Taylor Wimpey: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Taylor Wimpey PLC is owned by its shareholders: as a listed company it has no single person with significant control on the register. In the year to December 2025 it reported turnover of £3,845m.
On 11 November 2026 Taylor Wimpey said it expects its 2026 adjusted operating profit to be around the bottom of analysts' £262m to £299m range, with about 10,500 UK homes completed, as higher mortgage rates weigh on buyers (Taylor Wimpey trading statement). The figures here are for 2025.
- In the year to December 2025, Taylor Wimpey had turnover of £3,845m, up 13.0% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £147m, keeping £3.81 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 4,496 people, with staff costs of £335m.
- Taylor Wimpey PLC is listed on the stock market, so it is owned by its shareholders.
- These figures are from Taylor Wimpey PLC's group accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 20 June 2026.
- Registered name
- TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC
- Company number
- 00296805
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 1 February 1935
- Registered office area
- Hemel Hempstead
- Industry code on the register
- 70100: Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 20 June 2026
What does Taylor Wimpey do?
Taylor Wimpey is a housebuilder that designs and builds new homes across the UK, from flats to family houses, and also has a smaller business in Spain. It makes money mainly by selling homes to private buyers, along with affordable homes sold to housing associations and councils. The company was formed in 2007 by the merger of Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In brief: housebuilder · new homes across the UK · affordable housing · listed
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: taylorwimpey.co.uk.
Who owns Taylor Wimpey?
Taylor Wimpey PLC, company number 00296805, has no person with significant control on the register. That is normal for a company whose shares trade on a regulated market: ownership sits with the shareholders who hold the shares at any given time.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Taylor Wimpey?
The Companies House register lists 9 current officers for Taylor Wimpey PLC.
All 9 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Christopher Carney | 20 April 2018 |
| Ms. Jennifer Daly | 20 April 2018 |
| Robert Montague Noel | 1 October 2019 |
| Irene Mitchell Dorner | 1 December 2019 |
| Scilla Grimble | 1 March 2021 |
| Lord Jitesh Kishorekumar Gadhia | 1 March 2021 |
| Mark Castle | 1 June 2022 |
| Muhammed Ishaq Kayani | 21 February 2023 |
| Martyn Coffey | 1 December 2024 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Taylor Wimpey file?
Taylor Wimpey PLC reported turnover of £3,845m in the year to December 2025. That was up 13.0% on £3,401m the year before.
It reported 4,496 employees. The year before it reported 4,458.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £147m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £320m the year before.
Staff costs came to £335m. That is an average of £75,000 a head. It ended the year with £430m at the bank and net assets of £4,187m. It paid dividends of £330m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,845m | £3,401m |
| Pre-tax profit | £147m (filed) | £320m (filed) |
| Employees | 4,496 | 4,458 |
| Staff costs | £335m | £321m |
| Average staff cost per head | £75,000 | £72,000 |
| Bank and cash | £430m | £647m |
| Net assets | £4,187m | £4,405m |
| Dividends paid | £330m | £339m |
| Interest paid | £42m | |
| Interest received | £12m | |
| Directors' pay | £5m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against Taylor Wimpey?
Taylor Wimpey PLC has registered 4 charges at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Taylor Wimpey compares
Of the 9 housebuilders, Taylor Wimpey is 2nd on turnover, 8th on profit margin and 5th on growth. Berkeley keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £18.94.
| Rank | Housebuilders | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Barratt Redrow | £5,578m | £4.91 |
| 2nd | Taylor Wimpey | £3,845m | £3.81 |
| + 7 more housebuilders ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Taylor Wimpey files as Taylor Wimpey PLC, with turnover of £3,845m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Taylor Wimpey
What does Taylor Wimpey do?
Taylor Wimpey is a housebuilder that designs and builds new homes across the UK, from flats to family houses, and also has a smaller business in Spain. It makes money mainly by selling homes to private buyers, along with affordable homes sold to housing associations and councils. The company was formed in 2007 by the merger of Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Is Taylor Wimpey bigger than Persimmon?
Yes, by turnover. Taylor Wimpey reported £3,845m in its latest accounts, against £3,751m at Persimmon. Our Taylor Wimpey v Persimmon page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Taylor Wimpey v Persimmon →
How does Taylor Wimpey compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Taylor Wimpey is 2nd of the 9 companies in our battle of the housebuilders, behind Barratt Redrow. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the housebuilders →
Who owns Taylor Wimpey?
Taylor Wimpey PLC is owned by its shareholders. As a listed company it is exempt from the register of people with significant control, so no single owner appears at Companies House.
How much does Taylor Wimpey make?
Taylor Wimpey PLC reported turnover of £3,845m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £147m.
How many people work at Taylor Wimpey?
Taylor Wimpey PLC reported 4,496 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Taylor Wimpey?
The Companies House register lists 9 current officers for Taylor Wimpey PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Taylor Wimpey PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 00296805, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Taylor Wimpey: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 11 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/taylor-wimpey/. Figures from Companies House filings for TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC (00296805).
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