Marks & Spencer Group: version 1

Saved 2026-09-17 11:41 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/00000000011501 — Curiously Strong Mints 50 g (Marks & Spencer)**, from the wanted queue (old-site title "curiously strong mints", captured 2009). **Identity settled from the bars, not. Current is v2.

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1	1		# Marks & Spencer Group <!--company-->
2	2
3	3		## Identity <!--identity-->
4	4		name: Marks & Spencer Group
5	5		disambiguation: Listed holding company of the M&S retail group
	6	+	summary: Listed holding company at the top of the Marks & Spencer retail group, with no corporate parent; its largest notified shareholder held 6.22%.
6	7		legal_name: Marks and Spencer Group plc
	8	+	ownership_status: no_corporate_parent
	9	+	ownership_source: ^ms-ar-2026
	10	+	registered_address: Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Road, London, W2 1NW
7	11		country: GB
8		−	register_ids: GB-CH:04256886
	12	+	register_ids: GB-CH:04256886, LEI:213800EJP14A79ZG1X44
	13	+	founded: 2001-07-23
9	14		<!--/identity-->
10	15
11	16		## Aliases <!--aliases-->
12		−	\| name \| type \| locale \| from \| until \|
13		−	\| --------------------------- \| ----- \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \|
14		−	\| Marks and Spencer Group plc \| legal \| en \| \| \|
	17	+	\| name \| type \| locale \| from \| until \|
	18	+	\| ---------------------------- \| ----- \| ------ \| ---------- \| ---------- \|
	19	+	\| Marks and Spencer Group plc \| legal \| en \| \| \|
	20	+	\| Conker Retail Limited \| legal \| en \| 2001-08-07 \| 2002-01-24 \|
	21	+	\| Trushelfco (No.2827) Limited \| legal \| en \| 2001-07-23 \| 2001-08-07 \|
15	22		<!--/aliases-->
16	23
17	24		## References <!--references-->
18		−	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
19		−	\| ------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| --------------- \| ----------- \| --------- \| --------- \| ------- \| ---------------------------- \| ---------------------- \| -------- \|
20		−	\| ch-ms \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00214436/persons-with-significant-control \| Companies House: MARKS AND SPENCER P.L.C. (00214436), persons with significant control \| 2026-09-17 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 00214436 \| \| Open Government Licence v3.0 \| \| \|
21		−	\| wiki-ms \| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_%26_Spencer \| Wikipedia: Marks & Spencer \| 2026-09-17 \| Wikipedia \| publication \| \| \| \| CC BY-SA 4.0 \| Wikipedia contributors \| \|
	25	+	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
	26	+	\| ---------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| --------------------------- \| ------------ \| --------- \| -------------------- \| --------------------------------- \| ---------------------------- \| ---------------------- \| -------- \|
	27	+	\| ch-group \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04256886 \| Companies House: MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C. (04256886), overview \| 2026-09-24 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 04256886 \| \| Open Government Licence v3.0 \| \| \|
	28	+	\| ch-ms \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00214436/persons-with-significant-control \| Companies House: MARKS AND SPENCER P.L.C. (00214436), persons with significant control \| 2026-09-17 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 00214436 \| \| Open Government Licence v3.0 \| \| \|
	29	+	\| ms-ar-2026 \| https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/sites/marksandspencer/files/marksandspencer/annual-report/m-and-s-annual-report-and-financial-statements-2026.pdf \| Marks and Spencer Group plc Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026 \| 2026-09-24 \| Marks and Spencer Group plc \| manufacturer \| 2026 \| \| p. 98, Interests in voting rights \| \| \| \|
	30	+	\| gleif-ms \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/213800EJP14A79ZG1X44/ultimate-parent-reporting-exception \| GLEIF: MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C., ultimate parent reporting exception \| 2026-09-24 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 213800EJP14A79ZG1X44 \| \| CC0 1.0 \| \| \|
	31	+	\| wiki-ms \| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_%26_Spencer \| Wikipedia: Marks & Spencer \| 2026-09-24 \| Wikipedia \| publication \| \| \| \| CC BY-SA 4.0 \| Wikipedia contributors \| \|
22	32		<!--/references-->
23	33
24	34		## About <!--about-->
25		−	Marks and Spencer Group plc is the holding company at the top of the M&S retail group, a public limited company incorporated in England and registered at Companies House under number 04256886.[^ch-ms] Companies House records it as the sole person with significant control of the operating company Marks and Spencer p.l.c., holding 75 per cent or more of that company's shares and voting rights with the right to appoint or remove its directors, a holding notified on 6 April 2016.[^ch-ms] The group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index.[^wiki-ms]
	35	+	Marks and Spencer Group plc is the holding company at the top of the M&S retail group, a public limited company incorporated in England on 23 July 2001 and registered at Companies House under number 04256886, with its registered office at Waterside House in Paddington, London.[^ch-group] Companies House records it as the sole person with significant control of the operating company Marks and Spencer p.l.c., holding 75 per cent or more of that company's shares and voting rights with the right to appoint or remove its directors, a holding notified on 6 April 2016.[^ch-ms] The group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index.[^wiki-ms]
	36	+
	37	+	No company controls it. The 2026 annual report lists the notifiable interests disclosed to it under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules as at 28 March 2026: BlackRock, Inc. at 6.22 per cent, Ameriprise Financial at 4.978, RWC Asset Management at 4.937, Schroders plc at 4.760 and Norges Bank at 3.250 per cent of the capital.[^ms-ar-2026] Its Legal Entity Identifier record states no known direct or ultimate accounting consolidation parent.[^gleif-ms] The company was registered as Trushelfco (No.2827) Limited, renamed Conker Retail Limited in August 2001 and took its present name in January 2002.[^ch-group]
26	38		<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# Marks & Spencer Group <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Marks & Spencer Group
disambiguation: Listed holding company of the M&S retail group
legal_name: Marks and Spencer Group plc
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:04256886
<!--/identity-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                        | type  | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Marks and Spencer Group plc | legal | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref     | url                                                                                                          | title                                                                                  | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence                      | attribution            | upstream |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------- |
| ch-ms   | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00214436/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: MARKS AND SPENCER P.L.C. (00214436), persons with significant control | 2026-09-17 | Companies House | registry    |           | 00214436  |         | Open Government Licence v3.0 |                        |          |
| wiki-ms | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_%26_Spencer                                                              | Wikipedia: Marks & Spencer                                                             | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia       | publication |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0                 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Marks and Spencer Group plc is the holding company at the top of the M&S retail group, a public limited company incorporated in England and registered at Companies House under number 04256886.[^ch-ms] Companies House records it as the sole person with significant control of the operating company Marks and Spencer p.l.c., holding 75 per cent or more of that company's shares and voting rights with the right to appoint or remove its directors, a holding notified on 6 April 2016.[^ch-ms] The group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index.[^wiki-ms]
<!--/about-->