BLACKROCK ADVISORS (UK) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-26 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-12-12

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£26M

-6.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£393M

-30.9% vs 2023

Employees

+92.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£699M

+27.4% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

BLACKROCK ADVISORS (UK) LIMITED 2009-12-02 → present
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LIMITED 1996-10-15 → 2009-12-02
BZW BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LIMITED 1996-01-02 → 1996-10-15
BARCLAYS DE ZOETE WEDD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1996-01-02
SOUTHERN CROSS MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1964-03-18 → 1981-12-31

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Financials median

BLACKROCK ADVISORS (UK) LIMITED·Financials median · n=631

Accounts

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

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£787,029,000	£947,744,000
Operating profit	£526,271,000	£677,244,000
Profit before tax	£548,938,000	£699,298,000
Net profit	£460,165,000	£573,905,000
Cash	£28,178,000	£26,432,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£580,419,000	£405,180,000
Net assets	£568,689,000	£392,768,000
Equity	£568,689,000	£392,768,000
Average employees	13	25
Wages	£1,934,000	£5,490,000

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	66.9%	71.5%
Net margin	58.5%	60.6%
Return on capital employed	90.7%	167.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	35.2%	49.4%
Current ratio	2.61x	1.82x
Interest cover	3042.03x	5290.97x

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: Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being 12 months from the date of approval of this report. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”

Significant events

“During the year, the Company experienced a £211.9bn increase in AUM largely attributed to positive market performance and net inflows across the Company's market leading iShares product range, for which it performs sub-delegated investment management services.”
“Profit before tax has increased by 27.4% to £699.3m in the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023: £548.9m). This is primarily due to aforementioned increase in revenue.”
“The Company operates branches outside the United Kingdom ("UK") in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.”
“approving expansion of the Company's business through establishing branch offices in Abu Dhabi and Kuwait;”

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

People

9 active · 91 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BLACKROCK COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2016-01-22	—	—
ANDERSON, Justine Clair	Director	2022-07-12	Sep 1978	British
CLARKE, Deborah	Director	2021-07-21	Apr 1961	British
DE FREITAS, Eleanor Judith	Director	2014-04-03	May 1974	British
DUNCAN, Matthieu Benoit	Director	2021-07-21	Jan 1965	French
LORD, Rachel	Director	2024-05-16	Sep 1965	British
PRIDEAUX, Charles Christopher	Director	2025-09-01	Sep 1966	British
WEERASEKERA, Ruwan Upendra	Director	2024-08-02	Oct 1966	British
YOUNG, Margaret Anne	Director	2014-09-09	Nov 1954	British

