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Company description
J D WETHERSPOON PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 25 March 1983; registered for 43 years; registered office reported in WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 56302 · Public houses and bars.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 19 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
- J D WETHERSPOON PLC
- Company number
- 01709784
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 152 total · 4 outstanding · 148 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 July 2025Next accounts due
30 January 2027Last statement made up to
17 December 2025Next statement due
31 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 21.6%
- Mean bonus gap
- 32.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 91.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 90.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 45.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 53.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 50.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 52.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 20,000 or more0.1% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more0.7% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more1.1% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more29.5% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more22.8% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more0.2% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more1.2% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more2.5% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 27 January 2025 – 27 July 2025
- Filed
- 28 January 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- 29 July 2024
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 30.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
No further comment provided
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
JD Wetherspoon does not have standard payment terms. Payment terms are agreed on a supplier by supplier basis.
- Other payment-term information
No further comment provided
- Dispute resolution process
If there is a disagreement between JD Wetherspoon and one of its suppliers, resolution will be sought by the team responsible for the area where the dispute has arisen, dependent on the nature of the disagreement. Escalations would move back into the commercial team responsible for supplier contracts, or senior management.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 27.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 32.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay12.0% 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
J D WETHERSPOON PLC
LEI 213800CHWARFAAN7UB85 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 25 March 1983
- Initial LEI registration
- 23 January 2014
- LEI last updated
- 27 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 17 December 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- WETHERSPOON HOUSE, REEDS CRESCENT, WATFORD, GB-HRT, WD24 4QL, GB
- Headquarters address
- WETHERSPOON HOUSE, REEDS CRESCENT, WATFORD, GB-HRT, WD24 4QL, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
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
- J D WETHERSPOON PLC
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 29 July 2024 – 27 July 2025
- Approved
- 15 January 2026
- 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
- 23 January 2026
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
J D Wetherspoon Plc
Registration Z5583695
- Registered from
- 24 August 2001
- Current end date
- 23 August 2027
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
Lloyds No.1 Bar
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 32,33,43
- Filed / designated
- 17 September 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 September 2024
WETHERSPOON HOTEL
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 35,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 11 January 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 January 2023
DELI DEALS
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 35,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 September 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 September 2022
Steak Club
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 43
- Filed / designated
- 21 November 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 November 2018
JDW
Owner J D Wetherspoon plc · classes 29,30,32,33,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 23 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 January 2022
LLOYDS No1 BAR
Owner J D Wetherspoon plc · classes 29,30,32,33,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 23 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 January 2022
LLOYDS No. 1 BAR
Owner J D Wetherspoon plc · classes 29,30,32,33,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 23 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 January 2022
LLOYDS No1 BAR
Owner J D Wetherspoon plc · classes 29,30,32,33,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 23 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 January 2022
LLOYDS No1 BAR
Owner J D Wetherspoon plc · classes 29,30,32,33,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 23 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 January 2022
THE MOON UNDER WATER
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 21,25,30,32,33,34,35,43
- Filed / designated
- 31 July 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 July 2018
W WETHERSPOON
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 32,33,35,42
- Filed / designated
- 7 December 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 December 2024
J D WETHERSPOON
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 32,33
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2020
J D WETHERSPOON
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 43
- Filed / designated
- 19 February 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 February 2020
The J D WETHERSPOON ORGANISATION
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 4 June 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 June 2019
STEAK CLUB
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 43
- Filed / designated
- 14 March 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
J D WETHERSPOON
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2010
The J D WETHERSPOON ORGANISATION
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 32
- Filed / designated
- 9 October 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 October 2009
The J D WETHERSPOON ORGANISATION
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 9 October 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 October 2009
The J D WETHERSPOON ORGANISATION
Owner J D Wetherspoon Plc · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 9 October 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 October 2009
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 individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 9 January 2023
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
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
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
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.