BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (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
Cash
£1B
+10.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£1B
+0.1% vs 2023
Employees
3,824
+1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£534M
+49.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED 2006-10-02 → present
- MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS LIMITED 2000-09-29 → 2006-10-02
- MERCURY ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 1987-09-30 → 2000-09-29
- MERCURY WARBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. 1986-10-01 → 1987-09-30
- TRUSHELFCO (NO. 978) LIMITED 1986-05-16 → 1986-10-01
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 | £1,826,816,000 | £2,184,651,000 | |
| Operating profit | £317,392,000 | £496,043,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £357,077,000 | £533,788,000 | |
| Net profit | £294,261,000 | £388,011,000 | |
| Cash | £1,351,486,000 | £1,491,408,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,676,578,000 | £1,709,741,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,464,395,000 | £1,465,819,000 | |
| Equity | £1,464,395,000 | £1,465,819,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,781 | 3,824 | |
| Wages | £748,040,000 | £828,796,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 22.7% | |
| Net margin | 16.1% | 17.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.9% | 29.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.1% | 65.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 5.16x | 4.18x |
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 believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. 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.”
Group structure
- BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED · parent
- BlackRock Fund Managers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The loan of £900,000,000 due from group company BGL and included within non-current financial assets (note 15) was settled after the statement of financial position date. A new loan of £500,000,000 was extended to BGL, to mature on 31 March 2027, with an annual interest rate of 4.88%.”
- “In March 2025, the Company paid a dividend of £150,000,000 to its parent, BRFE.”
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 | 2007-01-26 | 2012-11-22 |
| FARQUHARSON, Charles Bowen | Secretary | — | 1998-07-17 |
| HALL, Nicholas Charles Dalton | Secretary | 2006-09-29 | 2009-05-29 |
| LEWIS, Bernadette | Secretary | 2000-11-01 | 2003-12-01 |
| PERKINS, Helen Margaret | Secretary | 1998-07-17 | 1998-11-17 |
| RAIVADERA, Dipa | Secretary | 2003-04-23 | 2003-12-01 |
| SEARLE, Debra Anne | Secretary | 1998-11-17 | 2003-12-01 |
| TAYLOR, Janet | Secretary | 2014-05-15 | 2015-04-15 |
| MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-28 | 2006-09-29 |
| ANDREW, Martin | Director | 2002-09-17 | 2004-03-29 |
| ARMITAGE, Ian | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
| BACHOP, Norman Mcleod | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
| BARBY, Ian Christopher Simon | Director | 1995-04-19 | 1998-07-17 |
| BAXTER, Stuart John | Director | 1996-04-15 | 1998-07-17 |
| BEAZLEY, Charles John Sherard | Director | 1998-08-25 | 2000-07-31 |
| BERGER, Thomas Jan | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1997-03-31 |
| BLUMER, David Jakob | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2017-09-27 |
| BOYLE, David Thomas Alan | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| BRADSHAW, Mark Anthony James | Director | 1995-05-30 | 1996-05-17 |
| BRADY, Krystin | Director | 2000-10-24 | 2001-10-10 |
| BROOKE, Carol Consuelo | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
| BUNCE, Ross John, Dr | Director | — | 1998-08-25 |
| CALLAHAN, John Loughlin, Mr. | Director | 1992-08-06 | 1998-07-17 |
| CAMERON WATT, Ewan | Director | 1997-03-27 | 1998-07-17 |
| CARMICHAEL, John Stewart | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2005-08-23 |
| CAUSER, David John | Director | — | 2000-07-07 |
| CHARLTON, Thomas William George | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
| CHARRINGTON, Nicholas James | Director | 2004-03-25 | 2025-12-04 |
| CHARRINGTON, Nicholas James | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1998-07-17 |
| CLARK, Andrew Peter Carfrae | Director | 2006-01-13 | 2006-09-29 |
| CLARK, Colin Martin | Director | — | 2000-07-07 |
| CLAUSEN, Christian | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2024-04-05 |
| CLAUSEN, Christian | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2018-03-28 |
