TXT In plain English
Company description
WHITBREAD PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 1 December 2000; registered for 25 years; registered office reported in PORZ AVENUE DUNSTABLE, BEDFORDSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 70100 · Activities of head offices.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 trade mark, 1 procurement record. 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
- WHITBREAD PLC
- Company number
- 04120344
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 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
26 February 2026Next accounts due
1 September 2027Last statement made up to
23 February 2026Next statement due
9 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
WHITBREAD PLC
LEI 21380099VMZKRMN3EX36 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 1 December 2000
- Initial LEI registration
- 15 December 2016
- LEI last updated
- 12 May 2026
- Next renewal
- 20 December 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- WHITBREAD COURT, HOUGHTON HALL BUSINESS PARK, PORZ AVENUE, DUNSTABLE, GB-BDF, LU5 5XE, GB
- Headquarters address
- WHITBREAD COURT, HOUGHTON HALL BUSINESS PARK, PORZ AVENUE, DUNSTABLE, GB-BDF, LU5 5XE, 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.
04 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- WHITBREAD PLC
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 28 February 2019 – 27 February 2020
- Approved
- 18 May 2020
- 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
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 8 April 2021
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents
Training described
Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff Your suppliers
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Civil society organisations Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation Third party audit arranged by your supplier Announced audit Unannounced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
Move into supplier engagement (page 10) Added technical training and audits on both Food and Construction site technical audits (page 10/11) Contract management system (page 9) SEDEX (page 9)
Demonstrated progress
KPIS found on page 13 split into 4 categories: 1. Increasing awareness 2. Intelligence shared 3. Partnerships and collaboration 4. Due diligence
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Team members - We have 37,000 team members working across the Whitbread brands, directly employed by Whitbread. (page 5)
- Area: Within your own operations
- Group: Women Migrants Refugees
- Mitigation: (Page 5/6) Direct employment of the people working in our hotels and restaurants reduces the risk that someone working for our business might be a victim of modern slavery. Other: Policies are listed, Right to Work checks reported, Speaking Out and Grievance Policies are supported by internal processes for confidential reporting, Our Code of Conduct is embedded through training. We have also trained all operational, Executive committee and HR representatives on Modern Slavery
- Risk: Guests - There is a risk that hotels might be used for the sexual exploitation of adults or children, or the movement of adults and children for the use of forced labour (page 11)
- Group: Women Migrants Refugees Children
- Mitigation: Page 11 - 21,762 Team Members have completed our ELearning module on the issue of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). Furthermore, Whitbread has worked closely with the National Business Crime Centre attached to the Metropolitan Police Force in establishing a sector wide working group with the aim of establishing National Guidance for Hotels regarding CSE. 2020.
- Risk: Supply chain - We purchase our goods and services from over 2,400 direct suppliers. Our risk assessment identified that the majority of risk lies in the lower tiers of our supply chain globally (pg 6)
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
- Mitigation: Page 6-11 - Risk assessment - Responsible sourcing policy - Ethical sourcing embedded into procurement - Supplier audits - Technical audits - Supplier engagement - Sector led engagement - SEDEX
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.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Whitbread PLC
Registration Z7289399
- Registered from
- 28 October 2002
- Current end date
- 27 October 2026
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.
06 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
WHITBREAD PLC
10002007 · LU5 5XE
- Permit or record holder
- WHITBREAD PLC
- Record date
- 12 December 2016
- Local authority
- Not supplied
- Regulated site or public record address
- Houghton Hall Park, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5XE
- Activity
- WQ
- Action
- Enforcement Notice
- Relevant legislation
- EPR
- All populated source fields
- Action Number: 10002007; Offender: WHITBREAD PLC; Address: Houghton Hall Park, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5XE; Action Date: 2016-12-12; Relevant Legislation: EPR; Action Type: Enforcement Notice; Agency Function: WQ
These are candidate company associations. The public-register downloads do not supply Companies House numbers. BritDB requires one unique exact holder-name and postcode match; the regulated site may differ from the registered office, so verify the record at source.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Emergency Hotel Provision
THIRTEEN HOUSING GROUP LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-f786ee55-a0a7-42a2-9f8a-31be2caf2c62
- Supplier named in award
- Premier Inn
- Award value
- £500,000
- Contract period
- 10 August 2024 – 9 August 2025
- Published
- 21 January 2025
- Procedure
- Other - Exception to Sanding Order
- Main CPV
- 98341000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f786ee55-a0a7-42a2-9f8a-31be2caf2c62-2025-01-21T12:55:55Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
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.
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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.
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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
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
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.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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.