ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
Cash
764,500,000
-71.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2,131,400,000
+9.7% vs 2024
Employees
854
Average over period
Profit before tax
280,900,000
+50.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 8 times since incorporation
- ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC 2015-03-27 → present
- STANDARD BANK PLC 2005-06-01 → 2015-03-27
- STANDARD BANK LONDON LIMITED 1992-06-19 → 2005-06-01
- STANDARD LONDON LIMITED 1992-01-31 → 1992-06-19
- LUDGATE ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED 1992-01-14 → 1992-01-31
- STANDARD LONDON LIMITED 1992-01-13 → 1992-01-14
- LUDGATE ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED 1989-02-13 → 1992-01-13
- LUDGATE TRADE FINANCING LIMITED 1987-06-24 → 1989-02-13
- REPORTCRAFT LIMITED 1987-05-11 → 1987-06-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £572,100,000 | £739,800,000 | |
| Operating profit | £569,400,000 | £724,800,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £187,000,000 | £280,900,000 | |
| Net profit | £156,500,000 | £224,900,000 | |
| Cash | £2,674,100,000 | £764,500,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,169,400,000 | £35,413,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,943,700,000 | £2,131,400,000 | |
| Equity | £1,943,700,000 | £2,131,400,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 854 | |
| Wages | £194,000,000 | £209,100,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 99.5% | 98.0% | |
| Net margin | 27.4% | 30.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.7% | 94.4% | |
| Current ratio | 9.70x | 6.66x | |
| Interest cover | 1.27x | 1.50x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's and Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC · parent
- ICBC Standard NY Holdings Inc. 100%
- ICBC Standard Securities Inc. 100%
- ICBC Standard Resources (America) Inc. 100%
- ICBC Standard Resources (China) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 17 February 2026, the Bank issued subordinated bonds with a principal amount of $200.0 million and an initial fixed interest rate of 5.191% per annum for the first five years, maturing 17 February 2036. This includes additional Tier 2 capital.”
- “A final dividend payment of $61.9 million on the Company’s ordinary shares was approved by the Directors on 25 February 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 66 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANSON, Paul Stephen | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| DAVIES, Simon James | Director | 2024-10-08 | May 1967 | British |
| DERIZANS DA COSTA MENDES, Isabella | Director | 2019-03-01 | Sep 1969 | Portuguese |
| GAO, Chong | Director | 2025-08-01 | Sep 1975 | Chinese |
| GOH, Julia | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jun 1968 | Singaporean |
| HALLER, Guido Andre | Director | 2025-09-15 | Jun 1965 | Swiss |
| HODNETT, David Wayne Preston | Director | 2019-11-06 | Aug 1969 | South African |
| HU, Fang | Director | 2023-05-02 | Apr 1975 | Chinese |
| HU, Yabing | Director | 2019-06-25 | Sep 1965 | Chinese |
| HURLEY, Philip James | Director | 2020-08-03 | Apr 1961 | British |
| JONES, Garry | Director | 2019-05-14 | Jul 1958 | British |
| LI, Li | Director | 2021-09-10 | Jul 1977 | Chinese |
| QIU, Yi | Director | 2024-09-12 | Oct 1969 | Chinese |
Show 66 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON, Ian Gordon | Secretary | 1996-07-24 | 2002-03-01 |
| MINNIE, Willem Johannes Jacobus | Secretary | — | 1996-07-24 |
| OTTERSON, Robert James | Secretary | 2015-02-02 | 2024-09-30 |
| SMOLLETT, Susan Caroline | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2015-02-02 |
| AUSTEN, Mark Edward | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2015-05-07 |
| BERKELEY, David James | Director | 1992-08-05 | 2000-05-05 |
| BI, Mingqiang | Director | 2015-04-08 | 2017-02-06 |
| BOTHA, Marthinus John | Director | — | 2005-06-01 |
| BRIND, Peter | Director | 1992-08-05 | 1998-03-31 |
| BURGESS, David Patrick Henry | Director | 2001-02-28 | 2015-10-05 |
| CHEN, Peitao | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2016-01-21 |
| COOPER, Derek Edward | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2010-05-13 |
| DORSON, William Scot | Director | 2003-02-20 | 2005-06-01 |
