Shoe Zone's CEO is John Charles Smith, appointed in Jan 2001, has a tenure of 25.42 years. total yearly compensation is £324.54K, comprised of 96.1% salary and 3.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 28.47% of the company’s shares, worth €7.62M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.8 years and 7.9 years respectively.
Key information
John Charles Smith
Chief executive officer
UK£324.5k
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
96.08%
CEO tenure
25.4yrs
CEO ownership
28.5%
Management average tenure
6.8yrs
Board average tenure
7.9yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has John Charles Smith's remuneration changed compared to Shoe Zone's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 28 2026
n/a
n/a
-UK£1m
Dec 28 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£367k
Sep 27 2025
UK£325k
UK£312k
UK£2m
Jun 27 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£2m
Mar 29 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£3m
Dec 29 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£5m
Sep 28 2024
UK£445k
UK£272k
UK£7m
Jun 28 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£11m
Mar 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£14m
Dec 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£14m
Sep 30 2023
UK£363k
UK£230k
UK£13m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£11m
Apr 01 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£10m
Jan 01 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£10m
Oct 01 2022
UK£351k
UK£224k
UK£11m
Jul 01 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£11m
Apr 02 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£12m
Jan 02 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£10m
Oct 02 2021
UK£362k
UK£224k
UK£7m
Jul 02 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£2m
Apr 03 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£12m
Jan 03 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£12m
Oct 03 2020
UK£247k
UK£224k
-UK£12m
Jul 03 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£5m
Apr 04 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£3m
Jan 04 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£4m
Oct 05 2019
UK£139k
UK£120k
UK£6m
Compensation vs Market: John Charles's total compensation ($USD433.97K) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD441.18K).
Compensation vs Earnings: John Charles's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
John Charles Smith (61 yo)
25.4yrs
Tenure
UK£324,541
Compensation
Mr. John Charles Pennington Smith serves as Chairman of Shoe Zone plc since January 2020. and serves as its Chief Executive. Mr. Smith is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Shoe Zone plc...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
John Charles Smith
Chairman
25.4yrs
UK£324.54k
28.47% € 7.6m
Terry Boot
Finance Director & Executive Director
5.3yrs
UK£173.79k
0.071% € 18.9k
Catherine Bowen
Company Secretary
6.8yrs
no data
no data
6.8yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: 86W's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.8 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
John Charles Smith
Chairman
25.4yrs
UK£324.54k
28.47% € 7.6m
Terry Boot
Finance Director & Executive Director
5.3yrs
UK£173.79k
0.071% € 18.9k
Malcolm Collins
Independent Non-Executive Director
10yrs
UK£20.00k
no data
Victoria Norrish
Senior Independent Non Executive Director
5.8yrs
UK£30.00k
no data
7.9yrs
Average Tenure
61.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 86W's board of directors are considered experienced (7.9 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/10 01:09
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/10 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/28
Annual Earnings
2025/09/27
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Analyst Sources
Shoe Zone plc is covered by 3 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.