BOOTS UK LIMITED
Company number 00928555 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Boots UK Limited is the dominant player in UK pharmacy-led health and beauty retail, operating at a scale (~£7bn revenue, ~1,800 stores) that dwarfs every direct competitor and comfortably exceeds large-company norms, though its operating margins reflect the structurally thin economics of NHS dispensing. Sector tailwinds — the LloydsPharmacy exit, Pharmacy First clinical funding, and market consolidation — favour its scale, while cost inflation, beauty-market disruption, and the ownership transition following the 2025 Sycamore Partners take-private of its ultimate parent are the key watchpoints.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1968-03-11
- Registered office
- Nottingham, NG2 3AA
- Postcode
- NG2 3AA
- Capital
- 709,750,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-01
- Next due by
- 2027-02-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47190 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- 47730 Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Officers 5 current · 50 resigned
Group structure 10 subsidiaries
Controlled by ALLIANCE BOOTS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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BLYTH PHARMACY LIMITED Dissolved
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WIGGLY-AMPS LIMITED Dissolved
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WOODSIDE PHARMACY (GLASGOW) LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 2
£298,462 total awarded value where published.
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Care Quality Commission 1 location
Regulated by CQC — 1 rated Good.
Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2023-08-31) as part of the THE BOOTS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED group statement — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7487392 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- boots.com
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BOOTS THE CHEMISTS LIMITED | 2007-10-01 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 THANE ROAD WEST, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 3AA | 1993-07-16 |
| 1 THANE ROAD WEST, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 3AA | 1993-07-16 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 396 similar companies in NG, trading since 1968
Property in England & Wales 500+ titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 498
- Most recent registration
- 2025-10-24
- Price paid, where recorded
- £3,026,256
- Where
- Greater London (97), Greater Manchester (22), West Midlands (15)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYK729217 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-10-24 | — |
| ST399273 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2025-10-08 | — |
| HD635961 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2025-09-29 | — |
| NYK522772 | York | Leasehold | 2025-07-24 | — |
| SYK726710 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-07-04 | — |
| CH741613 | Halton | Leasehold | 2025-06-30 | — |
| MM209994 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2025-06-25 | — |
| CB494906 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-20 | — |
| MAN456191 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2025-05-15 | — |
| CU347425 | Westmorland And Furness | Leasehold | 2025-04-03 | — |
| BK538930 | Windsor And Maidenhead | Leasehold | 2025-03-21 | — |
| YY203875 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-03-19 | — |
| CU346820 | Cumberland | Leasehold | 2025-02-19 | — |
| NYK517666 | York | Leasehold | 2024-12-06 | — |
| BB36520 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-10-28 | — |
| GR485842 | South Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2024-10-22 | — |
| LAN292122 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2024-10-16 | — |
| BB42147 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-09-30 | — |
| MM200308 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2024-09-11 | — |
| AA74675 | Essex | Leasehold | 2024-09-05 | — |
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