Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP
UK short positions the FCA published under this name: 14 companies and 271 disclosures between 16 Nov 2023 and 8 Jul 2026. Each figure is that position as a percentage of the company's issued share capital, not a money value, and percentages are not comparable or summable across companies.
This name still appears in the European registers, which do publish holders: current positions for Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP. The two datasets are kept separate and never combined.
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Positions open when the register closed
10 positions of 0.5% or more still disclosed in the register's final snapshot, 10 Jul 2026.
| Company | Position | Position date |
|---|---|---|
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC | 1.22% | 30 Jun 2026 |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 1.08% | 8 Jul 2026 |
| J SAINSBURY PLC | 0.90% | 6 Jul 2026 |
| KINGFISHER PLC | 0.82% | 1 Jul 2026 |
| RIGHTMOVE PLC | 0.76% | 24 Jun 2026 |
| PEARSON PLC | 0.69% | 18 Jun 2026 |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 0.62% | 12 May 2026 |
| AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC | 0.60% | 22 Jun 2026 |
| COCA-COLA HBC AG | 0.52% | 3 Jul 2026 |
| SMITH & NEPHEW PLC | 0.52% | 6 Jul 2026 |
"Position date" is the date the holder's last disclosure applied to, not the date the position was opened.
Full disclosure history
Every disclosure the archive holds, grouped by company and ordered oldest first within each chain. A chain begins when the position first crossed 0.5% and ends either at the freeze or at the last disclosure before it fell back below the threshold.
WHITBREAD PLC
open at the freeze42 disclosures · peak 1.60% · first 25 Feb 2025 · last 8 Jul 2026
25 Feb 2025 0.56% · (18 further disclosures) · 12 Dec 2025 1.12% · 19 Dec 2025 1.20% · 22 Dec 2025 1.19% · 7 Jan 2026 1.03% · 9 Jan 2026 0.83% · 12 Jan 2026 0.72% · 14 Jan 2026 0.67% · 15 Jan 2026 0.59% · 22 Jan 2026 0.34% · 17 Mar 2026 0.59% · 18 Mar 2026 0.68% · 19 Mar 2026 0.74% · 20 Mar 2026 1.10% · 1 Apr 2026 1.27% · 8 Apr 2026 1.32% · 17 Apr 2026 1.29% · 27 Apr 2026 1.43% · 29 May 2026 1.50% · 2 Jun 2026 1.60% · 22 Jun 2026 1.16% · 26 Jun 2026 1.20% · 7 Jul 2026 1.12% · 8 Jul 2026 1.08%
J SAINSBURY PLC
open at the freeze71 disclosures · peak 2.80% · first 29 Jan 2025 · last 6 Jul 2026
29 Jan 2025 0.55% · (47 further disclosures) · 15 Jan 2026 1.40% · 4 Feb 2026 1.55% · 20 Feb 2026 1.60% · 2 Mar 2026 1.71% · 3 Mar 2026 1.85% · 13 Mar 2026 1.91% · 27 Mar 2026 2.00% · 14 Apr 2026 1.95% · 17 Apr 2026 1.86% · 21 Apr 2026 1.73% · 27 Apr 2026 1.68% · 5 May 2026 1.73% · 11 May 2026 1.68% · 21 May 2026 1.75% · 27 May 2026 1.84% · 8 Jun 2026 1.75% · 9 Jun 2026 1.67% · 12 Jun 2026 1.59% · 15 Jun 2026 1.39% · 18 Jun 2026 1.29% · 23 Jun 2026 0.90% · 24 Jun 2026 0.88% · 6 Jul 2026 0.90%
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
open at the freeze4 disclosures · peak 0.60% · first 7 Apr 2026 · last 6 Jul 2026
