MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C.
United Kingdom - Registry no. 04256886 - Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Road, London, W2 1NW
- Registry profile
- Officers
- Ownership (persons with significant control)
- Charges and secured debt
- Sanctions screening
- Adverse media and enforcement
- What we could not check
- Sources
Assessment
No compliance red flags identified at company level from free public sources. Active, listed retail group. A significant cyber incident in April-May 2025 is disclosed below; no enforcement action against this company was found in the sampled window. A 2024 FCA final notice naming a brand-sharing financial-services entity is clarified - that entity is not part of this group.
- Registry status: active; accounts and confirmation statement up to date.
- No sanctions-list match on the OFAC SDN list or the FCDO UK Sanctions List (downloaded and screened 2026-10-25).
- No charges registered on the Companies House charges register.
- Ownership: PSC register exempt because shares are listed on a UK regulated market.
- April-May 2025 cyber incident disclosed under adverse media; no enforcement action against the group followed in the sampled window.
1.Registry profile Clear
Companies House, the UK official company register. This is the listed group holding company; the register also holds several similarly named M&S entities (including MARKS AND SPENCER P.L.C., company number 00214436, an active subsidiary) - the free coverage check distinguishes them.
Status
Active. Public limited company.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Incorporated
23 July 2001 as TRUSHELFCO (NO.2827) LIMITED, a shelf company; renamed CONKER RETAIL LIMITED on 7 August 2001 and MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C. on 24 January 2002. The M&S retail business long predates the current group holding entity.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Registered office
Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Road, London, W2 1NW.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Industry (SIC)
47190 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Accounts and filings
Last group accounts made up to 28 Mar 2026; next accounts to 31 Mar 2027 (due 30 Sep 2027). Confirmation statement current (last 23 Jul 2026). Latest filing 23 Oct 2026 (SH01, statement of capital following a share allotment).[2]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
2.Officers Info
Officers on record
70 officers on record, 60 of them historic resignations.[3]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Serving officers (examples)
Nick Folland (Secretary); Evelyn Bourke; Fiona Dawson; Alison Dolan; Tamara Ingram; Stuart Machin; Archibald Norman; Sapna Sood. Serving directors are listed at the source.[3]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
3.Ownership (persons with significant control) Info
PSC register
Exempt from PSC disclosure since 23 July 2017 because voting shares are admitted to trading on a UK regulated market. Ownership is via the public float.[4]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
4.Charges and secured debt Clear
Charges register Clear
No charges registered on the Companies House charges register.[5]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
5.Sanctions screening Clear
Exact and fuzzy name match against the lists as downloaded on 2026-10-25 (OFAC SDN file published 2026-10-20; UK Sanctions List file dated 2026-10-16). The UN consolidated list is not screened (its terms allow personal, non-commercial use only); the EU list is not yet covered.
6.Adverse media and enforcement Info
Public sources only. Searched for fraud, bribery, insolvency, winding-up and sanctions news.
Cyber incident (2025) Info
In April-May 2025 the group suffered a major cyber incident that disrupted online operations for weeks; M&S confirmed some customer personal data was taken and estimated a material operating-profit impact for 2025/26. The ICO issued a statement on the retail cyber incidents; no ICO enforcement action against the group was found in the sampled window.[8]
Source: ico.org.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
FCA final notice - entity clarification Clear
A May 2024 FCA final notice in the HSBC customer-treatment case (HSBC fined GBP 6.28 million) names Marks and Spencer Financial Services plc. That company is HSBC-owned (M&S Bank) and is not part of this group; the naming reflects brand licensing, not this company's conduct.[10]
Source: fca.org.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
Company-level findings Clear
No enforcement actions, sanctions designations, insolvency events or winding-up petitions against MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C. itself found in the sources searched.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-25
What we could not check
These areas are not covered by this report. Absence from this report is not evidence that nothing exists.
- Court records and civil litigation - No free, reusable court-records source is covered. Civil claims would not necessarily appear here.
- Politically exposed persons (PEP) screening - Requires a paid PEP database, which this service does not use.
- Beneficial ownership beyond the register - The PSC register is exempt for listed companies, so shareholders above the public float are not shown.
- Credit score, payment behaviour, financial strength - Credit data is commercial. Only filing dates are reported, not accounts analysis.
- Identity verification of individuals, and personal background of officers - This service covers companies, not personal profiling.
- UN Security Council and EU consolidated sanctions lists - UN terms allow personal, non-commercial use only, so the UN list is not screened in a paid report; an EU list source route is not yet covered.
- Group structure and subsidiaries - Not extracted from the register for this report.
Sources
- Companies House - company overview (MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C.) - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04256886 (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Companies House - filing history - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04256886/filing-history (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Companies House - officers - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04256886/officers (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Companies House - persons with significant control - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04256886/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- Companies House - charges - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04256886/charges (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- OFAC Sanctions List Search (US Treasury) - https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/ (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO) - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- ICO - statement on cyber incidents impacting retailers (2 May 2025) - https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/05/statement-on-cyber-incidents-impacting-retailers/ (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- BBC News - M&S cyber attack: what we know (1 May 2025) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0el31nqnpvo (retrieved 2026-10-25)
- FCA - Final Notice 2024 (HSBC entities and Marks and Spencer Financial Services plc) - https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/hsbc-uk-bank-hsbc-bank-marks-and-spencer-financial-services-2024.pdf (retrieved 2026-10-25)
Free public sources only; no paid databases, no credit scoring, no identity verification beyond registry data. Informational only, not legal, financial or investment advice. Findings reflect the sources on the retrieval date shown.