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TESCO PLC

United Kingdom - Registry no. 00445790 - Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA

Company background report · generated 2026-10-18 · free official public sources only

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Assessment

No compliance red flags identified from free public sources. Active, long-established listed retailer. One legacy enforcement matter (2017 DPA, concluded 2020) is disclosed below.

  • Registry status: active; accounts and confirmation statement up to date.
  • No sanctions-list match on the OFAC SDN list or the FCDO UK Sanctions List (downloaded and screened 2026-10-18).
  • 2 charges outstanding out of 9 registered (legacy pension trustee security agreements).
  • Ownership: PSC register exempt because shares are listed on a UK regulated market.

1.Registry profile Clear

Companies House, the UK official company register.

Status
Active. Public limited company.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18
Incorporated
27 November 1947.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18
Registered office
Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA, UK.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18
Industry (SIC)
47110 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18
Accounts and filings
Last accounts made up to 28 Feb 2026; next accounts to 26 Feb 2027 (due 26 Aug 2027). Confirmation statement current (last 18 Jun 2026).[2]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18

2.Officers Info

Officers on record
74 officers on record, 63 of them historic resignations.[3]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18
Serving board (examples)
Melissa Bethell (Director, appointed 24 Sep 2018, identity verified 29 Jul 2025); Bertrand Bodson (Director); Christopher Jon Taylor (Secretary, appointed 14 Apr 2025). Other serving directors are listed at the source.[3]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18

3.Ownership (persons with significant control) Info

PSC register
Exempt from PSC disclosure since 18 June 2018 because voting shares are admitted to trading on a UK regulated market. Ownership is via the public float.[4]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18

4.Charges and secured debt Clear

Charges register
9 charges registered: 2 outstanding, 7 satisfied, 0 part satisfied. The outstanding items are legacy account security agreements (2009) in favour of pension scheme trustees, a normal treasury arrangement and no distress signal.[5]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18

5.Sanctions screening Clear

Exact and fuzzy name match against the lists as downloaded on 2026-10-18. The UN consolidated list is not screened (its terms allow personal, non-commercial use only); the EU list is not yet covered.

OFAC SDN (US) Clear
No match.[6]
Source: sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · retrieved 2026-10-18
UK Sanctions List (FCDO) Clear
No match.[7]
Source: gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18

6.Adverse media and enforcement Note

Public sources only. Searched for fraud, bribery, insolvency, winding-up and sanctions news.

Serious Fraud Office - Deferred Prosecution Agreement Note
Tesco Stores Ltd (a subsidiary, not Tesco PLC itself) entered a three-year DPA with the SFO on 10 April 2017 over the 2014 profit overstatement, agreeing to a GBP 129m fine and GBP 3m costs. The SFO confirmed on 10 April 2020 that the terms were fulfilled and the case ended. This is a legacy matter, not a new finding.[8]
Source: sfo.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18
Current proceedings Clear
No current criminal proceedings, sanctions designations, insolvency events or winding-up petitions found in the sources searched. The registry overview shows no insolvency history section (it appears only when a company has insolvency events).[1]
Source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-10-18

What we could not check

These areas are not covered by this report. Absence from this report is not evidence that nothing exists.

  • Court records and civil litigation - No free, reusable court-records source is covered. Civil claims by investors or others would not necessarily appear here.
  • Politically exposed persons (PEP) screening - Requires a paid PEP database, which this service does not use.
  • Beneficial ownership beyond the register - The PSC register is exempt for listed companies, so shareholders above the public float are not shown.
  • Credit score, payment behaviour, financial strength - Credit data is commercial. Only filing dates are reported, not accounts analysis.
  • Identity verification of individuals, and personal background of officers - This service covers companies, not personal profiling.
  • UN Security Council and EU consolidated sanctions lists - UN terms allow personal, non-commercial use only, so the UN list is not screened in a paid report; an EU list source route is not yet covered.
  • Group structure and subsidiaries - Not extracted from the register for this report.

Sources

  1. Companies House - company overview (TESCO PLC) - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790 (retrieved 2026-10-18)
  2. Companies House - filing history - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/filing-history (retrieved 2026-10-18)
  3. Companies House - officers - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/officers (retrieved 2026-10-18)
  4. Companies House - persons with significant control - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 2026-10-18)
  5. Companies House - charges - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/charges (retrieved 2026-10-18)
  6. OFAC Sanctions List Search (US Treasury) - https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/ (retrieved 2026-10-18)
  7. UK Sanctions List (FCDO) - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list (retrieved 2026-10-18)
  8. Serious Fraud Office - end of DPA with Tesco Stores Ltd (10 Apr 2020) - https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2020/04/10/sfo-confirms-end-of-deferred-prosecution-agreement-with-tesco-stores-ltd/ (retrieved 2026-10-18)

Free public sources only; no paid databases, no credit scoring, no identity verification beyond registry data. Informational only, not legal, financial or investment advice. Findings reflect the sources on the retrieval date shown.

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