BANK OF LONDON AND THE MIDDLE EAST PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Bank's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This assessment considered the Bank's latest forecast liquidity position, capital adequacy and broader macroeconomic and climate-related risks. Liquidity and capital resources remain strong with regulatory ratios maintained above minimum requirements. Scenario analysis, including severe but plausible stress cases, confirmed that the Bank can meet its obligations as they fall due. No material uncertainties were identified. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BANK OF LONDON AND THE MIDDLE EAST PLC · parent
- BLME Investment Management Limited 100%
- BLME Holders Limited 100%
- BLME Limited 100%
- Global Liquidity Solutions Limited 100%
- Renaissance Property Finance Limited 100%
- Renaissance Trade Finance Limited 100%
- AQI Limited 100%
- BLME Capital Company 100%
- BLME Asia & GCC Consumer Growth GP Limited 100%
- AQI Holdings Limited 72.37%
- AQI Properties Limited 72.37%
Significant events
- “The Bank has continued to monitor the rapidly evolving conflict across the Middle East. The Bank has considered these developments as part of its going concern assessment.”
- “In 2025, the Bank has outsourced its Internal Audit Function to BDO LLP.”
- “There are no BLME Holdings share options in existence anymore. In February 2020 the options were either settled or lapsed as a consequence of the acquisition of BLME Holdings by Boubyan Bank.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAWBRIDGE, Neil | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| AL HASHEL, Bader Saad, Dr | Director | 2026-01-01 | Aug 1983 | Kuwaiti |
| AL-MAJED, Adel Abdul Wahab | Director | 2012-12-06 | Sep 1956 | Kuwaiti |
| AL-SALEH, Abdulsalam Mohammed | Director | 2020-06-26 | Apr 1966 | Kuwaiti |
| BALL, Andrew Simon | Director | 2020-12-11 | Mar 1971 | British |
| DEVINE, Alan Sinclair | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jan 1960 | British |
| GIBBONS, Simon | Director | 2024-07-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| HINDLE, Joanne | Director | 2018-07-01 | Oct 1957 | British |
| KANDARI, Bader Abdullah Al | Director | 2019-03-20 | Mar 1977 | Kuwaiti |
| THOMSON, Calum | Director | 2017-04-01 | Jun 1960 | British |
| TUWAIJRI, Abdullah Abdulkareem Al | Director | 2021-06-18 | Feb 1968 | Kuwaiti |
| WILLIAMS, David Gareth | Director | 2015-10-15 | Oct 1960 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULKELEY, Peter Francis | Secretary | 2014-10-17 | 2025-04-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Radway | Secretary | 2007-06-21 | 2014-10-17 |
| NOROSE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-08-07 | 2007-06-26 |
| AKBAR, Masood | Director | 2007-10-22 | 2011-03-01 |
| AL MUZAINI, Yacob Yousef | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2014-03-31 |
| AL OMAR, Waleed Khali | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2007-10-22 |
| AL SHEHAB, Fuad Saleh | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2009-09-25 |
| AL-MEJHEM, Abdullah | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2017-04-18 |
| AL-QADHI, Ibrahim Ali | Director | 2009-09-25 | 2013-06-06 |
| AL-SABAH, Abdullah Jaber Al-Ahmad, Sheikh | Director | 2007-10-22 | 2019-03-20 |
| ALMUKHAIZEEM, Zeyad | Director | 2013-10-18 | 2017-03-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Giles Hullah | Director | 2016-11-17 | 2020-10-20 |
| DENISON, Nigel Brodie | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2014-06-05 |
| FANOUS, Maged | Director | 2020-03-23 | 2023-04-07 |
| GHANDOUR, Jabra | Director | 2016-03-25 | 2024-03-31 |
| HOLDEN, Neil Jonathan | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2018-05-14 |
| PERCY, Humphrey Richard | Director | 2006-09-21 | 2015-06-11 |
| POWER, Christopher Martin | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2024-06-28 |
| VERMEULEN, Frank Willem | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael Howard | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2021-04-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Radway | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2016-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blme Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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