IMPERIAL BRANDS FINANCE PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£756M
+62.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3B
+2.7% vs 2024
Employees
9
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£799M
+29.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IMPERIAL BRANDS FINANCE PLC 2016-02-19 → present
- IMPERIAL TOBACCO FINANCE PLC 1996-06-14 → 2016-02-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £237,000,000 | £339,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £617,000,000 | £799,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £525,000,000 | £685,000,000 | |
| Cash | £465,000,000 | £756,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,202,000,000 | £3,287,000,000 | |
| Equity | £3,202,000,000 | £3,287,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 9 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.5% | 89.8% | |
| Current ratio | 26.02x | 29.84x | |
| Interest cover | 0.09x | 0.18x |
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
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has been issued a support letter from its ultimate parent company, Imperial Brands PLC, confirming ongoing financial support in meeting liabilities as they fall due for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 27 January 2025, €500 million (£420 million equivalent) 1.375% notes were repaid. On 12 February 2025, €800 million (£668 million equivalent) 3.875% notes were issued.”
- “The profit for the financial year was £685 million (2024: £525 million) and is stated after a release of £343 million (2024: £240 million) arising on a decrease in the expected credit loss provision against the carrying value of certain loans made to entities within the Imperial Brands Group.”
- “On 18 September 2025 the Group's existing syndicated multicurency facility of €3,493 million (2024: €3,493 million) was cancelled and a new syndicated multicurency facility of €3,000 million was arranged, with an initial maturity date of 31 March 2029.”
- “During September 2025 six bilateral facilities for a total £700 million were terminated and six new bilateral facilities for a total £700 million were arranged; all maturing in September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAREY, Emily Jane | Secretary | 2023-06-30 | — | — |
| MARCINIUK, Celso Ricardo | Director | 2024-07-04 | Oct 1975 | Brazilian |
| SLADE, Mathew Edward | Director | 2021-12-13 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNING, John Matthew | Secretary | 2012-10-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| HANNAFORD, Richard Charles | Secretary | 1996-07-22 | 2004-09-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Matthew Robert | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| ROBERTS, Julie Amanda | Secretary | 1996-06-14 | 1996-07-22 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-06-14 | 1996-06-14 |
| DAVIS, Gareth | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2010-05-12 |
| DYRBUS, Robert | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2013-11-05 |
| EVANS, Nerys Helen | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1996-07-16 |
| INSTON, Clive Alfred Carrington | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2001-12-14 |
| JONES, John Michael | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2021-11-01 |
| KEVETH, Nicholas James | Director | 2010-05-12 | 2017-03-31 |
| PAINTER, Stuart Trevor | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2000-05-08 |
| PARAVICINI, Lukas Jean-Baptiste | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2026-02-26 |
| PARR, Jeremy Arthur | Director | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-22 |
| RESNEKOV, David Ian | Director | 2011-11-15 | 2018-02-28 |
| RILEY, Jonathan Mark | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2001-06-12 |
| ROBERTS, Julie Amanda | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1996-07-22 |
| TANT, Oliver Reginald | Director | 2013-11-05 | 2021-05-18 |
| TILDESLEY, Thomas Richard William | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2021-04-30 |
| TILLEKERATNE, David Michael | Director | 2022-02-18 | 2024-07-04 |
| WALL, Marie Ann | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2022-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Tobacco Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+62.6%
£465,000,000 £756,000,000
-
Net assets
+2.7%
£3,202,000,000 £3,287,000,000
-
Employees
0%
9 9
-
Operating profit
+43%
£237,000,000 £339,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+29.5%
£617,000,000 £799,000,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers