ALLIANCE BOOTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Executive summary
ALLIANCE BOOTS HOLDINGS LIMITED represents the strategic apex of one of the UK's most iconic retail and healthcare franchises, now embedded within the global Walgreens Boots Alliance network. Its competitive moat—built on brand equity, vertical integration, regulatory positioning, and physical scale—remains formidable, but is increasingly tested by NHS funding pressures, digital disruption, and the strategic constraints of operating within a US-listed parent with its own capital allocation priorities. The path to sustained value creation lies in aggressively pivoting from a traditional pharmacy retailer toward a digitally-enabled, services-led healthcare platform—leveraging the store estate as a distributed care network rather than merely a product distribution channel—while navigating the governance and financial complexities inherent in its holding company structure.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-05-31
- Registered office
- Sedley Place, 4th Floor, 361 Oxford Street, London, W1C 2JL
- Postcode
- W1C 2JL
- Capital
- 6 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)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 3 current · 41 resigned
Group structure 46 subsidiaries
Controlled by WBA ACQUISITIONS UK HOLDCO 7 LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ALLIANCE BOOTS LIMITED | 2008-06-03 |
| ALLIANCE BOOTS PLC | 2007-07-30 |
| BOOTS GROUP PLC | 2006-07-31 |
| HALFORDS GROUP PLC | 2002-10-11 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 THANE ROAD WEST, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 3AA | 2006-08-08 |
| ICKNIELD STREET DRIVE, REDDITCH, WORCESTERSHIRE, B98 0DE | 2002-09-17 |
The class of 2002
43%
of the 1,402 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.