Burberry London HQ: Horseferry House Photos, Benefits

THE HEADQUARTERS · HORSEFERRY HOUSE · 2008

A 1930s government block turned inside out

Architects AHMM gutted a seven-storey island-site building and opened its lower floors to the street with double-height entrances. A forgotten courtyard and a lightwell became two full-height atriums under ETFE pillows, crossed by black metal bridges that double as breakout spaces. On the seventh floor, glass “pop-ups” lead to roof terraces. Gensler designed the interiors — design and photo studios, showrooms and offices that brought five London offices together.

150,000 sq ft (≈ 13,935 m²)
2 full-height atriums
7 storeys + roof terraces
Architect: AHMM
Interiors: Gensler
Moved in: December 2008

The two glass-roofed atriums and bridges

A forgotten courtyard and a lightwell became two full-height atriums under ETFE pillows, crossed by black metal bridges that double as breakout spaces.

Glazed steel staircase rising through a white atrium with gridded windows — Stair tower in an atrium · © Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (photographer not named on page)

Blurred figures walking along a bridge past a glass-enclosed staircase in a white atrium — Crossing a bridge · © Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (photographer not named on page)

Two black-framed glass boxes projecting into a white atrium above gridded windows, seen from a bridge — Glass boxes over the atrium · © Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (photographer not named on page)

Black-framed glazed bays projecting from a white atrium wall, with a glass balustrade in the foreground — Projecting glazed bays · © Gensler

Grey lightwell with stacked external steel fire stairs between rows of old windows — The lightwell before the conversion · © Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (photographer not named on page)

Looking down a narrow lightwell lined with gridded windows over a mesh grille — The lightwell before the conversion · © Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (photographer not named on page)

Reception and street-level entrances

AHMM opened the lower floors of the seven-storey island-site building to the street with double-height entrances.

Brick façade with a stone-framed double-height glazed entrance at street level — Entrance on the street · © Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (photographer not named on page)

Bright white ground-floor corridor beside a glazed stair, with a doorway at the far end — Ground-floor circulation · © Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (photographer not named on page)

Gensler's interiors: studios and showrooms

Gensler designed the interiors — design and photo studios, showrooms and offices that brought five London offices together.

Long white workbench with monitors under a row of black pendant lamps — Office floor · © Gensler

Minimal white room with a single mesh office chair and dark floor — Meeting room · © Gensler

Facts: AHMM project page “Horseferry House” · Gensler project page “Burberry Headquarters” · Burberry Annual Report 2008/09. Photos are shown with credit to the architects; we remove any photo on request.

Horseferry House, Westminster

Building	Address
Headquarters (Horseferry House)	Horseferry House, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London SW1P 2AW

Source: burberryplc.com Contacts and Registered Office · See them on the map ↓

Architect (conversion)Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM)

Interior designGensler

Office space150,000 sq ft (≈ 13,935 m²)

Building7 storeys, island site

Project2008 · £21 million

Developer / clientDerwent London plc

Source: AHMM project page “Horseferry House” · Gensler project page “Burberry Headquarters”

Benefits (global, with UK details)

Parental leave18 weeks

Full pay for every parent with six months' service — mothers, fathers, adoptive parents, guardians and stepparents alike.

Back to work80% hours

New parents can work 80% of their hours at full pay for four more weeks after returning.

Wellbeing days5+ days

At least five extra paid days a year, separate from annual holiday.

Volunteering3 days

Three paid days every year to volunteer.

CounsellingFree

Employee Assistance Programme with free, confidential counselling plus legal and financial guidance.

Staff discountGlobal

Every employee gets a discount on Burberry products in stores and online.

Living WageAccredited

First luxury retailer and manufacturer accredited as a UK real Living Wage employer; about 1,000 UK colleagues got a 12% rise in April 2024.

Long serviceBonus + holiday

Long service awards with cash bonuses and an enhanced holiday allowance.

Source: burberrycareers.com “Life at Burberry” (Rewards & Benefits, Employee Wellbeing) · burberryplc.com Burberry Beyond: People · Fair and Equitable Pay Practices

Why people stay: what Burberry itself says

5+ daysWellbeing days

Every colleague gets at least five days of paid leave a year for wellbeing, on top of annual holiday, through the Summer and Festive Wellbeing programmes.

