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Inspiring reading, learning, creativity and play

In a world full of screens, people want to find other ways to connect and spend their quality time.

Our mission is to support people with affordable, fun, feel-good things to do that inspires creativity, learning, and play.

We call it… Time Well Spent. 

What we do

A leading family friendly value retailer

Multi-channel

  • Fully transactional online store
  • Exclusive online product offerings
  • Convenient click and collect service

 

41.2m

website visitors during FY24

 

 


 

Store estate

  • Diverse locations including high streets, shopping centres, retail parks, factory outlets and garden centres.
  • Serve local communities and play a key role supporting local fundraising activities.
  • 7 new openings during FY25, 15 closures and 4 relocations. We ended the year with a smaller, higher quality and more profitable portfolio of 503 stores (FY24: 511 stores).

 

503

stores in the UK and Ireland

Total LFL sales growth

+0.8%

 

We are pleased to have made such significant progress in FY25, both strategically and financially, particularly given the challenging retail backdrop. Our sustained efforts to reduce costs and grow product margins, together with the strong sales growth post-Christmas, means we delivered profits ahead of expectations in FY25.

Gavin Peck, CEO

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The Works at a glance

£277m

revenue

£9.5m

FY25 Non-IFRS 16 Adjusted EBITDA (FY24: £6.0m)

1981

established

503

stores in the UK and Ireland

c.4,000

colleagues

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Work with us

We’ve created a workplace that’s fun, friendly and supportive... all at the same time.

 

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