credit rating.
Wikidata describes the organisation carrying the same exact Companies House ID as British brewery, pub and hotel operator. Additional structured Wikidata facts list industries: brewing industry; headquarters: Wolverhampton; stock exchanges: London Stock Exchange. External links found through that exact match are isolated on the dedicated source page. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 30 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- MARSTON'S PLC
- Company number
- 00031461
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 10 total · 5 outstanding · 5 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
27 September 2025Next accounts due
31 March 2027Last statement made up to
31 January 2026Next statement due
14 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Turnover
- £897,900,000
- Profit before tax
- £88,300,000
- Profit after tax
- £71,600,000
- Net assets
- £790,700,000
- Current assets
- £77,300,000
- Equity
- £790,700,000
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 28 September 2025 – 28 March 2026
- Filed
- 4 June 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 28 September 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £149,838,209
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £168,716,294
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £9,650,926
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £16,002,871
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 81.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with payments
- Not supplied
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Terms of purchase can be found on the company website:
https://www.marstonspubs.co.uk/ - Dispute resolution process
Supplier enquiries regarding payments can be directed to the accounts payable team by email or telephone. We are committed to treating all of our suppliers in a fair and reasonable manner and therefore seek to resolve any disputes and make the payment as soon as a resolution has been achieved. Disputes are handled by the relevant employee within Marston's responsible for the purchase/order in accordance with any specific agreements that may be in place. If a dispute cannot be resolved it will be escalated to more senior management for consideration.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 34.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 32.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
MARSTON'S PLC
LEI 213800Q6RP3ZJ2CZR962 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 14 May 1890
- Initial LEI registration
- 28 March 2014
- LEI last updated
- 25 February 2026
- Next renewal
- 28 March 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- ST JOHNS HOUSE, ST JOHNS SQUARE, WOLVERHAMPTON, GB-WLV, WV2 4BH, GB
- Headquarters address
- ST JOHNS HOUSE, ST JOHNS SQUARE, WOLVERHAMPTON, GB-WLV, WV2 4BH, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- MARSTON'S PLC
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- MARSTON'S TRADING LIMITED
- Statement period
- 30 September 2023 – 28 September 2024
- Approved
- 27 March 2025
- Sectors
- Consumer services, including accommodation, hospitality, tourism and leisure
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 15 May 2025
Earlier linked statements (2)
- MARSTON'S PLC28 September 2024
- MARSTON'S PLC28 September 2024
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Marston's PLC
Registration Z6335346
- Registered from
- 15 February 2002
- Current end date
- 14 February 2027
- Trading names
- Marston's Pub Company
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
THE EAGLE BREWERY
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32,40
- Filed / designated
- 17 July 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 July 2027
POINTING DOG
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32,43
- Filed / designated
- 14 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 June 2027
MARSTON'S BURTON ON TRENT BREWERY
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 25 May 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 May 2027
BEER TOWN
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 2 May 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 May 2027
BLOCKED SHADOW
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 13 April 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 April 2027
END POINT
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 27 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 March 2027
BOMBARDIER MARCH to your own DRUM
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
COURAGE ESTD 1787 COURAGE BEST BITTER FRUITY. MALTY. HOPPY Alc 4.0% Vol
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
TAKE COURAGE BEST BITTER CRAFTED with over 200 YEARS of GREAT BRITISH BREWING HISTORY ESTD 1787 Alc 4.0% Vol
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
COURAGE DIRECTORS COURAGE ESTD 1787 4.8% VOL SUPERIOR ALE RICH. FRUITY. FULL-BODIED
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
COURAGE SE1
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
COURAGE SE1
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
McEWAN’S ESTD. 1856 EXPORT
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
McEWAN’S ESTD. 1856 IPA
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
McEWAN’S ESTD. 1856 LAGER
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2027
BOLD FORESTER
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 6 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 March 2027
MILESTONE
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 43
- Filed / designated
- 6 March 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 March 2027
McEWAN'S ESTD. 1856 60/- PALE ALE
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2027
McEWAN'S ESTD. 1856 70/- PALE ALE
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2027
McEWAN'S ESTD. 1856 80/- PALE ALE
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2027
McEWAN'S ESTD.1856 CHAMPION AWARD WINNING ALE
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2027
McEWAN'S ESTD. 1856 CHAMPION WHISKY EDITION AN EXCEPTIONAL BLEND OF RICH, FRUITY ALE AND FINE WHISKY MASTER BREWER BOB NISBET OVER 160 YEARS OF BREWING HISTORY 5.8% ABV
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2027
EARLY DOORS
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 7 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 February 2027
Crest Super Premium Lager
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 7 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 February 2027
TEN YARDS
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 43
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2026
SHREDDER
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 25 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 November 2026
EARLSHIP
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 25 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 November 2026
DE14
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32,40,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 8 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 November 2026
MAULER
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 7 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 November 2026
FIND YOUR MOUNTAIN
Owner Marston's PLC · classes 25,32
- Filed / designated
- 2 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 November 2026
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No PSC entry for this company was present in the imported snapshot.
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Public houses and bars
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: WOLVERHAMPTON & DUDLEY BREWERIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.