3I GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-15 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£419M
+17% vs 2024
Net assets
£25B
+22% vs 2024
Employees
226
-8.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5B
+31.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- 3I GROUP PLC 1988-04-29 → present
- INVESTORS IN INDUSTRY GROUP PLC 1983-07-01 → 1988-04-29
- FINANCE FOR INDUSTRY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1973-11-01 → 1983-07-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,168,000,000 | £5,211,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,827,000,000 | £5,024,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,836,000,000 | £5,039,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,834,000,000 | £5,038,000,000 | |
| Cash | £358,000,000 | £419,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,486,000,000 | £26,128,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,170,000,000 | £24,611,000,000 | |
| Equity | £20,170,000,000 | £24,611,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 248 | 226 | |
| Wages | £74,000,000 | £71,000,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 91.8% | 96.4% | |
| Net margin | 92.0% | 96.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.8% | 19.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.7% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.66x | 3.45x | |
| Interest cover | 62.74x | 77.29x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the Group's and the Parent Company's financial position is realistic. They have considered forecasts and projections, and current/future trading conditions. The Group and Parent Company continue to be a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- 3I GROUP PLC · parent
- 3i Holdings plc 100%
- 3i Investments plc 100%
- 3i International Holdings 100%
- 3i Infrastructure plc 100%
- Action 100%
- Royal Sanders 100%
Significant events
- “Action continued to be the main driver of the Group's overall financial performance in FY2025, with strong realisations.”
- “3iN completed a strong realisation, two sizeable refinancings and two bolt-on acquisitions in Infrastructure.”
- “Royal Sanders delivered very strong organic and acquisitive growth, completing two further bolt-on acquisitions.”
- “Action invested in a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to support its volume-driven growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, Kevin John | Secretary | 2007-11-01 | — | British |
| BORROWS, Simon Alexander | Director | 2011-10-17 | Jan 1959 | British |
| DAINTITH, Stephen Wayne | Director | 2016-10-01 | May 1964 | British |
| HALAI, Jasi Hari | Director | 2022-05-12 | May 1978 | British |
| HATCHLEY, James Graham | Director | 2022-05-12 | Aug 1967 | British |
| HUTCHISON, David Alexander Mccall | Director | 2013-11-11 | Dec 1960 | Canadian |
| KNOX, Lesley Mary Samuel | Director | 2021-10-01 | Sep 1953 | British |
| MCCONVILLE, Coline Lucille, Ms. | Director | 2018-11-01 | Jul 1964 | Australian |
| MCKELLAR, Peter Archibald | Director | 2021-06-01 | May 1965 | British |
| PATEL, Hemantkumar Kiritbhai | Director | 2025-02-03 | Nov 1969 | British |
| SCHAAPVELD, Alexandra | Director | 2020-01-01 | Sep 1958 | Dutch |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIERLEY, Anthony William Wallace | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2007-11-01 |
| BROWN, Peter Charles | Secretary | — | 1995-12-31 |
| ALLAN, John Murray | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2011-05-01 |
| ASQUITH, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2020-12-31 |
| BALL, Simon Peter | Director | 2005-02-07 | 2008-11-30 |
| BANSZKY, Caroline Janet | Director | 2014-07-17 | 2023-06-29 |
| CAMOYS, Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman, The Right Honourable | Director | — | 2002-07-10 |
| COX, Alistair Richard | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2015-11-10 |
| CROSS, Neil Earl, Dr | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| FORREST, John Richard, Dr | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2004-07-07 |
| GAGEN, Martin Michael | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2004-08-23 |
| GARDINER, John Anthony | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1997-07-09 |
| GOVETT, William John Romaine | Director | — | 1998-07-15 |
| GROSCH, Peter | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| HOGG, Sarah Elizabeth Mary, Baroness | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2010-07-07 |
| LARCOMBE, Brian Paul | Director | — | 2004-07-07 |
| MACPHERSON, Ewen Cameron Stewart | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| MEDDINGS, Richard Henry | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2014-07-17 |
| MELBOURN, John William | Director | — | 2000-07-12 |
| MESDAG, Willem | Director | 2007-07-11 | 2013-11-30 |
| MIHATSCH, Peter, Dr Ing | Director | 2004-09-07 | 2006-07-31 |
| MONTAGUE, Adrian Alastair, Sir | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2015-06-25 |
| MORIN POSTEL, Christine | Director | 2002-09-12 | 2011-07-06 |
| PERRY, Roderick William | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2005-07-06 |
| QUARTANO, Ralph Nicholas | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| QUEEN, Michael James | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2012-05-17 |
| ROSENKRANZ, Franklin Daniel | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2007-07-11 |
| RUSSELL, George, Sir | Director | 1992-11-20 | 2001-12-31 |
| SMITH OF KELVIN, Robert Haldane, Lord | Director | 2004-09-07 | 2009-10-31 |
| STEINGRABER, Fred G | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2008-07-09 |
| STOCKEN, Oliver Henry James | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| SUMMERS, Richard Douglas Michael John | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| SWANNELL, Robert William Ashburnham | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2010-10-01 |
| THOMPSON, Simon Robert | Director | 2015-04-13 | 2021-11-11 |
| VERLUYTEN, Martine Germaine | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2017-06-29 |
| WHEATLEY, Alan Edward | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Max, Sir | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Bryan Gurmin | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| WILSON, Julia Susan | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| YEA, Philip Edward | Director | 2004-07-07 | 2009-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1079 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 15
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+25%
£4,168,000,000 £5,211,000,000
-
Cash
+17%
£358,000,000 £419,000,000
-
Net assets
+22%
£20,170,000,000 £24,611,000,000
-
Employees
-8.9%
248 226
-
Operating profit
+31.3%
£3,827,000,000 £5,024,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+31.4%
£3,836,000,000 £5,039,000,000
-
Wages
-4.1%
£74,000,000 £71,000,000
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