DAY LEWIS PLC
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Shareholders' funds
£82,454
Balance sheet as at 2024-03-31
What it does
The principal activities of the Company and the Group in the year under review continued to be those of retail pharmacy and distribution of pharmaceutical supplies.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1975-03-07
- Employees
- 2483 (2024 accounts · was 2422 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 2 Peterwood Way, Croydon, Surrey, England, CR0 4UQ
- Postcode
- CR0 4UQ
- Capital
- 100,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 108 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-02
- Next due by
- 2027-04-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47730 Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Officers 6 current · 8 resigned
Group structure 51 subsidiaries
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From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£256,000 total awarded value where published.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Care Quality Commission 1 location
Regulated by CQC — 1 location not yet rated.
Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-11-01).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
3.7%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- daylewis.co.uk
- Phone
- 061483550854
Day Lewis Pharmacy is an independent pharmacy chain, providing health services & advice to the local community with a highly trained pharmacy team.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DAY LEWIS LIMITED | 2004-11-01 |
| CHIPORUM LIMITED | 2001-10-24 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| LION HOUSE RED LION STREET, LONDON, WC1R 4GB | 2016-03-03 |
| 6 BRUCE GROVE, LONDON, N17 6RA | 2010-09-20 |
| 140 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHBOROUGH, KENT | 1995-12-27 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 47 similar companies in CR, with 2483 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Croydon
This company ranks 27 among dispensing chemist in specialised stores in Croydon.
The class of 1975
52%
of the 5,874 companies incorporated in 1975 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 230 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 229
- Most recent registration
- 2026-02-03
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,509,500
- Where
- Greater London (42), Essex (16), Cornwall (14)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL663531 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2026-02-03 | — |
| NK548399 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2025-10-29 | — |
| ST399130 | North Somerset | Leasehold | 2025-10-02 | — |
| NYK523840 | North Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-09-18 | — |
| MS723878 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2025-09-08 | — |
| AGL478072 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-08-11 | — |
| GR491564 | South Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2025-07-14 | — |
| EX959530 | Essex | Leasehold | 2025-07-09 | — |
| TGL635890 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-05-09 | — |
| DN776478 | Torbay | Leasehold | 2025-02-10 | — |
| DN775747 | Torbay | Leasehold | 2025-01-15 | — |
| SK434353 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2024-12-19 | — |
| NK541131 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2024-11-26 | — |
| WT479893 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-08 | — |
| ST391607 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2024-10-29 | — |
| ST308437 | North Somerset | Leasehold | 2024-09-18 | — |
| ST390662 | North Somerset | Leasehold | 2024-09-18 | — |
| ESX434710 | East Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-09-11 | — |
| DN688394 | City Of Plymouth | Leasehold | 2024-08-07 | — |
| IW95067 | Isle Of Wight | Leasehold | 2024-06-11 | — |
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