GBM SECURITIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-04 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-20
Watchouts
Cash
£108K
+43.1% vs 2021
Net assets
£120K
+39.8% vs 2021
Employees
279
-11.4% vs 2021
Profit before tax
£41K
+411.2% vs 2021
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 1 time since incorporation
- GBM SECURITIES LIMITED 2024-07-29 → present
- BCS PRIME BROKERAGE LIMITED 2012-04-20 → 2024-07-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2022-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2022-12-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£15,629 | £25,880 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,002 | £40,910 | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £75,132 | £107,540 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £89,764 | £128,481 | |
| Net assets | £85,999 | £120,191 | |
| Equity | £85,999 | £120,191 | |
| Average employees | 315 | 279 | |
| 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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -17.4% | 20.1% | |
| Interest cover | -0.47x | 2.61x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the analysis above and the information currently available, the Board has considered potential uncertainties, including the execution of the Company's strategic transition and the timing of revenue growth. Having assessed these factors, management concludes that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, covering a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the statutory accounts.”
Significant events
- “Following the Financial Conduct Authority's approval of a change of control to new ownership on 27 June 2024, the Company has undergone a comprehensive reorganisation aligned with its new shareholders' vision and strategy.”
- “The Company is transitioning from its previous operating model towards a fully integrated prime brokerage platform, focused on providing institutional and professional clients with streamlined access to mainstream markets and an enhanced, technology-driven experience.”
- “As at 31 December 2025, the Company no longer operates a branch in Moscow. The Moscow branch was officially deregistered on 3 December 2025.”
- “During 2025, the Company deliberately paused its core business activities while undertaking a comprehensive restructuring of its operational and strategic framework.”
- “The Company made significant progress in establishing its institutional infrastructure, including successful onboarding with BNY Pershing, J.P. Morgan and Barclays as Tier-1 strategic partners.”
- “The Company made a strategic investment in the preference shares of GBM Asset Management, strengthening the broader group's asset management capabilities.”
- “During the year ended 31 December 2025, the Company declared and paid a dividend of $2.85m (2024: $33.7m).”
- “On 27 June 2024, GBM Holdings acquired 100% of the Company's issued share capital from FG BCS LTD DMCC, thereby obtaining controlling interest.”
- “The Company was previously known as BCS Prime Brokerage Limited and underwent a rebranding and legal name change to GBM Securities Limited on 29 July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Michael James | Director | 2024-07-11 | Apr 1964 | British,Swiss |
| BANKS, Gerald Thomas | Director | 2024-07-11 | Aug 1970 | British,American,Canadian |
| HOROWITZ, Adam | Director | 2024-12-12 | Jul 1957 | South African |
| JORDAN, Nicholas | Director | 2025-02-27 | Jun 1959 | American |
| MCCULLOCH, Gordon Robert | Director | 2019-03-08 | Mar 1964 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PULLIN, Elena | Secretary | 2021-08-16 | 2022-08-24 |
| F&L LEGAL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2012-06-13 | 2013-06-20 |
| THROGMORTON SECRETARIES LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2013-06-21 | 2019-06-11 |
| BARKER, John Robert Mark | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2015-07-10 |
| BEVAN, Timothy | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2022-07-31 |
| DAYAN, Yosef | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2016-04-28 |
| DUKE, Bradley Wayne | Director | 2015-09-11 | 2019-04-24 |
| FOSTER, Jeremy Mark | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2025-01-20 |
| GOLOSOV, Edward | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2024-07-11 |
| GRIFFITHS, Christian | Director | 2022-12-21 | 2025-01-31 |
| KAYANI, Rizwan Akbar Saleem | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2013-12-31 |
| LANGRIDGE, Wendy Annette | Director | 2018-07-19 | 2021-09-02 |
| LEVCHUK, Ratmir | Director | 2014-07-25 | 2015-09-25 |
| LOKHOV, Roman | Director | 2016-01-05 | 2020-06-20 |
| PONOMAREV, Nikita | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2025-02-19 |
| ROMER-LEE, Alexander Knyvett | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2023-04-30 |
| SAFONOV, Maxim | Director | 2020-07-21 | 2022-12-21 |
| SHELIKHOVSKIY, Vitaliy | Director | 2012-04-20 | 2014-06-02 |
| SURIKOV, Stanislav | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2013-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerald Banks | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2024-06-27 | Active |
| Mr Michael James Abbott | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-12-21 | Active |
| Mr Oleg Mikhasenko | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2021 → FY2022 · period ending 2022-12-31 vs 2021-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+43.1%
£75,132 £107,540
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Net assets
+39.8%
£85,999 £120,191
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Employees
-11.4%
315 279
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Operating profit
+265.6%
-£15,629 £25,880
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Profit before tax
+411.2%
£8,002 £40,910
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