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COMMERZBANK FINANCE LIMITED

#00551334 · Active · Incorporated 1955-06-30 (70y 11m) · Last filing 2026-05-05 (this month)
Financials · SIC 64191 · K Financial & Insurance Activities · Full accounts

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2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-19 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-05-05

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-6.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£540M

+64.3% vs 2023

Employees

5

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£181M

+55.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

  1. COMMERZBANK FINANCE LIMITED 2014-11-28 → present
  2. DRESDNER KLEINWORT LIMITED 2006-09-18 → 2014-11-28
  3. DRESDNER KLEINWORT WASSERSTEIN LIMITED 2001-04-30 → 2006-09-18
  4. KLEINWORT BENSON LIMITED 1986-06-27 → 2001-04-30
  5. KLEINWORT,BENSON LIMITED 1955-06-30 → 1986-06-27

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover ——
Operating profit £116,589,000£181,401,000
Profit before tax £116,589,000£181,401,000
Net profit £110,374,000£153,530,000
Cash £1,498,000£1,396,000
Total assets less current liabilities £4,294,392,000£4,079,002,000
Net assets £328,438,000£539,593,000
Equity £328,438,000£539,593,000
Average employees 55
Wages £1,521,000£1,498,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Return on capital employed 2.7%4.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 97.5%96.0%
Current ratio 0.19x0.11x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”