Long serviceRewards for staying

Long service awards include cash bonuses and extra holiday.

30+Apprenticeship disciplines

UK colleagues can train in more than 30 disciplines, up to degree level, while staying in their full-time jobs.

145UK promotions

145 UK promotions since the pay-gap snapshot date, 67% of them women.

300+Trained in Castleford

A 12-week craft programme at the trench-coat factory has trained more than 300 people with over 10,000 hours of hands-on skills.

ERGsEmployee Resource Groups

Colleague-led groups with senior sponsors, plus an Employee Inclusion Council.

Source: burberrycareers.com “Life at Burberry” · burberryplc.com Learning and Development and Fair and Equitable Pay Practices (2025/26)

Who works here

Gender · workforce, FY2025/26

Women 67%

67%

of the workforce is female

50%

of Board directors are women

≈ 1/3

of the global workforce is in the UK

15.5%

median gender pay gap (UK, 2025/26 report)

Source: burberryplc.com Burberry Beyond: People (FY2025/26) · Fair and Equitable Pay Practices (2025/2026 Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap Report)

Office history: from Basingstoke to Horseferry Road

1856
Basingstoke — where it began
Thomas Burberry founds the business in Basingstoke, England, at just 21, on the idea that clothing should protect people from the British weather. He invents gabardine in 1879 and patents it in 1888.
Source: burberryplc.com History

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1891
A presence in London
Burberry has a presence in London from 1891, more than two decades before its landmark Haymarket building.
Source: burberryplc.com History

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1913
18–22 Haymarket, by Walter Cave
Burberry moves to larger London premises on Haymarket, designed by the architect Walter Cave. The Burberry clock was installed on its façade in the late 1930s; it was taken down in 2015 and is now in the company archive.
Source: burberryplc.com History · Annual Report 25/26 (“The Burberry Clock”) · Address: The Architects' and Builders' Journal, 30 Dec 1913 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Burberrys Building, 18–22 Haymarket, 1913 · The Architects' and Builders' Journal / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
2008
Haymarket is still the registered office
Burberry is listed on the London Stock Exchange in July 2002. In June 2008 the company's registered office is still 18–22 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4DQ.
Source: Burberry AGM 2008 Notice of Meeting (16 June 2008) · burberryplc.com History

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2008
Horseferry House, Westminster
In December 2008 Burberry moves into Horseferry House, its new global headquarters and showrooms, bringing all corporate teams into one building for the first time. The move cost about £6m in one-off double running costs.
Source: Burberry Annual Report 2007/08 and 2008/09 · Interim Results 2008

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Map: how the headquarters moved

From a market town in Hampshire to two London addresses about 2 km apart: Haymarket off Piccadilly Circus, and Horseferry Road in Westminster.

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1 · 1856Basingstoke, Hampshire — Thomas Burberry founds the business
2 · 191318–22 Haymarket, London — Walter Cave's building; registered office until 2008
3 · 2008Horseferry House, Westminster — Global headquarters since December 2008

Addresses: burberryplc.com History and Contacts · AGM 2008 Notice · Horseferry House location: AHMM project map · Basingstoke: town centre

What Burberry does

Burberry was founded on the idea that clothing should protect people from the British weather. Today it designs luxury outerwear, scarves, leather goods and ready-to-wear in London, weaves gabardine in Keighley and makes its Heritage Trench Coats in Castleford, Yorkshire.

Two reporting segments: Retail/Wholesale and Licensing. Revenue FY2025/26: Retail £2,056m · Wholesale £303m · Licensing £61m.

Where the money came from · Retail/wholesale revenue by region, FY2025/26

EMEIAEurope, Middle East, India and Africa · 98 stores

£821m

Greater ChinaMainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan · 111 stores

£670m

Americas79 stores

£505m

Asia PacificJapan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, NZ · 122 stores

£363m

Source: burberryplc.com Annual Report 25/26 highlights · Financial Performance and KPIs (Regional Mix) · Preliminary Results, 14 May 2026

Revenue, FY2025/26£2,420mflat at constant exchange rates

Adjusted operating profit£160mup from £26m; margin 6.6%

Gross margin67.9%up 540bps at reported rates

Biggest product divisionAccessories £837mWomenswear £728m · Menswear £701m

Source: Burberry Preliminary Results for 52 weeks ended 28 March 2026 (14 May 2026) · Financial Performance and KPIs (Product Mix)

