SMITHS NEWS TRADING LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1929-03-09
- Registered office
- Rowan House Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, SN2 8UH
- Postcode
- SN2 8UH
- Capital
- 260,000,101 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-30
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-12
- Next due by
- 2027-01-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 6 current · 32 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
Controlled by SMITHS NEWS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-08-30) as part of the SMITHS NEWS PLC group statement — 5 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5352284 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
5.35%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- smithsnews.co.uk
- Phone
- 03303115035, 03308384221, 03451238433
Smiths News is proud to be the UK’s largest wholesaler of newspapers and magazines, serving over 24,000 retailers.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WH SMITH TRADING LIMITED | 2006-09-13 |
| W H SMITH LIMITED | 2000-01-19 |
| W.H.SMITH & SON LIMITED | 1988-01-01 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| WAKEFIELD HOUSE, PIPERS WAY, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, SN3 1RF | 2012-10-29 |
| GREENBRIDGE ROAD, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, SN3 3RX | 2006-09-22 |
| AUDREY HOUSE, ELY PLACE, LONDON, EC1N 6SN | 1998-04-14 |
| STRAND HOUSE, 7 HOLBURN PLACE, LONDON, SW1W 8NR | 1996-09-10 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 92 similar companies in SN, trading since 1929
Property in England & Wales 42 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 40
- Most recent registration
- 2024-08-06
- Where
- Swindon (4), Greater London (3), Somerset (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL627849 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-08-06 | — |
| WT478376 | Swindon | Leasehold | 2024-07-26 | — |
| CYM884005 | Newport | Leasehold | 2024-02-14 | — |
| CB482587 | City Of Peterborough | Leasehold | 2023-10-19 | — |
| SGL844082 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-08-24 | — |
| GR476335 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2023-08-18 | — |
| WS98115 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2022-08-31 | — |
| DN750797 | Devon | Leasehold | 2022-07-26 | — |
| BM455792 | Milton Keynes | Leasehold | 2022-02-08 | — |
| TY574723 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2020-06-22 | — |
| WT452635 | Swindon | Leasehold | 2020-06-22 | — |
| HD590426 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2020-01-29 | — |
| HD584981 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2019-07-09 | — |
| SL258668 | Shropshire | Leasehold | 2019-03-14 | — |
| WSX407106 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2019-03-06 | — |
| HP825148 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2018-10-29 | — |
| SL253308 | Shropshire | Leasehold | 2018-06-04 | — |
| DN693211 | Devon | Leasehold | 2018-01-12 | — |
| BK489389 | Slough | Leasehold | 2018-01-10 | — |
| ON336779 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2017-11-15 | — |
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