Who Owns Royal Mail And Post Office

Royal Mail is owned by the Czech-based EP Group, controlled by Daniel Křetínský, following its £3.6 billion acquisition of International Distribution Services (IDS) in April 2025, after legally binding commitments to the UK government, which retains a “golden share” for strategic oversight^[1][7].

The Post Office is a separate entity from Royal Mail and remains wholly owned by the UK government as a public corporation, operating around 11,665 branches as of April 2025^[6][3]. The government is currently reviewing the Post Office’s ownership structure, with mutualisation—potentially handing ownership to thousands of subpostmasters—under consideration^[4].

References

• [1] Royal Mail – Wikipedia
• [3] Post Office Limited – Wikipedia
• [4] Post Office could hand ownership to employees amid review into its … – The Independent
• [6] Green Paper: Future of Post Office – GOV.UK
• [7] Ofcom’s “reform” of Royal Mail opens the spigots for Křetínský’s … – WSWS