NEXT RETAIL LIMITED (04521150) — UK company profile

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Company description

BritDB description

NEXT RETAIL LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 29 August 2002; registered for 24 years; registered office reported in LEICESTER. Its primary declared activity is 47710 · Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores, with 3 additional SIC activities reported.

This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 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.

Prepared from public dataChecked 3 September 2026 · 11 profile sources connected

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01 Company overview

Identity and registration

Snapshot 1 August 2026

Official name: NEXT RETAIL LIMITED
Company number: 04521150
Company type: Private Limited Company
Status: Active
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Dissolution date: Not supplied
Accounts category: AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
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

Companies House

AccountsBulk record

Last accounts made up to

25 January 2025

Next accounts due

31 October 2026

Confirmation statementBulk record

Last statement made up to

8 June 2026

Next statement due

22 June 2027

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BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.

03 Workforce reporting

Gender pay gap

Reporting year 2025–2026

Employer size20,000 or more

Median hourly gap10.9%

Mean hourly gap24.2%

Submitted31 March 2026

Submission deadline5 April 2026

Submission timingSubmitted by deadline

Median bonus gap: 32.7%
Mean bonus gap: 70.7%
Women receiving bonus: 88.0%
Men receiving bonus: 83.0%
Women in top quartile: 54.0%
Women in upper middle quartile: 75.0%
Women in lower middle quartile: 81.0%
Women in lower quartile: 77.0%

Earlier reporting years (7)

2024–202520,000 or more17.1% median hourly gap
2023–202420,000 or more17.3% median hourly gap
2022–202320,000 or more8.1% median hourly gap
2021–202220,000 or more26.9% median hourly gap
2020–202120,000 or more28.3% median hourly gap
2018–201920,000 or more2.3% median hourly gap
2017–201820,000 or more1.7% 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

Period to 1 August 2026

Average time to pay23.0 days

Paid within 30 days94.0%

Paid after 60 days1.0%

Not paid within terms16.0%

Reporting period: 1 February 2026 – 1 August 2026
Filed: 28 August 2026
Shortest standard term: 7 days
Longest standard term: Not supplied
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-3
Financial period started: 1 February 2026
Qualifying contracts: Yes
Payments made: Yes
Invoice value paid within 30 days: £2,287,917,086
Invoice value paid in 31–60 days: £127,647,709
Invoice value paid after 60 days: £19,424,121
Invoice value paid outside agreed terms: £541,827,247
Invoices paid in 31–60 days: 5.0%
Invoices unpaid due to dispute: 6.0%
Maximum contractual payment period: 90 days
Supplier-list charging policy: No
Supplier-list charges made: No

Reported terms and dispute process

Standard payment terms
Standard contractual terms for goods and services is 30 days with exception of intercompany Goods for Resale invoices which are paid between 7 to 14 day terms.
Other payment-term information
Intercompany invoices and preformance have been included for completeness.
Dispute resolution process
A central ticketing system, accessed via our Supplier Portal, is in place for suppliers to contact us regarding any matters under dispute. Tickets are logged immediately upon submission and are typically responded to within 24 hours. For standard account queries documented through the portal, our team responds within 48 hours. Where required, any ticket can be escalated to our management team for further review.

Earlier payment reports (11 shown)

31 January 202624.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
26 July 202524.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
25 January 202523.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
27 July 202422.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
27 January 202422.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
29 July 202323.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
28 January 202324.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
30 July 202223.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
29 January 202220.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
31 July 202121.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
30 January 202123.0 average days to pay34.0% 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 Supply-chain transparency

Modern slavery statement

Statement year 2026

Organisation: NEXT RETAIL LIMITED
Group submission: Yes
Parent organisation: NEXT PLC
Statement period: 26 January 2025 – 31 January 2026
Approved: 26 March 2026
Sectors: Cosmetics and toiletries Fashion, textiles, apparel and luxury goods Financial, insurance and real estate activities Transportation, logistics, and storage

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Organisation structure

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Policies

Covered in the statement

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Risk assessment

Covered in the statement

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Due diligence

Covered in the statement

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Training

Covered in the statement

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Goals and KPIs

Covered in the statement

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: 16 June 2026

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

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 Announced audit Unannounced audit

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Other monitoring

We carry out factory visits as well as audits, for example to provide advice on safety standards in workplaces.

Actions addressing ILO indicators

Financial remediation, including repayment of recruitment fees Supporting victims via NGO

Demonstrated progress

Our statement includes KPIs on supply chain transparency, remediation, training and collaboration. We include information on activities completed during the year as well as ‘looking forward’ sections which outline plans for the next year.

Reported risks and mitigations

Risk: Unauthorised Subcontracting
Area: Within your supply chains
Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers
Group: Women Migrants Children
Location: India
Mitigation: This is a global risk that is not specific to any single country. We have highlighted our concerns regarding this during our presentations to in-country suppliers. We have reiterated the significant importance we place on transparency and the maintenance of accurate production location details. Our COP teams conduct the majority of audits on an unannounced basis, they are well-positioned to identify instances of unauthorised subcontracting and work with suppliers to remediate.
Risk: Forced labour
Group: Other vulnerable groups
Location: China
Mitigation: See page 7-8 of our Statement.
Risk: Child labour
Group: Children
Location: China Myanmar (Burma)
Mitigation: This is a key focus area for NEXT and we continue to engage with our suppliers on child labour risks, including robust due diligence and compliance processes, supported by tools on our supplier portal. In the year ahead, we will review and revise our child labour policy and guidance for suppliers.

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06 Data protection

ICO fee-payer registration

Candidate match

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