Show 91 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CABAN, Agnieszka	Secretary	2012-11-22	2015-12-16
CRAIG, Gregor Alexander	Secretary	2012-11-22	2014-05-15
DYKE, Adrian Brettell	Secretary	2009-12-01	2012-11-20
EBORN, William Bentley	Secretary	—	1996-02-01
TAYLOR, Janet	Secretary	2014-05-15	2015-04-15
WHYTE, Ian Craig	Secretary	1996-02-01	1998-10-06
BARCOSEC LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1998-10-06	2009-12-01
ANNABLE, Matthew John	Director	2004-03-25	2006-05-19
ANNABLE, Matthew John	Director	—	1996-01-01
ATHERTON, Simon Timothy Mark	Director	1994-04-01	1996-01-01
BERRY, David Francis	Director	—	1996-01-01
BLUMER, David Jakob	Director	2014-03-05	2017-09-27
BRYDON, Donald Hood	Director	—	1995-04-24
CAMPBELL, Gail Kathleen	Director	1993-08-01	1996-01-01
CHALMERS, Fraser David	Director	1994-04-01	1996-01-01
CHARRINGTON, Nicholas James	Director	2009-12-15	2025-12-04
CHITTENDEN, Frances Margaret	Director	1993-08-01	1996-01-01
CHOWDHRY, Jeffrey	Director	—	1994-11-25
CLAUSEN, Christian	Director	2018-09-05	2024-04-05
CLAUSEN, Christian	Director	2017-11-23	2018-03-28
COHEN, Stephen Harold	Director	2021-04-15	2024-05-20
COLBOURNE, Graham Robert Leslie	Director	—	1996-01-01
COLLINS, Marian Elaine	Director	1994-04-01	1996-01-01
CONNORS, Michael Francis James	Director	—	1996-01-01
CULL, Cecilia Ann	Director	—	1996-01-01
DAMM, Rudolph Andrew	Director	2016-11-16	2019-09-18
DASGUPTA, Partha	Director	2004-09-29	2005-02-02
DEMAINE, John George	Director	2004-03-25	2005-11-01
DESMARAIS, James Fenelon	Director	2009-12-16	2014-03-25
DICKEY, Nancy Margaret	Director	1993-08-01	1996-01-01
DOBIE, Clare Juliet	Director	1994-09-01	1996-01-01
DUDLEY JNR, Orie Leslie	Director	1995-01-01	1996-01-01
DUNN-JAHNKE, Patricia Cecile	Director	1998-08-13	2002-07-12
DUNN-JAHNKE, Patricia Cecile	Director	1995-12-29	1997-03-13
EBORN, William Bentley	Director	1993-08-01	1996-01-01
FISHWICK, James Edward	Director	2011-12-06	2022-07-20
GOULD, Ronald Jay	Director	—	1996-01-01
GRASSIN DRAKE, Laurel Edward	Director	1994-11-23	1996-01-01
GRAUER, Frederick Lee Albert	Director	1995-12-29	1998-06-30
GUILLOT, Janine Marie	Director	2004-03-25	2005-08-02
HALL, Nicholas Charles Dalton	Director	2010-02-12	2017-05-31
HART, Edward Francis	Director	2009-12-16	2013-03-01
HICKLEY, Henry Hyden	Director	—	1996-01-01
IRONMONGER, Kevin Robert	Director	2014-01-30	2015-05-28
JEAL, Philip Stephen	Director	—	1993-11-30
KELLY, John Dennis	Director	—	1996-01-01
KILLINGBECK, Denys Robert William	Director	—	1992-10-28
KUSHEL, John Richard	Director	2009-12-16	2011-05-24
LINHARES, Joseph Mark	Director	2010-10-27	2013-10-10
LONG, George Williamson	Director	—	1995-07-31
LORD, Rachel	Director	2017-09-27	2021-04-15
MANTEL, Jan	Director	—	1996-01-01
MIDDLETON, Peter Edward, Sir	Director	1997-03-13	2001-12-12
MILLS, Noel Edward	Director	—	1996-01-01
MINDERIDES, John	Director	1995-03-01	1996-01-01
MOLTENI, Ann Eileen	Director	1993-08-01	1995-04-13
MOORE, Kevin Anthony	Director	2009-01-30	2009-12-01
MULLIN OUTHWAITE, Stacey	Director	2018-03-27	2022-07-06
MUWANGA, Yayeri Nakaggwa	Director	1995-03-01	1996-01-01
NATHANSON, Daniel Philip	Director	—	1996-01-01
NAYLOR, Mark Jeremy Melville	Director	2012-09-11	2014-03-25
O'BRIEN, Michael John	Director	2010-02-17	2010-06-28
OLSON, Patrick Michael	Director	2015-06-03	2019-03-20
PLATT, Jane Christine	Director	—	1996-01-01
PRICE, Quintin Rupert Salter	Director	2010-02-05	2014-03-12
PRIDEAUX, Charles Christopher	Director	2010-01-29	2014-03-25
RAWSON, Michael James	Director	2004-03-25	2004-09-29
RAWSON, Michael James	Director	1994-04-01	1996-01-01
REID, Iain Andrew	Director	1993-03-01	1996-01-01
RIMMER, Christopher John	Director	2007-11-15	2009-10-22
ROADS, Anna Mary	Director	1994-09-01	1996-01-01
ROMAIN, Christopher	Director	—	1996-01-01
RUBENSTEIN, Alan Martin	Director	—	1994-09-20
SASDI, Annmarie	Director	1993-08-01	1995-05-31
SEMAYA, David Jonathan	Director	2007-06-19	2009-12-01
SHACKLETON, Karen Elaine	Director	1993-08-01	1995-07-03
SKAN, Jonathan Anthony	Director	1995-05-01	1996-01-01
SKIRTON, Andrew Graham	Director	2002-08-06	2005-10-24
SKIRTON, Andrew Graham	Director	1994-04-01	1996-01-01
SKLAR, Brenda Sue	Director	2013-03-05	2014-03-25
SLENDEBROEK, Maarten Frederik	Director	2011-02-10	2012-04-27
SMITH, Malcolm Ashley	Director	2005-09-28	2007-06-22
SUTTON, Christopher David	Director	2004-03-25	2007-03-08
THIEL, Scott Franklin	Director	2009-12-15	2012-11-30
THOMASON, Christopher John	Director	—	1996-01-01
THOMSON, Colin Roy	Director	2012-02-24	2020-12-11
TOBIN, Rory Thomas	Director	2005-03-30	2010-07-09
TODD, Roger Gordon	Director	—	1994-09-20
TODD, Roger Gordon	Director	—	1993-07-16
TOMLINSON, Lindsay Peter	Director	—	2011-03-31
TOOZE, Roger Clark	Director	2009-12-16	2013-10-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Blackrock Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2026-01-19	Active
Blackrock Finance Europe Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2018-08-17	Ceased 2026-01-19
Blackrock Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-08-17

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 446 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-20	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2026-01-20	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2026-01-02	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-01-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-01-02	RP01AP01	officers	Replacement filing of director appointment with name	PDF
2025-12-15	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-12-08	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2025-09-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-07-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-08-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date
2024-07-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-06-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-04-19	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-12-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-06	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-07-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-12-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-08	RP04AP01	officers	Second filing of director appointment with name	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 9
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

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

Turnover

+20.4%

£787,029,000 £947,744,000
Cash

-6.2%

£28,178,000 £26,432,000
Net assets

-30.9%

£568,689,000 £392,768,000
Employees

+92.3%

13 25
Operating profit

+28.7%

£526,271,000 £677,244,000
Profit before tax

+27.4%

£548,938,000 £699,298,000
Wages

+183.9%

£1,934,000 £5,490,000

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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