IMPERIAL BRANDS FINANCE PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£756M
+62.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3B
+2.7% vs 2024
Employees
9
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£799M
+29.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £237,000,000 | £339,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £617,000,000 | £799,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £525,000,000 | £685,000,000 | |
| Cash | £465,000,000 | £756,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,202,000,000 | £3,287,000,000 | |
| Equity | £3,202,000,000 | £3,287,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 9 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+62.6%
£465,000,000 £756,000,000
-
Net assets
+2.7%
£3,202,000,000 £3,287,000,000
-
Employees
0%
9 9
-
Operating profit
+43%
£237,000,000 £339,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+29.5%
£617,000,000 £799,000,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.5% | 89.8% | |
| Current ratio | 26.02x | 29.84x | |
| Interest cover | 0.09x | 0.18x |
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
- IMPERIAL BRANDS FINANCE PLC 2016-02-19 → present
- IMPERIAL TOBACCO FINANCE PLC 1996-06-14 → 2016-02-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has been issued a support letter from its ultimate parent company, Imperial Brands PLC, confirming ongoing financial support in meeting liabilities as they fall due for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 27 January 2025, €500 million (£420 million equivalent) 1.375% notes were repaid. On 12 February 2025, €800 million (£668 million equivalent) 3.875% notes were issued.”
- “The profit for the financial year was £685 million (2024: £525 million) and is stated after a release of £343 million (2024: £240 million) arising on a decrease in the expected credit loss provision against the carrying value of certain loans made to entities within the Imperial Brands Group.”
- “On 18 September 2025 the Group's existing syndicated multicurency facility of €3,493 million (2024: €3,493 million) was cancelled and a new syndicated multicurency facility of €3,000 million was arranged, with an initial maturity date of 31 March 2029.”
- “During September 2025 six bilateral facilities for a total £700 million were terminated and six new bilateral facilities for a total £700 million were arranged; all maturing in September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAREY, Emily Jane | Secretary | 2023-06-30 | — | — |
| MARCINIUK, Celso Ricardo | Director | 2024-07-04 | Oct 1975 | Brazilian |
| SLADE, Mathew Edward | Director | 2021-12-13 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNING, John Matthew | Secretary | 2012-10-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| HANNAFORD, Richard Charles | Secretary | 1996-07-22 | 2004-09-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Matthew Robert | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| ROBERTS, Julie Amanda | Secretary | 1996-06-14 | 1996-07-22 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-06-14 | 1996-06-14 |
| DAVIS, Gareth | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2010-05-12 |
| DYRBUS, Robert | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2013-11-05 |
| EVANS, Nerys Helen | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1996-07-16 |
| INSTON, Clive Alfred Carrington | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2001-12-14 |
| JONES, John Michael | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2021-11-01 |
| KEVETH, Nicholas James | Director | 2010-05-12 | 2017-03-31 |
| PAINTER, Stuart Trevor | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2000-05-08 |
| PARAVICINI, Lukas Jean-Baptiste | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2026-02-26 |
| PARR, Jeremy Arthur | Director | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-22 |
| RESNEKOV, David Ian | Director | 2011-11-15 | 2018-02-28 |
| RILEY, Jonathan Mark | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2001-06-12 |
| ROBERTS, Julie Amanda | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1996-07-22 |
| TANT, Oliver Reginald | Director | 2013-11-05 | 2021-05-18 |
| TILDESLEY, Thomas Richard William | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2021-04-30 |
| TILLEKERATNE, David Michael | Director | 2022-02-18 | 2024-07-04 |
| WALL, Marie Ann | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2022-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Tobacco Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.