7 Apr 2026 0.53% · 4 Jun 2026 0.60% · 1 Jul 2026 0.49% · 6 Jul 2026 0.52%
COCA-COLA HBC AG
open at the freeze10 disclosures · peak 0.70% · first 13 Feb 2025 · last 3 Jul 2026
13 Feb 2025 0.54% · 13 Mar 2025 0.45% · 20 Mar 2026 0.60% · 1 Apr 2026 0.70% · 20 May 2026 0.69% · 28 May 2026 0.59% · 29 May 2026 0.60% · 1 Jun 2026 0.58% · 12 Jun 2026 0.49% · 3 Jul 2026 0.52%
KINGFISHER PLC
open at the freeze25 disclosures · peak 1.61% · first 3 Mar 2026 · last 1 Jul 2026
3 Mar 2026 0.50% · (1 further disclosure) · 5 Mar 2026 0.92% · 9 Mar 2026 1.00% · 13 Mar 2026 1.23% · 17 Mar 2026 1.35% · 23 Mar 2026 1.26% · 25 Mar 2026 1.36% · 30 Mar 2026 1.40% · 31 Mar 2026 1.52% · 8 Apr 2026 1.61% · 20 Apr 2026 1.59% · 29 Apr 2026 1.45% · 5 May 2026 0.96% · 7 May 2026 0.83% · 8 May 2026 0.77% · 11 May 2026 0.66% · 12 May 2026 0.57% · 13 May 2026 0.39% · 29 May 2026 0.53% · 1 Jun 2026 0.60% · 3 Jun 2026 0.74% · 5 Jun 2026 0.81% · 15 Jun 2026 0.91% · 1 Jul 2026 0.82%
ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC
open at the freeze25 disclosures · peak 1.34% · first 9 May 2025 · last 30 Jun 2026
9 May 2025 0.53% · (1 further disclosure) · 5 Jun 2025 0.70% · 30 Jun 2025 0.81% · 11 Jul 2025 0.90% · 31 Jul 2025 1.00% · 29 Aug 2025 0.96% · 26 Sep 2025 0.88% · 15 Oct 2025 0.79% · 22 Oct 2025 0.80% · 11 Nov 2025 0.90% · 9 Dec 2025 1.00% · 8 Jan 2026 0.94% · 22 Jan 2026 1.00% · 19 Feb 2026 1.10% · 13 Mar 2026 1.22% · 27 Mar 2026 1.33% · 15 Apr 2026 1.29% · 23 Apr 2026 1.31% · 12 May 2026 1.29% · 29 May 2026 1.34% · 15 Jun 2026 1.18% · 22 Jun 2026 1.09% · 25 Jun 2026 1.11% · 30 Jun 2026 1.22%
RIGHTMOVE PLC
open at the freeze9 disclosures · peak 1.00% · first 6 Mar 2026 · last 24 Jun 2026
6 Mar 2026 0.53% · 16 Mar 2026 0.62% · 20 Mar 2026 0.70% · 15 Apr 2026 0.80% · 23 Apr 2026 0.90% · 30 Apr 2026 1.00% · 22 Jun 2026 0.95% · 23 Jun 2026 0.88% · 24 Jun 2026 0.76%
AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC
open at the freeze8 disclosures · peak 0.81% · first 5 Feb 2026 · last 22 Jun 2026
5 Feb 2026 0.58% · 9 Feb 2026 0.63% · 15 Apr 2026 0.72% · 21 Apr 2026 0.81% · 12 May 2026 0.79% · 13 May 2026 0.49% · 16 Jun 2026 0.57% · 22 Jun 2026 0.60%
PEARSON PLC
open at the freeze6 disclosures · peak 0.70% · first 21 Apr 2026 · last 18 Jun 2026
21 Apr 2026 0.53% · 30 Apr 2026 0.48% · 8 May 2026 0.51% · 15 Jun 2026 0.68% · 17 Jun 2026 0.70% · 18 Jun 2026 0.69%
IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC
open at the freeze4 disclosures · peak 0.62% · first 2 Jan 2026 · last 12 May 2026
2 Jan 2026 0.50% · 27 Jan 2026 0.46% · 15 Apr 2026 0.54% · 12 May 2026 0.62%
PARAGON BANKING GROUP PLC
closed 19 Jun 20269 disclosures · peak 0.80% · first 1 Dec 2025 · last 19 Jun 2026
1 Dec 2025 0.50% · 4 Dec 2025 0.75% · 11 Dec 2025 0.80% · 20 Feb 2026 0.79% · 24 Feb 2026 0.66% · 14 Apr 2026 0.59% · 11 May 2026 0.60% · 17 Jun 2026 0.55% · 19 Jun 2026 0.45%
The chain ends here: the register holds no later disclosure, which normally means the position fell back below 0.5%.