Growth: revenue vs. people

0.86×revenue, FY2021/22 → FY2025/26
£2.83B → £2.42B

YearRevenueEmployees

FY2022

£2.8B

—

FY2023

£3.1B

—

FY2024

£3.0B

—

FY2025

£2.5B

—

FY2026

£2.4B

—

Fiscal years end in late March or early April (FY2026 = 52 weeks to 28 March 2026). Revenue: burberryplc.com 5 Year Financial Summary. Employee numbers are published only in the annual report PDF and are not shown. Multiple calculated by eciffo.

Chief executives

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2024 – today

Joshua Schulman

Chief Executive Officer since 17 July 2024. Previously CEO of Michael Kors, Coach and Jimmy Choo; launched the Burberry Forward strategy in November 2024.

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2022 – 2024

Jonathan Akeroyd

Stepped down in July 2024 by mutual agreement with the Board and was replaced by Joshua Schulman.

Founder: Thomas Burberry (1856, Basingstoke).

Source: burberryplc.com Leadership Team · “Burberry appoints Joshua Schulman as Chief Executive Officer” (2024) · History

Burberry's official social accounts

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn are linked from the burberryplc.com footer (“Follow us”); the handles shown are the brand's main accounts.

Instagram@burberry ↗Facebookfacebook.com/Burberry ↗YouTubeyoutube.com/burberry ↗LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/burberry ↗

Burberry: questions people ask

Where is Burberry's headquarters?

At Horseferry House, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London SW1P 2AW. It is also Burberry Group plc's registered office.

Source: burberryplc.com Contacts

Who designed Burberry's headquarters?

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) converted the building for developer Derwent London, and Gensler designed Burberry's interiors.

Source: AHMM project page · Gensler project page

How big is Horseferry House?

The conversion created 150,000 sq ft (≈ 13,935 m²) of office space in a seven-storey building with two full-height atriums and roof terraces.

Source: AHMM project page

When did Burberry move to Horseferry House?

In December 2008. The move brought all of Burberry's corporate teams together in one building for the first time.

Source: Burberry Annual Report 2008/09

Where was Burberry's headquarters before?

Burberry's registered office was 18–22 Haymarket, London — the building designed by Walter Cave that Burberry moved into in 1913 — until the move to Horseferry House.

Source: burberryplc.com History · AGM 2008 Notice

Where was Burberry founded?

In Basingstoke, England, in 1856, by 21-year-old Thomas Burberry.

Source: burberryplc.com History

What benefits does Burberry offer?

18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for every parent, at least five paid wellbeing days a year, three paid volunteering days, a free Employee Assistance Programme, a global staff discount, pension contributions, healthcare support and long service awards.

Source: burberrycareers.com · burberryplc.com Burberry Beyond: People

Is Burberry a Living Wage employer?

Yes. Burberry says it was the first luxury retailer and manufacturer accredited as a UK real Living Wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.

Source: burberryplc.com Fair and Equitable Pay Practices

Who is Burberry's CEO?

Joshua Schulman, appointed on 17 July 2024. He previously led Michael Kors, Coach and Jimmy Choo.

Source: burberryplc.com Leadership Team

Where are Burberry trench coats made?

Burberry weaves gabardine at its mill in Keighley and makes its Heritage Trench Coats at its factory in Castleford, Yorkshire, which it acquired in 1972.

Source: burberryplc.com Business Model · History

Burberry Headquarters & offices · London, United Kingdom

A gutted government building in Westminster, now two glass-roofed atriums crossed by black metal bridges — Burberry's whole London team under one roof.

A 1930s government block turned inside out

The two glass-roofed atriums and bridges

Reception and street-level entrances

Gensler's interiors: studios and showrooms

Horseferry House, Westminster

Benefits (global, with UK details)

Why people stay: what Burberry itself says

Who works here

Office history: from Basingstoke to Horseferry Road

Map: how the headquarters moved

What Burberry does

Growth: revenue vs. people

Chief executives

Burberry: questions people ask

Want to work at Burberry?

Burberry in our features

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