STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£35B
+37.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
65,761
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.7B
+6.2% highest in 3 filed years
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net interest income | — | £2,550,000,000 | £3,715,000,000 | +45.7% | |
| Fee & commission income | — | £3,486,000,000 | £3,957,000,000 | +13.5% | |
| Operating income | — | £12,414,000,000 | £12,954,000,000 | +4.3% | |
| Impairment losses | — | £417,000,000 | £233,000,000 | -44.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,021,410,391 | £4,447,000,000 | £4,724,000,000 | +6.2% | |
| Net profit | — | £2,982,000,000 | £3,410,000,000 | +14.4% | |
| Loans & advances to customers | — | £158,242,000,000 | £159,254,000,000 | +0.6% | |
| Customer deposits | — | £276,489,000,000 | £296,316,000,000 | +7.2% | |
| Total assets | £403,188,351,550 | £563,534,000,000 | £593,362,000,000 | +5.3% | |
| Total liabilities | — | £529,882,000,000 | £559,855,000,000 | +5.7% | |
| Equity | £25,410,989,669 | £33,652,000,000 | £35,044,000,000 | +4.1% | |
| Average employees | 49,417 | 67,696 | 65,761 | -2.9% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 38.1% | 39.2% | — | |
| Net margin | — | 32.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.7% | 95.5% | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 1985-02-04 → present
- CHARTERED BANK (THE) 1953-12-29 → 1985-02-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have conducted our audit of the Group's and the Parent Company's financial statements on the basis of the directors' assessment of the Group's and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The Court approved the divestment of three Wealth and Retail Banking businesses in Africa, and the transfer of its legal entities in Sri Lanka, the PLC Group concentrating its resources in those markets on serving the cross-border needs of global Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 67 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORRIGAN, Scott David | Secretary | 2025-11-14 | — | — |
| GREEN, Andrew | Secretary | 2020-01-23 | — | — |
| APTE, Shirish Moreshwar | Director | 2023-01-01 | Dec 1952 | British |
| HUNT, Jacqueline | Director | 2022-10-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| JURGENS, Diane Enberg | Director | 2024-03-01 | Sep 1962 | American |
| LEONG, Lincoln Kwok Kuen | Director | 2024-11-02 | Oct 1960 | Canadian |
| MCFADYEN, Alison Claire | Director | 2021-02-23 | Apr 1962 | British |
| RAMOS, Maria Da Conceicao Das Neves Calha | Director | 2021-01-01 | Feb 1959 | South African |
| RIVETT, Philip George | Director | 2020-05-06 | Jun 1955 | British |
| WINTERS, William Thomas | Director | 2015-06-10 | Sep 1961 | American |
| YUEH, Linda Yi-Chuang | Director | 2023-01-01 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 67 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Jeremy Howard | Secretary | 2012-11-19 | 2014-10-27 |
| AMEY, Michelle | Secretary | 2014-10-27 | 2020-01-23 |
| BAMFORD, Julie | Secretary | 2003-09-23 | 2009-12-31 |
| BENTLEY, Gordon Andrew | Secretary | 2001-08-03 | 2003-03-18 |
| BENTLEY, Gordon Andrew | Secretary | 1995-04-21 | 1997-04-10 |
| BRIMACOMBE, David John | Secretary | 2003-03-18 | 2003-09-23 |
| BROWN, Charles Bennett | Secretary | 2005-10-14 | 2006-09-30 |
| CORRIGAN, Scott David | Secretary | 2021-12-30 | 2022-05-05 |
| DE SOUZA, Adrian Michael | Secretary | 2022-05-05 | 2025-11-14 |
| DURBIN, Annemarie Verna Florence | Secretary | 2007-10-23 | 2015-12-31 |
| HUBBARD, Christine Elizabeth | Secretary | 1995-04-05 | 1996-01-19 |
| LI, Helene Yuk Hing | Secretary | 2019-09-25 | 2019-10-31 |
| MELLOR, Amanda Jane | Secretary | 2020-01-23 | 2021-12-23 |
| SAYERS, Ian Lawrence | Secretary | 1996-01-26 | 1998-06-26 |
| SKIPPEN, Terry Charles | Secretary | 2011-09-19 | 2012-11-19 |
| WELCH, Gaynor Jill | Secretary | 1991-12-31 | 1995-04-21 |
| WRIGHT, David William | Secretary | 1993-09-06 | 1995-03-31 |
| YOUNG, Lorraine Elizabeth | Secretary | 1998-06-26 | 2001-08-03 |
| AU, Alexander Siu Kee | Director | 1998-06-15 | 1998-07-30 |
| BERTAMINI, Stefano Paolo | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| BINDRA, Jaspal Singh | Director | 2007-08-06 | 2015-06-30 |
| BROUGHAM, David Peter, The Hon | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1998-04-21 |
| BULLOCK, Gareth Richard | Director | 2003-01-06 | 2010-05-01 |
| CASTLEMAN, Christopher Norman Anthony | Director | 1991-12-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| CHEUNG, Louis Chi-Yan | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-03-25 |
| CLARKE, Tracy Jayne | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2020-12-31 |
| CONNER, David Philbrick | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-12-08 |
| DAVIES, Evan Mervyn | Director | 1997-12-16 | 2006-12-18 |
| DE GIORGI, Diego | Director | 2024-01-03 | 2026-02-10 |
| DENOMA, Michael Bernard | Director | 2000-05-12 | 2008-06-01 |
| ENLOW, Fred Clark | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| GILLAM, Patrick John, Sir | Director | — | 2003-05-08 |
| GOULDING, Richard Frank | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2015-07-01 |
| GREEN, Michael James | Director | 1996-06-25 | 2000-05-11 |
| GROTE, Byron Elmer | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-11-12 |
| HALFORD, Andrew Nigel | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2024-01-02 |
| HODGSON, Christine Mary | Director | 2022-09-21 | 2023-01-31 |
| HODGSON, Christine Mary | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| HUEY EVANS, Gay | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2024-02-29 |
| KELJIK, Christopher Avedis | Director | 1999-05-07 | 2005-05-05 |
| KENNY, Peter Nigel, Dr | Director | 1999-10-07 | 2002-04-30 |
| KHERAJ, Naguib | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| LAWTHER, Robin Ann | Director | 2022-12-08 | 2024-12-30 |
| MCFARLANE, John | Director | 1993-09-03 | 1997-02-24 |
| MEDDINGS, Richard Henry | Director | 2002-11-16 | 2014-06-30 |
| MILLER, Timothy John | Director | 2004-11-26 | 2013-04-01 |
| MOIR, David George | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2000-03-18 |
| NARGOLWALA, Kaikhushru Shiavax | Director | 1999-05-07 | 2007-09-06 |
| OKONJO-IWEALA, Ngozi | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| ORSICH, Alan | Director | — | 1993-11-23 |
| PAILLART, Philippe Marcel Etienne | Director | 1995-08-07 | 1998-06-30 |
| REES, Alun Michael Guest | Director | 2004-07-30 | 2016-04-30 |
| RICKE, Sadia Brigitte | Director | 2023-02-24 | 2025-12-31 |
| SANDERSON, Bryan Kaye, Mr. | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2006-11-20 |
| SANDS, Peter Alexander | Director | 2002-05-14 | 2015-06-10 |
| SHANKAR, Viswanthan | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| SMITH, Mark | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| STEIN, Richard Jonathan Beaver | Director | — | 1994-05-14 |
| TALWAR, Gurvirendra Singh | Director | 1997-04-22 | 2001-11-28 |
| TANG, David | Director | 2019-06-12 | 2024-05-09 |
| TONG, Carlson | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-12-08 |
| VERPLANCKE, Jan Paul Marie Francis | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2015-03-31 |
| VINALS INIGUEZ, Jose Maria | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-05-08 |
| WHITBREAD, Jasmine Mary | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2023-05-03 |
| WILLIAMSON, George Malcolm | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| WONG, Peter Tung Shun | Director | 2002-01-25 | 2004-11-19 |
| WOOD, Peter Anthony | Director | — | 2000-02-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Chartered Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 456 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.