BRITISH BUSINESS INVESTMENTS LTD
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Cash
£58M
+22.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.8B
+10.7% vs 2024
Employees
22
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£97M
+5,794.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,649,000 | £97,195,000 | +5,794.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,649,000 | £97,195,000 | +5,794.2% | |
| Net profit | -£292,000 | £72,769,000 | +25,020.9% | |
| Cash | £47,218,000 | £57,825,000 | +22.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,687,782,000 | £1,881,625,000 | +11.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,625,667,000 | £1,799,436,000 | +10.7% | |
| Equity | £1,625,667,000 | £1,799,436,000 | +10.7% | |
| Average employees | 22 | 22 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,536,000 | £1,684,000 | +9.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | 5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.2% | 7.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.99x | 1.06x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BRITISH BUSINESS INVESTMENTS LTD 2018-02-01 → present
- BRITISH BUSINESS BANK INVESTMENTS LTD 2014-11-04 → 2018-02-01
- BRITISH BUSINESS INVESTMENTS LTD 2014-06-18 → 2014-11-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- National Audit Office
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the course of the next 12 months from the date of signing the Annual Report and Accounts.”
Group structure
- BRITISH BUSINESS INVESTMENTS LTD · parent
- BMS Finance S.A.R.L. 49.8%
- Industrial Lending 1 (Boost Fund) 47.1%
- Pricoa Sterling Corporate Bond Fund 66.7%
- Muzinich UK Private Debt Fund 20.7%
- Crown Growth Europe Expansion S.C.S. 33.3%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESHUN, Esi Addae | Secretary | 2023-11-20 | — | — |
| HORTON, Thomas Matthew | Director | 2025-03-27 | May 1988 | British |
| KALISPERAS, Leandros | Director | 2025-02-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
| TAYLOR, David Louis | Director | 2023-04-17 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMARASEKARA, Shanika | Secretary | 2014-11-13 | 2021-02-14 |
| CARPENTER, Alice Katherine | Secretary | 2023-07-15 | 2023-11-20 |
| O'NEILL, Elizabeth Marie | Secretary | 2021-02-15 | 2023-07-14 |
| BAULT, Caroline Claudine | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| BUTLER, Patrick Noel | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2016-05-31 |
| CROFTS, Paula | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2016-06-20 |
| DOUTHWAITE, Susan Margaret | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| HALBARD, Sara Jane | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2021-09-15 |
| HARTLEY, Judith Barbara | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2023-10-31 |
| HARTLEY, Judith Barbara | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-06-16 |
| KELLY, Adam Robert | Director | 2024-05-30 | 2025-03-27 |
| LEWIS LA TORRE, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2023-05-03 |
| MACGREGOR, Fiona Jane | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2017-10-30 |
| MAGEE, Patrick John | Director | 2014-06-18 | 2014-10-30 |
| MORGAN, Keith Charles William | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2020-08-31 |
| SMALL, Francis David | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2022-06-15 |
| SMITH, Ceri Ivor Daniel | Director | 2014-06-18 | 2014-10-30 |
| WILSON, Peter David | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2016-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bbb Investment Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-06-07 | Active |
| British Business Bank Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-02-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-02-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-02-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-02-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-02-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.