Retail
WHSmith: WH Smith PLC is the group parent identified in the reviewed disclosures. [1][2]
01 / Behind the name
This profile covers the retained WHSmith travel retailer. Its UK high-street business was sold to Modella on 30 June 2025 and is separately represented as TGJones. The disposed shops are not treated as current WH Smith PLC subsidiaries. [1][2]
02 / On the map
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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03 / The figures, with context
WH Smith PLC reports £28m income taxes paid by the worldwide group in its 2025 annual report. WH Smith Travel Limited's filed UK accounts omit a cash-flow statement, so its UK cash corporation-tax payment is not separately disclosed in the accounts reviewed.
WH Smith Travel Limited
Period ending 31 Aug 2025
The UK travel operating-company accounts omit a cash-flow statement under FRS 101. The multinational parent group's payment includes operations abroad and does not identify the UK travel-company cash amount. [3][4][5]
WH Smith PLC consolidated group
Period ending 31 Aug 2025
The parent group cash-flow statement reports £28m income taxes paid alongside cash flows from continuing operations; discontinued operations' cash flows appear separately. The amount is for a multinational group and is not split into UK and overseas payments. [4][5]
These figures have different scopes. They should not be added together or used as a like-for-like tax ranking.
Understand the measures04 / Check our working
Primary sources used in this profile. Company disclosures are attributed to the company; inclusion is not an independent audit.
whsmithplc.co.uk · Corporate identity, ownership and location disclosure; see the profile for the scope and remaining gaps
Accessed 27 Sept 2026whsmithplc.co.uk · Corporate identity, ownership and location disclosure; see the profile for the scope and remaining gaps
Accessed 27 Sept 2026Companies House · FRS 101 cash-flow statement exemption, PDF p.18 (printed p.16)
Accessed 28 Sept 2026Companies House · Filed iXBRL group accounts; accessible issuer report gives the group cash-flow statement on printed p.141
Accessed 28 Sept 2026WH Smith PLC · Group cash-flow statement, PDF p.143 (printed p.141); discontinued operations' cash flows shown separately
Accessed 28 Sept 2026Companies House · Legal name, company number, domestic company type and incorporation. UK registration does not establish headquarters or tax residence; a constituent jurisdiction is not inferred from a registered-office address.
Accessed 30 Sept 2026