3I GROUP PLC
Listed on the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE 100, the company is a multinational investment firm managing proprietary capital and third-party funds focused on mid-market private equity and infrastructure assets.
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Cash
£664m
+61.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£32bn
+32.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
216
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£5.3bn
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,168,000,000 | £1,256,000,000 | £1,080,000,000 | -14% | |
| Operating profit | £3,827,000,000 | £5,024,000,000 | £5,279,000,000 | +5.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,836,000,000 | £5,039,000,000 | £5,293,000,000 | +5% | |
| Net profit | £3,834,000,000 | £5,038,000,000 | £5,284,000,000 | +4.9% | |
| Cash | £358,000,000 | £412,000,000 | £664,000,000 | +61.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,486,000,000 | £25,649,000,000 | £32,283,000,000 | +25.9% | |
| Net assets | £20,170,000,000 | £24,123,000,000 | £31,921,000,000 | +32.3% | |
| Equity | £20,170,000,000 | £24,123,000,000 | £31,921,000,000 | +32.3% | |
| Average employees | 248 | 216 | 216 | 0% | |
| Wages | £74,000,000 | £77,000,000 | £73,000,000 | -5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,000,000 | £6,108,000 | £6,796,000 | +11.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £18,474,000 | £20,667,000 | +11.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £9,422,000 | £2,348,000 | £2,532,000 | +7.8% |
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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 91.8% | — | — | |
| Net margin | 92.0% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.8% | 19.6% | 16.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.7% | 6.6% | 1.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.66x | 3.05x | 6.97x | |
| Interest cover | 62.74x | 54.02x | 62.11x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- 3I GROUP PLC 1988-04-29 → present
- INVESTORS IN INDUSTRY GROUP PLC 1983-07-01 → 1988-04-29
- FINANCE FOR INDUSTRY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1973-11-01 → 1983-07-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have not identified, and concur with the Directors' assessment that there is not, a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the Group's or Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least the next 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- 3I GROUP PLC · parent
- 3i Private Equity (UK) LLP
- 3i Investments plc
- 3i Infrastructure plc
- 3i International Holdings Ltd
- 3i International plc
- 3i Group Investments Ltd
Significant events
- “On 14 May 2026, the Company announced that it will make a further cash distribution to all shareholders in 3i Group plc by way of a share capital reduction, with an aggregate consideration of £750 million, to be completed no later than 31 December 2026.”
- “Due to sterling weakening against the euro and Danish Krone, the Group recorded a total foreign exchange translation gain of £16 million (2025: £299 million loss) in the year.”
- “On 26 June 2025 the Directors were granted authority to make market purchases of its own shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, Kevin John | Secretary | 2007-11-01 | — | British |
| BORROWS, Simon Alexander | Director | 2011-10-17 | Jan 1959 | British |
| HALAI, Jasi Hari | Director | 2022-05-12 | May 1978 | British |
| HATCHLEY, James Graham | Director | 2022-05-12 | Aug 1967 | British |
| HUTCHISON, David Alexander Mccall | Director | 2013-11-11 | Dec 1960 | Canadian |
| KNOX, Lesley Mary Samuel | Director | 2021-10-01 | Sep 1953 | British |
| MCCONVILLE, Coline Lucille, Ms. | Director | 2018-11-01 | Jul 1964 | Australian |
| MCKELLAR, Peter Archibald | Director | 2021-06-01 | May 1965 | British |
| PATEL, Hemantkumar Kiritbhai | Director | 2025-02-03 | Nov 1969 | British |
| SCHAAPVELD, Alexandra | Director | 2020-01-01 | Sep 1958 | Dutch |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIERLEY, Anthony William Wallace | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2007-11-01 |
| BROWN, Peter Charles | Secretary | — | 1995-12-31 |
| ALLAN, John Murray | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2011-05-01 |
| ASQUITH, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2020-12-31 |
| BALL, Simon Peter | Director | 2005-02-07 | 2008-11-30 |
| BANSZKY, Caroline Janet | Director | 2014-07-17 | 2023-06-29 |
| CAMOYS, Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman, The Right Honourable | Director | — | 2002-07-10 |
| COX, Alistair Richard | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2015-11-10 |
| CROSS, Neil Earl, Dr | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| DAINTITH, Stephen Wayne | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2026-06-25 |
| FORREST, John Richard, Dr | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2004-07-07 |
| GAGEN, Martin Michael | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2004-08-23 |
| GARDINER, John Anthony | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1997-07-09 |
| GOVETT, William John Romaine | Director | — | 1998-07-15 |
| GROSCH, Peter | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| HOGG, Sarah Elizabeth Mary, Baroness | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2010-07-07 |
| LARCOMBE, Brian Paul | Director | — | 2004-07-07 |
| MACPHERSON, Ewen Cameron Stewart | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| MEDDINGS, Richard Henry | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2014-07-17 |
| MELBOURN, John William | Director | — | 2000-07-12 |
| MESDAG, Willem | Director | 2007-07-11 | 2013-11-30 |
| MIHATSCH, Peter, Dr Ing | Director | 2004-09-07 | 2006-07-31 |
| MONTAGUE, Adrian Alastair, Sir | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2015-06-25 |
| MORIN POSTEL, Christine | Director | 2002-09-12 | 2011-07-06 |
| PERRY, Roderick William | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2005-07-06 |
| QUARTANO, Ralph Nicholas | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| QUEEN, Michael James | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2012-05-17 |
| ROSENKRANZ, Franklin Daniel | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2007-07-11 |
| RUSSELL, George, Sir | Director | 1992-11-20 | 2001-12-31 |
| SMITH OF KELVIN, Robert Haldane, Lord | Director | 2004-09-07 | 2009-10-31 |
| STEINGRABER, Fred G | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2008-07-09 |
| STOCKEN, Oliver Henry James | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| SUMMERS, Richard Douglas Michael John | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| SWANNELL, Robert William Ashburnham | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2010-10-01 |
| THOMPSON, Simon Robert | Director | 2015-04-13 | 2021-11-11 |
| VERLUYTEN, Martine Germaine | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2017-06-29 |
| WHEATLEY, Alan Edward | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Max, Sir | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Bryan Gurmin | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| WILSON, Julia Susan | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| YEA, Philip Edward | Director | 2004-07-07 | 2009-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1087 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-06-22 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-22 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-27 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 15
- 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.