Vistry: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Vistry Group 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 £3,614m.
- In the year to December 2025, Vistry had turnover of £3,614m, down 4.4% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £196m, keeping £5.43 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 4,525 people, with staff costs of £359m.
- Vistry Group PLC is listed on the stock market, so it is owned by its shareholders.
- These figures are from Vistry Group PLC's group accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 25 June 2026.
- Registered name
- VISTRY GROUP PLC
- Company number
- 00306718
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 4 November 1935
- Registered office area
- Medway
- Industry code on the register
- 68100: Real estate activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 25 June 2026
What does Vistry do?
Vistry is a housebuilder that focuses on partnerships, building homes for sale and for affordable rent in deals with housing associations, local councils and other partners. It makes money from selling homes on the open market and from contracts to deliver homes for its partners. Its homes are sold under brands including Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In brief: housebuilder · affordable housing partnerships · Bovis, Linden and Countryside brands · listed
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: vistrygroup.co.uk.
Who owns Vistry?
Vistry Group PLC, company number 00306718, 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 Vistry?
The Companies House register lists 9 current officers for Vistry Group PLC.
All 9 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Clare Jane Bates | 4 May 2021 |
| Rowan Clare Baker | 18 May 2022 |
| Timothy Charles Lawlor | 11 November 2022 |
| Paul William Whetsell | 18 May 2023 |
| Usman Shamshad Nabi | 12 January 2024 |
| Robert Stanley Lawrence Woodward | 16 May 2024 |
| Alice Elizabeth Woodwark | 16 May 2024 |
| Susan Jane Farr | 1 October 2025 |
| Adam Thomas Daniels | 12 April 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Vistry file?
Vistry Group PLC reported turnover of £3,614m in the year to December 2025. That was down 4.4% on £3,779m the year before.
It reported 4,525 employees. The year before it reported 4,569.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £196m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £105m the year before.
Staff costs came to £359m. That is an average of £79,000 a head. It ended the year with £354m at the bank and net assets of £3,325m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,614m | £3,779m |
| Pre-tax profit | £196m (filed) | £105m (filed) |
| Employees | 4,525 | 4,569 |
| Staff costs | £359m | £368m |
| Average staff cost per head | £79,000 | £80,000 |
| Bank and cash | £354m | £320m |
| Net assets | £3,325m | £3,236m |
| Interest paid | £91m | |
| Interest received | £40m | |
| Directors' pay | £3m |
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 Vistry?
Vistry Group PLC has registered 6 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Hill Samuel & Co LTD | 15 June 1970 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Vistry compares
Of the 9 housebuilders, Vistry is 4th on turnover, 6th on profit margin and 9th 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 |
| 4th | Vistry | £3,614m | £5.43 |
| + 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.
Vistry files as Vistry Group PLC, with turnover of £3,614m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Vistry
What does Vistry do?
Vistry is a housebuilder that focuses on partnerships, building homes for sale and for affordable rent in deals with housing associations, local councils and other partners. It makes money from selling homes on the open market and from contracts to deliver homes for its partners. Its homes are sold under brands including Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
How does Vistry compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Vistry is 4th 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 Vistry?
Vistry Group 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 Vistry make?
Vistry Group PLC reported turnover of £3,614m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £196m.
How many people work at Vistry?
Vistry Group PLC reported 4,525 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Vistry?
The Companies House register lists 9 current officers for Vistry Group PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Vistry Group PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 00306718, 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, “Vistry: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/vistry/. Figures from Companies House filings for VISTRY GROUP PLC (00306718).
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