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COUTTS & COMPANY
Profile
- Company number
- 00036695
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1892-06-24
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64191
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- UK adopted International Accounting Standards (IAS)
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that Coutts will continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of this report. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- Coutts Finance Co. · 100% held · Great Britain · Provision of residential mortgages
- RBS Asset Management (Dublin) Limited · 100% held · Ireland · Provision of investment management services
- RBS Collective Investment Funds Limited · 100% held · Great Britain · Provision of investment management services
- RBS Asset Management Holdings · 100% held · Great Britain · Holding company
- RBSG Collective Investments Holdings Limited · 100% held · Great Britain · Holding company
- RBSG Collective Investments Nominees Limited · 100% held · Great Britain · Nominee
- Strand Nominees Limited · 100% held · Great Britain · Nominee
- Coutts Scotland Nominees Limited · 100% held · Great Britain · Nominee
Significant events
- “Reputational risks were elevated following the difficult circumstances that occurred in the summer of 2023 and issues that had arisen in connection with account closures that attracted significant public and media attention.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
8 active · 64 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, Neil | Secretary | 2024-10-18 | — | — |
| CRYSTAL, Emma Linnea Mathilda | Director | 2024-07-01 | May 1979 | British |
| LUND, Mark Joseph | Director | 2015-06-01 | Jul 1957 | British |
| MCDONALD PRYER, Patrice | Director | 2025-04-15 | Feb 1969 | Irish |
| MUNRO, Elizabeth Amstutz | Director | 2025-10-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| RENNISON, Mark Martin | Director | 2025-10-27 | Aug 1960 | British |
| RICHARDS, Anne Helen, Dame | Director | 2025-09-30 | Aug 1964 | British |
| STOTT, Jakob | Director | 2025-04-15 | May 1955 | Danish |
Show 64 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOYLE, Sally Anne | Secretary | 2000-03-13 | 2016-09-12 |
| ELLIOTT, Mark | Secretary | 2021-03-19 | 2024-10-18 |
| GLENNIE, Gloria Jayne | Secretary | 1998-09-29 | 1999-06-01 |
| HORNE, Christopher Malcolm | Secretary | — | 1996-09-26 |
| LINSLEY, Samantha Helen | Secretary | 1997-07-30 | 1998-09-30 |
| MACKAY, Fiona Mary | Secretary | 2016-09-12 | 2018-12-05 |
| NICHOLSON, Ruth | Secretary | 1999-06-01 | 2000-03-13 |
| RICKS, Ralph Antoine | Secretary | 2018-12-05 | 2021-03-19 |
| STEMMONS, Robert Earl | Secretary | 1996-09-26 | 1997-07-30 |
| ASSHETON, Nicholas, The Hon | Director | — | 1999-05-23 |
| BAINES, John Duncan | Director | 2003-07-21 | 2010-02-28 |
| BAIRD, Marie Claire, Director | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2019-05-21 |
| BARNES, Francesca | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| BOWES LYON, Michael Albemarle | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| BOYLAN, Siobhan Geraldine | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-07-18 |
| CHILD, Denis Marsden | Director | — | 1997-04-24 |
| CROWE, Brian John | Director | 2004-08-16 | 2008-06-03 |
| CUONI, Jean Pierre | Director | 1993-05-28 | 1994-10-10 |
| DAVIES, Gerald Anthony | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| DEAVES, Sarah Jane | Director | 2002-11-20 | 2009-07-01 |
| FARNSWORTH, Ian Ross | Director | 1995-10-01 | 1997-01-29 |
| FARNSWORTH, Ian Ross | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| FERGUSSON, Ewen Alastair John, Sir | Director | 1993-05-28 | 1999-06-01 |
| FISHER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2000-06-12 | 2002-02-28 |
| FLAVEL, Peter Gordon | Director | 2016-03-04 | 2023-07-27 |
| FLEMINGTON, Roger | Director | — | 1994-09-13 |
| FROST, Gavin Christopher | Director | 2011-05-19 | 2013-12-31 |
| GOODWIN, Frederick Anderson, Sir | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2007-12-31 |
| HARTZER, Brian | Director | 2010-10-25 | 2012-06-15 |
| HOME, David Alexander Cospatrick, The Earl Of Home | Director | 1999-04-06 | 2013-12-31 |
| HORN, Bernard Philip | Director | — | 1994-11-14 |
| HURD, Douglas Richard, The Rt Hon Lord Hurd Of Westwell | Director | 1998-05-20 | 2009-12-31 |
| JONES, Glyn Parry | Director | 1997-10-30 | 2000-07-03 |
| KYLE, Andrew Richard | Director | 2019-02-21 | 2023-08-01 |
| MACDONALD, David Cameron | Director | — | 1995-05-22 |
| MARSHALL, Stuart Walter | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| MCPHAIL, Cameron Ian | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2002-03-25 |
| MIDDLETON, Christopher David | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2002-11-29 |
| MONEY-COUTTS, David Burdett, Sir | Director | — | 1996-05-21 |
| MORLEY, Michael John | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2016-03-06 |
| MOSSELMANS, Carel Maurits | Director | — | 1995-05-22 |
| MULHOLLAND, Brian Martin | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2016-08-22 |
| MYNERS, Paul | Director | 1998-05-20 | 2000-03-06 |
| NEBHRAJANI, Sharmila | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2026-02-27 |
| NEWBOLD, Yvette Monica | Director | 1994-07-22 | 1998-05-20 |
| PELL, Gordon Francis | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2011-12-31 |
| PEYER, Werner Hans | Director | 2000-07-14 | 2002-01-11 |
| POLLARD, Nicholas Guy | Director | 2006-02-15 | 2009-08-31 |
| POST, Herschel | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2000-07-14 |
| RAWLINGSON, James Hedley | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2011-07-01 |
| REGAN, Michael Robert | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2019-01-31 |
| REMNANT, Philip John, The Right Honourable The Lord Remnant | Director | 2022-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
| ROSE-SLADE, Alison Marie | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2016-03-06 |
| SHELDON, Mark Hebberton | Director | 1996-01-26 | 1998-05-20 |
| SMITH, John, Sir | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| SYED, Mohammad Kamal | Director | 2023-07-27 | 2024-08-08 |
| TAPNER, Nicholas Rory | Director | 2010-10-25 | 2015-03-31 |
| TEGNER, Ian Nicol | Director | 1996-01-26 | 1998-05-20 |
| URQUHART, Linda Hamilton | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2025-07-18 |
| WALDEGRAVE, William Arthur, The Rt Hon Lord Of North Hill | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2023-01-01 |
| WAYMARK, Matthew Edward James | Director | 2020-03-09 | 2023-03-09 |
| WENT, David | Director | 1994-07-22 | 1997-11-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, John Alexander | Director | 2001-02-05 | 2002-04-30 |
| WINUP, Kathryn Anne | Director | 2006-02-15 | 2007-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Westminster Bank Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 345 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-29 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-05-12 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-10-25 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-10-24 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-08-07 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
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