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Peel Retail & Leisure

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Peel Retail & Leisure owns and manages retail and leisure destinations including Trafford Palazzo, Gloucester Quays, Quayside and Hulton Park. [1][2][3][4][5]

01 / Behind the name

Who owns Peel Retail & Leisure?

Private · Peel retail and leisure property business [1][2][3][4][5]

  1. 01
    Named operating business / investment scope

    Peel Retail and Leisure Group UK Limited · 16236161 [1][2][3][4][5]

    As reported · 13 Oct 2026
  2. 02
    Disclosed controlling group / investment relationship

    Peel Group · retail and leisure investment [3][1]

    As reported · 13 Oct 2026

Registered significant control

  • John Whittaker [2]75% or more shares and voting rights through control over trustees of a trust; Director-appointment rights through trustee controlAs reported · 25 Feb 2025
  • Christopher Eves [2]75% or more shares and voting rights; Director-appointment rights; overlapping statutory control entryAs reported · 25 Feb 2025
  • Sheila Greenwood [2]75% or more shares and voting rights; Director-appointment rights; overlapping statutory control entryAs reported · 25 Feb 2025

This profile covers Peel's property and destination business. Retailers and leisure operators occupying its sites are not thereby Peel subsidiaries. Trafford Palazzo, formerly Barton Square, is separately owned from the Trafford Centre, which CPP Investments acquired. TraffordCity is the wider place identity and is not evidence that Peel owns every attraction. Registered personal/trust control bands overlap and are not additive economic stakes. [1][2][3][4][5]

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02 / On the map

Where is it based?

Named controlling group / investment scope
Peel Group · retail and leisure investment [3][1]
Group headquarters
Not yet verified [1]
Parent incorporated in
England and Wales · Peel Retail and Leisure Group UK Limited, 16236161 [2][1]

Headquarters, incorporation and tax residence describe different things. A headquarters address does not tell you where all of a company’s tax is paid.

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Investors in Peel Retail & Leisure

Investor disclosures found

Selected investor disclosures have been found. Each names the held entity, basis and date; the complete investor register remains outside this review. A stake in a parent or operating company is shown against that entity. Dates refer to each disclosure and can differ from the profile review date. Evidence links are included with each record.

Disclosed backing

Peel Group

Held entity · Peel Retail and Leisure Group UK Limited · 16236161

Current Peel business / investment · exact economic stake not verified

Ownership evidence checked ·

Current group association or investment scope, rather than a verified direct wholly owned corporate stake. Specific parent companies, statutory bands and joint-venture relationships are explained in the company profile. Subsidiary and overlapping group-level links are not additional stakes to sum.

Evidence · 5 sources

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Brands in the Peel Retail & Leisure portfolio

Selected property/destination names, alongside a wider retail-park portfolio. Tenant brands are not owned-brand entries. Quayside's historical Lowry Outlet alias has not been independently reconciled here.

Brand research reviewed . Ownership and tax figures elsewhere on this page describe the group, not individual brands.

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  • Trafford Palazzo

    Property & regeneration

    Peel destination formerly called Barton Square; separate from the CPP-owned Trafford Centre. [4]

    Markets & sources (1)

    Also listed or searchable as: Barton Square

    • UK · business, service or destination scope [4]
  • Gloucester Quays

    Property & regeneration

    Markets & sources (1)
    • UK · business, service or destination scope [1]
  • Quayside

    Property & regeneration

    Markets & sources (1)
    • UK · business, service or destination scope [1]
  • Hulton Park

    Property & regeneration

    Markets & sources (1)
    • UK · business, service or destination scope [1]
Recent portfolio changes

Peel's acquisition of Barton Square created the separately owned Trafford Palazzo destination within TraffordCity. [4]

03 / The figures, with context

What does it report in UK tax?

UK cash corporation tax has not been verified for this profile. This does not mean no tax was paid.

United KingdomNot yet verified

UK corporation tax paid

Not yet verifiedCash payment

Peel Retail & Leisure · UK cash reporting scope not reconciled
Annual reporting period not yet verified

This ownership investigation has not established a dated UK cash corporation-tax payment for this scope. Accounting charges, group relief, policy statements and investor holdings are separate evidence; a research gap does not mean no tax was paid. [1]

These figures have different scopes. They should not be added together or used as a like-for-like tax ranking.

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04 / Check our working

The public record.

Primary sources used in this profile. Company disclosures are attributed to the company; inclusion is not an independent audit.

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    Peel Retail & Leisure current portfolio (opens in a new tab)

    Peel Retail & Leisure · Trafford Palazzo, Gloucester Quays, Quayside, Hulton Park and retail parks; legal footer names company 16236161

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026
  2. 02
    Peel Retail and Leisure Group UK Limited registered control (opens in a new tab)

    Companies House · Current overlapping Whittaker/trustee, Eves and Greenwood control bands, notified 25 February 2025

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026
  3. 03
    Peel Group current investment portfolio (opens in a new tab)

    Peel Group · Real Estate and Infrastructure sections: current named investments; listings do not establish identical equity interests or asset titles

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026
  4. 04
    Trafford Palazzo history (opens in a new tab)

    Trafford Palazzo · Peel acquired Barton Square, now Trafford Palazzo; separate destination within the wider TraffordCity area

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026
  5. 05
    CPP Investments acquires the Trafford Centre (opens in a new tab)

    CPP Investments · 16 December 2020: CPPIB Credit Investments Inc acquired ownership following enforcement of secured financing; distinct from Peel's Palazzo destination

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026