BUNZL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
closed 7 May 202642 disclosures · peak 1.51% · first 2 Jun 2025 · last 7 May 2026
2 Jun 2025 0.54% · (18 further disclosures) · 11 Nov 2025 1.00% · 12 Nov 2025 1.26% · 14 Nov 2025 1.38% · 19 Nov 2025 1.40% · 21 Nov 2025 1.51% · 18 Dec 2025 1.18% · 19 Dec 2025 1.20% · 22 Jan 2026 1.17% · 26 Jan 2026 0.99% · 4 Feb 2026 1.12% · 5 Feb 2026 1.27% · 17 Feb 2026 1.33% · 25 Feb 2026 1.11% · 26 Feb 2026 1.09% · 2 Mar 2026 0.98% · 3 Mar 2026 0.86% · 4 Mar 2026 0.49% · 17 Apr 2026 0.58% · 20 Apr 2026 0.66% · 22 Apr 2026 0.77% · 28 Apr 2026 0.69% · 5 May 2026 0.57% · 7 May 2026 0.00%
The chain ends here: the register holds no later disclosure, which normally means the position fell back below 0.5%.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.
closed 21 Apr 20266 disclosures · peak 0.71% · first 25 Mar 2026 · last 21 Apr 2026
25 Mar 2026 0.57% · 26 Mar 2026 0.64% · 14 Apr 2026 0.71% · 15 Apr 2026 0.68% · 20 Apr 2026 0.54% · 21 Apr 2026 0.42%
The chain ends here: the register holds no later disclosure, which normally means the position fell back below 0.5%.
Entain PLC
closed 13 Apr 202610 disclosures · peak 0.75% · first 16 Nov 2023 · last 13 Apr 2026
16 Nov 2023 0.53% · 21 Nov 2023 0.60% · 19 Dec 2023 0.56% · 21 Dec 2023 0.46% · 10 Mar 2026 0.52% · 12 Mar 2026 0.65% · 17 Mar 2026 0.75% · 20 Mar 2026 0.68% · 27 Mar 2026 0.59% · 13 Apr 2026 0.47%
The chain ends here: the register holds no later disclosure, which normally means the position fell back below 0.5%.
Frequently asked questions
- Which UK companies did Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP short?
- The FCA's named register recorded Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP against 14 UK companies between 2023 and 2026, across 271 disclosures. 10 positions were still open when the register closed on 10 Jul 2026, the largest 1.22% of ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC.
- Is this list current?
- No. It is a frozen archive. The FCA stopped publishing position-holder names on 13 July 2026 and now publishes one anonymous aggregate per company per day, so no new named UK disclosure exists after 10 Jul 2026. Today's UK figures are on each company's own page.
- Was this the whole of Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP's UK short book?
- No. Only net short positions of 0.5% or more of a company's issued share capital were published with the holder's name. Smaller positions were reported to the FCA privately and never appeared in the register, so the archive is a floor, not a full book.
Source: the Financial Conduct Authority's daily short positions file, captured on 10 Jul 2026 from fca.org.uk and archived unchanged. Figures are as the FCA published them; this site is not affiliated with the FCA. Nothing here is investment advice.