THE ACCESS BANK UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-24 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£226M
USD 302,842,905
-34.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£586M
USD 783,491,503
+14.8% vs 2023
Employees
239
+25.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£130M
USD 173,360,740
+14.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £155,197,040 | £182,749,463 | |
| Operating profit | £113,276,517 | £129,596,128 | |
| Profit before tax | £113,276,517 | £129,596,128 | |
| Net profit | £83,895,533 | £95,468,909 | |
| Cash | £346,699,826 | £226,390,749 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £510,057,655 | £585,700,458 | |
| Equity | £510,057,655 | £585,700,458 | |
| Average employees | 190 | 239 | |
| Wages | £20,054,466 | £24,594,472 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,866,823 | £2,993,964 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+17.8%
£155,197,040 £182,749,463
-
Cash
-34.7%
£346,699,826 £226,390,749
-
Net assets
+14.8%
£510,057,655 £585,700,458
-
Employees
+25.8%
190 239
-
Operating profit
+14.4%
£113,276,517 £129,596,128
-
Profit before tax
+14.4%
£113,276,517 £129,596,128
-
Wages
+22.6%
£20,054,466 £24,594,472
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 73.0% | 70.9% | |
| Net margin | 54.1% | 52.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.6% | 87.2% | |
| Interest cover | 1.51x | 1.13x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- THE ACCESS BANK UK LIMITED 2008-01-31 → present
- PROJECT G LIMITED 2007-10-22 → 2008-01-31
- INTERCEDE 2213 LIMITED 2007-09-10 → 2007-10-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- THE ACCESS BANK UK LIMITED · parent
- The Access Bank UK Nominees Ltd
- The AB EBT Limited
- The Access Group Hong Kong Ltd
- The Access Group Holdings Malta Limited
- The Access Bank Malta Limited
- Access Holdings Mauritius
Significant events
- “Dr Herbert Wigwe, Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc and Chairman of The Access Bank UK Ltd, died alongside his wife and son on Friday, 9th February, 2024, in a helicopter accident, in the United States of America.”
- “In December 2024 the Bank received approval from the European Central Bank ("ECB") and Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") to establish a banking subsidiary in Malta.”
- “In November 2024 the Bank announced it had signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a majority shareholding in AfrAsia Bank Limited, the fourth-largest bank in Mauritius.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARTERS, David John | Director | 2019-03-15 | May 1960 | British |
| JOBOME, Gregory Ovie | Director | 2022-11-25 | Jun 1965 | Nigerian,British |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Heather Kathleen | Director | 2022-11-25 | Feb 1965 | British |
| MONAWER, Vikas | Director | 2026-02-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
| OGBONNA, Roosevelt Michael | Director | 2017-03-20 | Apr 1974 | Nigerian |
| PLANT, David Allan | Director | 2023-12-01 | May 1978 | British |
| QUINN, Sandra Ann | Director | 2023-11-27 | Jun 1962 | British |
| SIMMONDS, James Kevin | Director | 2008-01-08 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-09-10 | 2024-04-30 |
| AIG-IMOUKHUEDE, Aigboje | Director | 2008-01-12 | 2013-12-31 |
| CLARK, Stephen | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| CORRIGAN, Michael Joseph | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2010-09-29 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Sean Patrick | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2023-12-01 |
| NWOSU, Obinna David | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2017-03-21 |
| ROSS, Derek Andrew | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| WADE, Timothy Cardwell | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2019-03-15 |
| WIGWE, Herbert | Director | 2008-01-12 | 2024-02-09 |
| MITRE DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-09-10 | 2007-10-19 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-09-10 | 2007-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.