Steve Carson
Non-executive Chairman
With a rich background in the retail industry spanning over three decades, Steve has deep knowledge and experience across diverse sectors, including food, non-food, health and wellbeing, DIY and big ticket. He has held senior leadership roles with household name brands, including Sainsburys, Argos, Homebase, Habitat, Holland & Barrett and ScS.
Most recently, Steve spent four years as Group CEO of ScS PLC, the UK’s second largest furniture retailer, before taking the business private in January 2024. Additionally, Steve spent several years as a Trustee at Marie Curie, where he also served as Chair of the Retail Board.
Charles Dickson
Chief Executive Officer
Charles has over 15 years’ experience running the Dickson family office, Tarncourt Group, which he has built into a successful and diverse business.
Charles began his career with Ernst & Young LLP, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before moving to work in Corporate Finance with McQueen Limited (now Houlihan Lokey Limited). Charles is a non-executive director of Apache Capital Partners Limited.
Jonathan Warburton
Senior Independent Director
Jonathan assumed control of the Warburton bakery business in 1991. He first joined the company at the age of 23 after spending time in organisations outside Warburtons to gain insight into the baking industry, as well as experience in sales and marketing experience through his time spent with Unilever.
He joined the family business as a member of the Sales Team, progressing to National Account Manager and to Sales Director before he set up the Marketing Team. As Marketing Director, he led the development of Warburtons first ever TV advert. In the decade that followed, Jonathan held the role of Commercial Director and joint Managing Director. Since Jonathan became Chairman in 2001, Warburtons has grown from a small, regional business into the second biggest UK grocery brand behind Coca-Cola Plc. Jonathan has also held Non-Executive director positions with AG Barr and Samworth Brothers.
Matthew Wood
Non-Executive Director
An experienced plc Non-executive director, Matt graduated with a First Class honours degree in Economics in 1996 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1999.
He subsequently joined the corporate finance department of Beeson Gregory in 2000 where he advised growing companies on transactions including IPOs, secondary fundraisings, M&A and corporate restructuring. Matt also advised corporate clients on the UK regulatory framework including the Listing Rules, the AIM Rules, the Takeover Code and general corporate governance matters. He left Beeson Gregory, by then Evolution Securities, in 2006 to set up ONE Advisory Group, a London-based corporate advisory group providing its Plc clients with Company Secretarial, Corporate Governance and Compliance services as well as outsourced finance function, IFRS conversions and FPPP preparation.
Douglas Benzie
Group CFO
Doug joined Barkby from Pure, the London based healthy fast-food chain and a Whitbread Plc backed company, where he was Finance Director for three years.
Prior to this, Doug held the roles of Group Financial Controller and Chief Accountant at Pret A Manger, and was part of the team that helped grow Pret before its sale to JAB Holding Company. Doug began his career at EY where he worked for 8 years in the strategic growth markets practice and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Senior Management
Simon Jones
Group Property Director
Simon has over 25 years’ UK commercial real estate experience, delivering income and capital returns through investment, asset management and development. He is experienced in origination, underwriting and asset management. Formerly, he was director of a London-based Property Company, Arrowcroft, and latterly Head of UK Strategic Asset Management at CBRE.
David Phillpot
Chief Operating Officer
David joined Roadside in November 2025 from BP where he was Vice President Europe leading the Convenience business across eight markets and responsible for over $4bn of revenue across 3,500 stores.
Prior to BP, David had a long career with M&S in a number of senior roles across franchise, trading and convenience.
Business description
Our business description can be found on the About us page.
Directors’ names and biographies
Information about our directors can be found on our Board and management page.
Corporate governance
Board members’ responsibilities and committees of the board of directors and their responsibilities can be found on our Corporate governance page.
The UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers
Roadside Real Estate plc is subject to The UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
Country of incorporation
The Company is incorporated in England and Wales.
Main country of operation
The Company operates across the UK.
Current constitutional documents
Current constitutional documents, such as our Articles of Association and Memorandum of association, can be found on our Reports, presentations and publications page.
Other exchanges or trading platforms
The Company’s shares are not traded on any other stock exchange. Please see our Shareholder tools page for more information.
Details of any restrictions on the transfer of AIM securities
There are no restrictions on the transfer of company’s shares.
The number of AIM securities in issue (noting any held as treasury shares) – The total issued and outstanding number of shares is 178,261,137. Please see the Share price chart page for more information.
The percentage of shares not in public hands
As at 25 February 2026, 52.7% of shares were not in public hands.
Significant shareholders
The company has been notified of the following significant shareholders. Significant shareholders are those holding 3% or more of the shares in issue excluding treasury shares.
As at 25 February 2026:
|
Name |
Shares held |
% of issued share capital |
|
C Dickson |
38,526,101 |
21.61 |
|
D Dickson |
21,567,167 |
12.09 |
|
Tarncourt Group |
12,599,999 |
7.07 |
|
D Holdsworth |
11,119,118 |
6.24 |
|
J Dickson |
10,149,780 |
5.69 |
|
Dowgate Group |
7,993,977 |
4.48 |
|
Pentwater Capital Management LP |
7,325,000 |
4.12 |
Annual and interim financial reports
All relevant documents can be found on our Reports, presentations and publications page.
Announcements
Regulatory news and other announcements can be found on our News page.
AIM Admission Document and circulars
All relevant documents can be found on our Reports, presentations and publications page.
Advisers
Nominated Adviser and Broker:
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
One Bartholomew Close
London, EC1A 7BL
Lawyers:
Fieldfisher LLP
Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane
London, EC4R 3TT
Communications Advisers:
Montfort Communications Ltd
2nd Floor, Berkeley Square House
Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6BD
Registrar:
Share Registrars Limited
The Courtyard
17 West Street
Farnham, GU10 7DR
Last updated: September 2025
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