| DUFFY, David | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2010-10-20 |
| EDEN, Judith Elizabeth | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2025-08-01 |
| FELD, David | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2005-06-01 |
| FIHLA, Andile Kenneth Livuyo | Director | 2021-05-12 | 2025-04-08 |
| FISCHEL, David Andrew | Director | 1992-08-05 | 2000-08-02 |
| GIBSON, Ian Gordon | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2005-06-01 |
| GIERA, Edward Joseph | Director | 2015-10-05 | 2018-12-31 |
| HALL, Andrew | Director | 2017-10-06 | 2019-11-05 |
| HALLER, Guido Andre | Director | 2019-05-15 | 2020-07-01 |
| HAN, Ruixiang | Director | 2017-10-06 | 2023-05-02 |
| HOLDEN, Neil Jonathan | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2005-06-01 |
| HOU, Qian | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2016-05-04 |
| HU, Fang | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-10-06 |
| HU, Yabing | Director | 2016-09-13 | 2018-10-05 |
| JIN, Binliang | Director | 2018-10-05 | 2026-04-29 |
| JOYCE, Grant Alan Roderick | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2015-02-01 |
| KNOTT, Jennifer Katherine | Director | 2008-02-14 | 2014-07-17 |
| KRUGER, Barend Johannes | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2021-05-12 |
| LEITH, Robert Alexander Gordon | Director | 1998-01-28 | 2011-11-30 |
| MACKAY, Ernest Arthur Graham | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2002-06-10 |
| MANSELL JONES, Richard | Director | 1992-08-05 | 2005-05-05 |
| MAREE, John Helenius | Director | 1992-08-05 | 2015-02-01 |
| MINNIE, Willem Johannes Jacobus | Director | — | 1996-07-24 |
| MUNRO, David Charles | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2017-07-20 |
| O'CONNER, Sean Michael | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2002-06-07 |
| ORSICH, Alan | Director | 1993-12-10 | 1999-12-31 |
| PEARSON, Jonathan Michael Kuvey | Director | 1998-11-18 | 2005-06-01 |
| PRINSLOO, Pieter Cornelis | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| QUARMBY, Patrick Keith | Director | — | 1995-11-15 |
| RUCK, Myles John Denniss | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2006-05-11 |
| SHERIDAN, Christopher Julian | Director | 1999-04-28 | 2016-09-05 |
| SIMMONDS, Andrew Warwick | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2024-10-08 |
| SMEETON, Terence Ross | Director | 1998-07-22 | 2007-09-12 |
| STAUNTON, Henry Eric | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2016-09-05 |
| STRAUSS, Conrad Barend | Director | 1992-08-05 | 2000-12-31 |
| SULLIVAN, Peter David | Director | 2014-02-19 | 2015-02-01 |
| THERON, Edward Philcox | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| URSELL, Bruce Anthony | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2007-08-27 |
| VAN DER SPUY, Marc Martin | Director | 2014-11-17 | 2019-03-31 |
| VARDANYAN, Ruben | Director | 2009-09-25 | 2011-03-14 |
| VOGEL, Gert Marthinus | Director | 2011-03-17 | 2013-05-01 |
| VOSLOO, Michael Hugh | Director | 1992-08-05 | 1999-11-01 |
| WANG, Hailu | Director | 2017-10-06 | 2019-04-16 |
| WANG, Lubin | Director | 2017-04-26 | 2021-09-10 |
| WANG, Shoujiang, Dr | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| WANG, Wenbin | Director | 2016-05-04 | 2025-07-31 |
| WANG, Ying | Director | 2016-05-04 | 2016-10-14 |
| WEERASEKERA, Ruwan Upendra | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2019-03-31 |
| WHARTON-HOOD, Peter Gerard | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2013-08-14 |
| WHEELER, Timothy George | Director | 2003-02-20 | 2007-04-13 |
| WILDE, Malcolm James | Director | 1993-02-15 | 2005-06-01 |
| XU, Jinlei | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2017-02-10 |
| ZHENG, Jianfeng | Director | 2015-02-10 | 2016-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Bank London Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 434 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+29.3%
£572,100,000 £739,800,000
-
Cash
-71.4%
£2,674,100,000 £764,500,000
-
Net assets
+9.7%
£1,943,700,000 £2,131,400,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+27.3%
£569,400,000 £724,800,000
-
Profit before tax
+50.2%
£187,000,000 £280,900,000
-
Wages
+7.8%
£194,000,000 £209,100,000
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