UNION BANCAIRE PRIVÉE (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
Cash
£459M
-8.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£297M
-26.7% vs 2023
Employees
553
-3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
-76.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £167,032,000 | £130,404,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £39,734,000 | £9,209,000 | |
| Net profit | £35,239,000 | £8,654,000 | |
| Cash | £502,104,000 | £459,161,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £405,397,000 | £297,221,000 | |
| Equity | £405,397,000 | £297,221,000 | |
| Average employees | 570 | 553 | |
| Wages | £57,901,000 | £64,180,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 21.1% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.1% | 93.8% |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. After consideration, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence until 30 April 2026. Accordingly, the going concern basis will continue to be adopted in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- UNION BANCAIRE PRIVÉE (UK) LIMITED · parent
- SG Kleinwort Hambros Trust Company (CI) Ltd. 100%
- SG Hambros Nominee London 100%
- KB (Guernsey) Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “There were no subsequent events that require disclosure in the financial statements apart from the announced sale of the Company to UBP which is due to complete 31 March 2025.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIELMANN, Patricia | Director | 2025-06-06 | Oct 1970 | Swiss |
| CHOUKEIR, Mouhammed | Director | 2018-07-01 | Feb 1977 | British |
| CRAMB, Ian Mark | Director | 2025-06-18 | Dec 1968 | Swiss |
| HALL, Joanna Rosalie | Director | 2022-12-15 | Apr 1965 | British |
| NEWMAN, Michael Peter | Director | 2017-11-06 | Sep 1961 | British |
| PALMER, Tara Marie | Director | 2021-10-03 | Jun 1976 | British |
| PICCIOTTO, Guy Elie De | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1960 | Swiss |
| ROTMAN-DE-PICCIOTTO, Anne Catherine | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1974 | Swiss |
| SCHWEINITZ, Konstantin Nikolaus Graf Von | Director | 2016-07-29 | Mar 1961 | German |
Show 91 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANSON, Gabrielle Alice | Secretary | 2010-05-27 | 2013-11-07 |
| EVANS, Daniel | Secretary | 2013-11-07 | 2014-05-21 |
| FOA, Talia Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-06-28 | 2015-03-10 |
| NIMMO, Mark Alexander | Secretary | 1998-03-31 | 2005-01-01 |
| PATRICK, Peter Laurence | Secretary | — | 1998-03-31 |
| SHAW, Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2005-01-01 | 2010-05-10 |
| SINGH, Kiran | Secretary | 2015-03-11 | 2021-10-01 |
| SINGH, Kiran | Secretary | 2014-05-21 | 2014-09-30 |
| TAYLOR, Janet, Mrs | Secretary | 2021-10-01 | 2026-02-27 |
| ADEANE, George Edward, The Honourable | Director | — | 1998-02-27 |
| ADOMAKOH, Penelope Le Messurier | Director | 1996-05-09 | 1997-05-16 |
| ALLEN, Richard Keith | Director | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-24 |
| ANTONELLI, Pietro, Count | Director | — | 1998-02-27 |
| ARBUTHNOT, Charles Robert Denys | Director | — | 1998-03-01 |
| ARR, David Michael | Director | — | 1994-10-05 |
| ASSHETON, Nicholas, The Hon | Director | 2000-05-16 | 2007-09-30 |
| AUBRY, Michael Henry Louis Xavier | Director | — | 1992-12-25 |
| BAGLIN, Edward Andrew | Director | 1993-04-22 | 1998-04-24 |
| BAILEY, David Dale | Director | — | 1998-02-27 |
| BALFOUR, Christopher Roxburgh | Director | — | 1998-04-24 |
| BANKS, Clive John | Director | 1996-11-14 | 1998-01-02 |
| BARNES, Roger Anthony | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-03-31 |
| BARNETT, Eric Edmund | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2019-06-24 |
| BARNETT, Stuart William | Director | 2014-08-19 | 2022-09-30 |
| BATAILLE, Alain | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2009-03-26 |
| BEATTY, Nicholas Duncan, The Hon | Director | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-24 |
| BEAUCHAMP, Ian Warner | Director | 1997-06-01 | 1998-03-01 |
| BEAUCHAMP, Ian Warner | Director | 1994-04-22 | 1996-03-29 |
| BEEVOR, Anthony Romer | Director | — | 1998-04-24 |
| BELL, Adrian | Director | — | 1998-03-01 |
| BENSTEAD, Mark Watson | Director | 1993-04-22 | 1998-03-01 |
| BERETTI, Ange Dominique Theophile | Director | 2012-12-19 | 2017-04-30 |
| BEST, Philip William | Director | 1997-11-12 | 1998-04-30 |
| BIGLEY, Robert Hilton | Director | 1996-05-09 | 1998-04-24 |
| BINDER, Peter Laurence | Director | — | 1994-11-02 |
| BOLT, Andrew Reginald | Director | 1997-05-19 | 1998-04-24 |