Group structure

  1. COMMERZBANK FINANCE LIMITED · parent
    1. Commerzbank Guernsey Services Ltd 100% · Guernsey · Dormant
    2. Rood Nominees Ltd 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    3. Commerzbank Finance BV and subsidiary undertakings 100% · The Netherlands · Holding Company
    4. Commerzbank Leasing March (3) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    5. Commerzbank Leasing December (12) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    6. Gresham Leasing March (1) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    7. Gresham Leasing March (2) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    8. Watling Leasing March (1) 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    9. Commerzbank Leasing December (3) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Active
    10. Commerzbank Leasing Limited 100% · England and Wales · Active
    11. Commerzbank Leasing September (5) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    12. Commerzbank Securities Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 92 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
WALL, James Cameron Secretary 2001-12-19 — British
BENSON, John Patrick Director 2009-08-24 May 1968 British
CHAN, Lai Ying Director 2023-07-24 Aug 1973 British
LE PAGE, David Fabrice Director 2021-10-21 Feb 1976 British,French
PAPE, Ben Director 2022-07-01 Aug 1981 British
SMITH, Ian Robert Director 2015-04-07 Sep 1971 British
THORNBORROW, Michael David Director 2021-10-21 Feb 1975 British
TWAITE, Peter Ashley Director 2019-02-28 Feb 1969 British
Show 92 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
AMEY, Michelle Secretary 2000-03-31 2003-08-29
ASCHAM, Kathleen Rose Secretary 1996-09-30 1997-06-30
FROST, Leonora Marian Secretary 1989-02-22 1996-05-21
LONGCROFT, Peter Leonard Secretary — 2005-06-30
MORRISON, Audrey Secretary 2000-03-31 2001-05-11
SCHRAGER VON ALTISHOFEN, Nicola Jane Secretary 1990-07-12 2000-03-24
STEVENS, Andrew John Secretary 2005-02-23 2010-05-27
A'BRASSARD, Nigel Courtenay Director — 1998-12-18
ABEL SMITH, Charles Ralph Director 1996-04-01 1998-04-17
AGNEW, Jonathan Geoffrey William Director — 1993-08-06
AIKEN, Neil Gordon Director 2009-08-11 2021-10-21
AIKEN, Neil Gordon Director 1995-12-22 1998-12-18
AITKEN, Mark Christopher Director 1998-05-18 1998-12-18
ALDERSON, Peter Stuart Director 1995-04-01 1998-12-18
ALFORD, George Francis Onslow Director — 1992-11-13
ALLEN, Michael Director — 1994-05-19
ALMOND, Benjamin James Director 2006-09-20 2009-06-24
ANGLE, Martin David Director — 1997-02-19
ARMSTRONG, Richard Philip Matthew Director 1999-08-27 2001-04-01
AYLING, William Peter Director 1997-10-23 1998-12-18
BAAS, Volker Director 1998-05-01 1998-12-18
BAIRD, John David Lowis Director 1993-04-01 1998-12-18
BALIMAN, Michael Raymond Director 1993-09-01 1998-06-19
BALL, John Malvern Director 1993-04-01 1998-12-18
BALL, Simon Peter Director — 1998-07-03
BANTZ, Bruce Director 1997-06-23 1998-06-30
BARCLAY, David Martin Director 1998-01-01 1998-12-18
BARKER, John Scott Director 1996-04-01 1998-12-18
BARKER, Nicholas David Director 1998-04-01 1998-12-18
BARKER, Timothy Gwynne Director — 2000-04-07
BARNES, Glenn Director 1998-10-01 1998-12-18
BARNETT, Michael John Neville Director — 1992-06-30
BARR, Peter Kerr Director 1998-04-01 1998-12-18
BARRELL, Andrew Norman Director 1998-11-01 1998-12-18
BARRY, James Tilson Director 1996-04-29 1998-12-18
BEAZLEY LONG, Graham Maurice Director 1996-04-01 1998-12-18
BEDNAR, Michael Manfred Director 1996-03-01 1997-05-14
BELL, Stuart Andrew Director 1996-11-04 1998-12-18
BENNETT, Barrie Director — 1994-03-25
BENNETT, Helen Jayne Director 1998-04-01 1998-12-18
BERGER, Steven John Director 2003-06-20 2005-04-27
BERISH, David Joseph Director — 1995-10-26
BERKELEY, Hannelore Jutta Director 1998-04-01 1998-12-18
BINKS, Nigel Geoffrey Gordon Director — 1998-12-18
BINTNER, Ian Director 1997-04-21 1998-06-30
BOBASCH, Steven Henry Andrew Director — 1994-10-28
BOLCK, Christian Director 1997-04-01 1998-12-18
BOOTHMAN, Philip Director — 1992-10-08
BORGGREVE, Franz Hendrik Director — 1996-07-31
BOUAL, Manjit Director 2001-09-26 2003-05-21
BOUAL, Manjit Director 1999-12-07 2001-09-26
BOUAL, Manjit Director 1998-04-01 1998-12-18
BOWEN, Alan Llewelyn Jenkins Director — 1998-12-18
BRANIGAN, Alun Pichaya Director 2001-03-16 2002-07-01
BRANIGAN, Alun Pichaya Director 1998-04-01 1998-12-18
BROOK, Kenneth Michael Director 1997-09-01 1998-08-27
BROOKS, Robert Anthony Director — 1993-09-30
BROOKS, Stephen John Director 2001-01-18 2002-06-19
BROOKS, Stephen John Director 1999-12-07 2001-01-18
BROOMHEAD, Geoffrey Ian Director 1996-04-01 1998-12-18
BROWN, Antony Delano Gordon Director — 1998-03-31
BROWN, James Ronald Director — 1998-12-18
BROWNING, John Leonard Director 1997-04-01 1998-12-18
BUONOCORE, Gennaro Director 1998-01-06 1998-12-18
BURNYEAT, Mark Timothy Director 1997-04-01 1998-12-18
BURROWS, Paul Richard Director 2021-10-21 2023-07-24
BUTTON, Peter Lowther Director — 1998-12-18
CALNAN, Fiona Maria Director 1998-04-01 1998-12-18
CAMERON, Charles Robert Macmartin Director 1997-04-01 1998-12-18
CAMERON, Christopher Andrew Director 1994-04-01 1998-12-18
CAMERON, John Alastair Nigel Director — 1998-05-31
CAO, Xuan Canh Director 1996-05-20 1998-12-18
CARDALE, Fionna Director 1995-04-01 1997-03-27
CARTER, Hugh Buchanan Director 1997-07-07 1998-12-18
CHANDOS, Thomas Orlando, Viscount Director — 1993-08-06
CHURCHILL-COLEMAN, Peter Edwin Director — 1999-03-31
CLANCY, Michael Davitt Director 1998-07-06 1998-12-18
CLARKE, Paul Andrew George Director 1997-08-18 1998-12-18
CLARKE, Peter Michael Director — 1998-12-18
CLARKE, Simon John Director 1997-09-26 1998-12-18
CLARKE, Simon Howard Director 1997-04-09 1998-05-31
CLEMENTI, David Cecil, Sir Director — 1997-08-31
COATES, Audrey Diana Macleod Director — 1994-02-18
COGLIATI, Carlo Director 1998-08-18 1998-12-18
COLLINS, Keith Patrick Director 2005-06-01 2007-12-19
COLLINS, Keith Patrick Director 2002-08-06 2005-06-01
COLLINS, Richard Ian Director 1997-04-01 1998-12-18
COMNINOS, John Burns Director 1997-04-01 1998-12-18
COOK, Bruce Harriss Director 1997-04-01 1998-04-30
COOPER, Simon Richard Ker Director 1995-04-01 1998-06-07
COURTAULD, William Montgomerie Director 1995-04-10 1997-04-10
COWELL, Adrian Nicolas Alger Director — 1998-12-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Commerzbank Ag (London Branch) Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 1323 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2022-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date
2022-04-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-11-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-11-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-11-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-11-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-11-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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