LION FINANCE GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-28 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
GEL 3,753,183,000
+21% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
GEL 7,015,227,000
+27.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
11,708
+30.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
GEL 2,847,991,000
+71.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | GEL 2,393,112,000 | GEL 2,552,959,000 | GEL 3,562,438,000 | |
| Operating profit | GEL 1,752,680,000 | GEL 1,979,580,000 | GEL 2,340,071,000 | |
| Profit before tax | GEL 1,634,650,000 | GEL 1,656,298,000 | GEL 2,847,991,000 | |
| Net profit | GEL 1,443,999,000 | GEL 1,397,327,000 | GEL 2,485,195,000 | |
| Cash | GEL 3,584,843,000 | GEL 3,101,824,000 | GEL 3,753,183,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | GEL 10,929,039,000 | GEL 8,104,411,000 | GEL 19,502,418,000 | |
| Net assets | GEL 2,800,000,000 | GEL 5,498,543,000 | GEL 7,015,227,000 | |
| Equity | GEL 2,800,000,000 | GEL 5,498,543,000 | GEL 7,015,227,000 | |
| Average employees | 8,019 | 8,955 | 11,708 | |
| Wages | GEL 350,758,000 | GEL 405,764,000 | GEL 742,452,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | GEL 18,050,000 | GEL 19,754,000 | GEL 20,705,000 |
Figures converted to GBP from GEL at spot per GEL (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
+39.5%
GEL 2,552,959,000 GEL 3,562,438,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+21%
GEL 3,101,824,000 GEL 3,753,183,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+27.6%
GEL 5,498,543,000 GEL 7,015,227,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+30.7%
8,955 11,708
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+18.2%
GEL 1,979,580,000 GEL 2,340,071,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+71.9%
GEL 1,656,298,000 GEL 2,847,991,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+83%
GEL 405,764,000 GEL 742,452,000
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 73.2% | 77.5% | 65.7% | |
| Net margin | 60.3% | 54.7% | 69.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.0% | 24.4% | 12.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.6% | 82.7% | 87.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.13x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | 1.66x | 1.78x | 1.34x |
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
- LION FINANCE GROUP PLC 2025-02-06 → present
- BANK OF GEORGIA GROUP PLC 2018-02-07 → 2025-02-06
- BANK OF GEORGIA GROUP LIMITED 2017-08-15 → 2018-02-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group, as a whole, has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that the Group is a going concern.”
Group structure
- LION FINANCE GROUP PLC · parent
- JSC BGEQ Group 100%
- JSC Idea 100%
- JSC Bank of Georgia 99.56%
- Bank of Georgia Representative Office Hungary 100%
- Bank of Georgia Representative Office Turkey 100%
- BGEI Investments, LLC 100%
- Bancore Investments LLC 100%
- JSC Galt & Taggart 100%
- BNB JSC Belaruskali Narodny Bank 99.98%
- JSC BNBC 99.9%
- JSC Leasing Group LLC 100%
- JSC Prime Leasing 100%
- JSC BG Financial 100%
- JSC Bank of Georgia Asset Management 100%
- JSC Galt & Taggart SPV 1 100%
- JSC B.G. Capital 100%
- JSC Digital Area 100%
- JSC Paymath 99.34%
- JSC Ticketing, LLC 100%
- JSC Solo, LLC 100%
- JSC United Securities 100%
- JSC Express Technologies 99.41%
- JSC Card & Digital Area 100%
- JSC Metro Digital Area 100%
- Optimo 100%
- Ameriabank CJSC
- P Innova CJSC 100%
- P Dinna CJSC 100%
Significant events
- “The Group acquired Ameriabank... on 29 March 2024”
- “Bank of Georgia named the World's Best Digital Bank 2024 by Global Finance”
- “In April 2024, Bank of Georgia successfully placed a US$ 300 million offering of 9% perpetual additional tier 1”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPUTERSHARE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-25 | — | — |
| CARVILL, Mel Gerard | Director | 2022-03-10 | Aug 1962 | British,Irish |
| GACHECHILADZE, Archil | Director | 2019-01-28 | Jun 1979 | Georgian |
| GEORGADZE, Tamaz | Director | 2018-02-24 | Mar 1978 | German |
| GORDON, Maria Vladimirovna | Director | 2024-09-20 | Feb 1974 | British,Russian |
| HIRN, Karine Christine | Director | 2025-04-07 | Apr 1972 | French |
| MCCARROLL, Veronique | Director | 2018-10-01 | Mar 1964 | French |
| MCINTYRE, Andrew James | Director | 2024-03-15 | Sep 1956 | British |
| MEGVINETUKHUTSESI, Mariam, Mrs. | Director | 2021-03-12 | Aug 1969 | Georgian |
| ORUJYAN, Armen, Dr | Director | 2026-03-09 | Feb 1974 | American |
| QUILLEN, Cecil | Director | 2018-02-24 | Aug 1963 | American |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLDRIDGE, Rebecca | Secretary | 2017-12-15 | 2018-06-18 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-08-15 | 2017-12-12 |
| LINK COMPANY MATTERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-06-18 | 2022-11-25 |
| BREACH, Alasdair Paul Mackenzie | Director | 2018-02-24 | 2024-03-15 |
| CURTIS, Frederick Paul | Director | 2017-08-15 | 2017-12-12 |
| DADIANI, Levan | Director | 2017-12-12 | 2018-02-24 |
| JANIN, Neil | Director | 2018-02-24 | 2022-03-10 |
| KIKNAVELIDZE, Kakhaber | Director | 2018-02-24 | 2019-01-28 |
| KULIJANISHVILI, Levan | Director | 2017-12-12 | 2018-02-24 |
| LOIKKANEN, Hanna-Leena | Director | 2018-02-24 | 2025-06-16 |
| MUIR, Jonathan William | Director | 2018-02-24 | 2025-06-26 |
| WOLF, Andreas Holger | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2017-08-15 | 2017-12-12 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2017-08-15 | 2017-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levan Kulijanishvili | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-12-15 | Ceased 2018-02-07 |
| Levan Dadiani | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-12-12 | Ceased 2018-02-07 |
| Bgeo Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-15 | Ceased 2017-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 245 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-03-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-03-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-03-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-21 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 19
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.