| BOUHET, Jaques Emile | Director | 1998-06-11 | 2000-02-08 |
| BOYCE, Thomas Anthony John | Director | — | 1994-10-05 |
| BRAND, Andre Charles Daniel | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| BRANSON, Gabrielle Alice | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2021-06-28 |
| BRIGNALL, Arthur Frederick | Director | — | 1997-01-17 |
| BRISBY, Stephen James Michael | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2003-10-01 |
| BRISBY, Stephen James Michael | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2002-06-26 |
| BURNETT, Stephen Bendyshe | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1998-02-27 |
| BUTLER, Michael Dacres, Sir | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| BUZZARD, Christopher John Huxley | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| CAMPMAN, Rudolphus Johannes | Director | 1994-04-22 | 1997-08-31 |
| CANDY, Thomas Frank | Director | — | 1998-03-01 |
| CASSEN, Philip Jonathan | Director | 1993-04-22 | 1998-03-01 |
| CHALK, Gilbert John | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| CHANDLER, Stuart Rodwell | Director | 1997-03-03 | 1998-10-15 |
| CHILLINGWORTH, Julian Richard | Director | 1994-05-16 | 1995-08-14 |
| CITERNE, Philippe | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2008-11-06 |
| CLARKE, Charles | Director | 2008-04-07 | 2014-09-10 |
| COLLINS, Stephen | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2016-01-04 |
| COOK, John Francis | Director | — | 1998-06-05 |
| COOPER, James Nigel Shelley | Director | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-24 |
| COOPER, Tony Ashley | Director | — | 1995-07-07 |
| COULSON, James Anthony | Director | 2011-07-06 | 2013-11-07 |
| COWELL, Janice Carol | Director | — | 1998-04-24 |
| COX, Charles Ronald Buchanan | Director | — | 1993-12-10 |
| COX, Jeremy Robert Douglas | Director | 1997-04-11 | 1998-03-01 |
| COZZAROLO, Bertrand | Director | 2023-07-07 | 2025-03-31 |
| CRAIG HARVEY, Nicholas | Director | — | 1998-04-24 |
| CROSS, Denis Charles | Director | — | 1998-05-31 |
| CROSS, Susan Mary | Director | 1993-04-22 | 1998-02-27 |
| CROYSDILL, Margaret Lesley | Director | 1997-09-15 | 1997-12-19 |
| CURTIN, Anthony Gerard | Director | — | 1995-11-30 |
| CURTIS, Brian | Director | — | 1996-03-22 |
| CURTIS, David Richard | Director | 1994-04-22 | 1996-12-31 |
| D'ARGENT, Thierry Olivier J | Director | 2023-12-14 | 2025-03-31 |
| DARLING, Humphry Nigel | Director | — | 1993-07-30 |
| DAVID, Bernard Charles Marie | Director | 1998-10-15 | 2007-02-28 |
| DAVIES, Matthew Edward | Director | 1995-04-24 | 1998-03-01 |
| DAVIS, William George | Director | — | 1997-09-30 |
| DE NADAILLAC, Geraud | Director | 1987-04-14 | 1997-07-31 |
| DUFFY, Paul James | Director | 1993-04-22 | 1998-04-24 |
| DWONCZYK, Milton Dean | Director | 1996-08-07 | 1998-04-24 |
| DYMOCK, John Fergus | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| ENGLISH, Nicholas Stuart | Director | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-24 |
| EVANS LOMBE, Peter Michael | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| EWART-JAMES, David Owen | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| EWING, Anne Shirley | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| FARROW, David Charles | Director | 1993-04-22 | 1996-03-29 |
| FISHER, Ian James | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2013-01-25 |
| FITZHERBERT, David Henry | Director | — | 1998-02-27 |
| FLAIS, Jean-Pierre Louis | Director | 2013-02-11 | 2016-05-10 |
| FLAIS, Jean-Pierre Louis | Director | 1998-10-15 | 2012-11-08 |
| FOLLEA, Patrick | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2023-03-31 |
| FUJIWARA, Mikiko | Director | 1993-04-22 | 1998-04-24 |
| GAVAGHAN, David Nicholas | Director | 1996-05-09 | 1998-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Bancaire Privee, Ubp Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-30 | Ceased 2025-05-30 |
| Union Bancaire Privee, Ubp Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-31 | Active |
| Sg Kleinwort Hambros Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 729 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-04-07 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2025-04-07 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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
-
Turnover
-21.9%
£167,032,000 £130,404,000
-
Cash
-8.6%
£502,104,000 £459,161,000
-
Net assets
-26.7%
£405,397,000 £297,221,000
-
Employees
-3%
570 553
-
Profit before tax
-76.8%
£39,734,000 £9,209,000
-
Wages
+10.8%
£57,901,000 £64,180,000
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