| COATS, Nicholas James | Director | 1995-05-30 | 1998-07-17 |
| COHEN, Stephen Harold | Director | 2021-04-15 | 2024-05-20 |
| COHEN, Stephen Benedict | Director | 1993-09-03 | 1998-12-10 |
| CORLEY, Elizabeth Pauline Lucy | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2004-03-18 |
| COTTON, John Nicholas | Director | 1993-05-10 | 1998-07-17 |
| DALTON, Andrew Searle | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
| DAMM, Rudolph Andrew | Director | 2016-11-16 | 2019-09-18 |
| DESMARAIS, James Fenelon | Director | 2009-06-03 | 2014-03-25 |
| DIXON, Graham Richard | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2002-10-11 |
| DIXON, Graham Richard | Director | 1993-05-10 | 1998-07-17 |
| DYSON, Andrew Charles Louis | Director | 2004-05-13 | 2009-12-01 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Robert William, Vice Chairman | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2009-03-19 |
| FARQUHARSON, Charles Bowen | Director | 1995-05-30 | 2004-01-15 |
| FELLINGHAM, Christopher James | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2007-09-05 |
| FISHWICK, James Edward | Director | 2011-12-06 | 2022-07-20 |
| FOSTER, Christopher Nigel Holland | Director | 1993-05-10 | 1999-09-14 |
| FUKUYAMA, Seiichi | Director | 1997-03-05 | 1997-09-01 |
| GALLEY, Carol | Director | — | 2000-07-06 |
| GEERING, Michael William | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1994-06-30 |
| GIBBS, Peter John | Director | 1993-05-10 | 2005-05-31 |
| HABER, Lawrence David | Director | 1998-08-25 | 2000-07-26 |
| HALL, Nicholas Charles Dalton | Director | 2010-02-12 | 2017-05-31 |
| HALL, Nicholas Charles Dalton | Director | 1998-11-17 | 2009-05-29 |
| HARRISON, Peter John Woodville | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
| HART, Edward Francis | Director | 2006-04-03 | 2013-03-01 |
| HARWOOD, Paul | Director | 1995-05-30 | 1998-07-17 |
| HASTON, Timpothy John | Director | 1995-05-30 | 1998-07-17 |
| HEYWORTH-DUNNE, James Anthony | Director | 1993-07-05 | 1995-10-31 |
| HUNTER JOHNSTON, Andrew Malcolm | Director | 1995-05-30 | 1998-07-17 |
| HURST BROWN, Christopher Nigel | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
| IRONMONGER, Kevin Robert | Director | 2014-01-30 | 2015-05-28 |
| JACKSON, Charles Vivian | Director | — | 2000-03-10 |
| JACOB, David Joseph | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2001-09-25 |
| JODRELL, Michael Francis Mostyn Owen | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1998-08-25 |
| JODRELL, Michael Francis Mostyn Owen | Director | — | 1997-04-01 |
| JONES, Nicola Tracey | Director | 2000-12-06 | 2007-12-11 |
| KHOSLA, Manoj | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2006-02-28 |
| KUSHEL, John Richard | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2011-05-24 |
| LEHMANN, Andreas Christian Jutting | Director | 1995-05-30 | 1998-01-17 |
| LICHT, Leonard Samuel | Director | — | 1992-10-13 |
| LINDSAY, Gordon Alan, Dr | Director | — | 1997-03-21 |
| LINHARES, Joseph Mark | Director | 2010-10-27 | 2013-10-10 |
| LORD, Rachel | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2021-04-15 |
| LOWE, Gary Arnold | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2002-07-05 |
| LOWE, Gary | Director | 1992-08-11 | 1998-07-17 |
| MACLEOD, Roderick James | Director | — | 1997-06-18 |
| MACPHERSON, James Edward | Director | 1997-03-27 | 1998-07-17 |
| MADDOX, Russell John | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2003-11-28 |
| MANNA, Timothy John | Director | 1998-07-17 | 2000-07-13 |
| MARRIOTT, Richard | Director | — | 1995-05-23 |
| MARSHALL, Paul Roderick Clucas | Director | 1995-05-30 | 1997-08-08 |
| MAYS, Shaun Albert | Director | 1996-01-17 | 1997-01-13 |
| MICHAELSON, Robert Paul Brandon | Director | — | 1993-08-20 |
| MITCHELL, Colin Scott Mooney | Director | 2001-11-27 | 2004-06-28 |
| MULLIN OUTHWAITE, Stacey | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2022-07-06 |
| MULLINS, Keith Richard | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
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 647 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 | |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+19.6%
£1,826,816,000 £2,184,651,000
-
Cash
+10.4%
£1,351,486,000 £1,491,408,000
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£1,464,395,000 £1,465,819,000
-
Employees
+1.1%
3,781 3,824
-
Operating profit
+56.3%
£317,392,000 £496,043,000
-
Profit before tax
+49.5%
£357,077,000 £533,788,000
-
Wages
+10.8%
£748,040,000 £828,796,000
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