HANDELSBANKEN PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8B
-14.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2B
-6.9% vs 2024
Employees
3,079
-2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£422M
-13.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £942,176,000 | £871,569,000 | |
| Operating profit | £487,880,000 | £414,771,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £487,892,000 | £421,832,000 | |
| Net profit | £359,160,000 | £303,861,000 | |
| Cash | £9,084,816,000 | £7,743,225,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,623,634,000 | £2,442,808,000 | |
| Equity | £2,623,634,000 | £2,442,808,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,165 | 3,079 | |
| Wages | £219,694,000 | £217,295,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,879,000 | £2,985,000 |
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-7.5%
£942,176,000 £871,569,000
-
Cash
-14.8%
£9,084,816,000 £7,743,225,000
-
Net assets
-6.9%
£2,623,634,000 £2,442,808,000
-
Employees
-2.7%
3,165 3,079
-
Operating profit
-15%
£487,880,000 £414,771,000
-
Profit before tax
-13.5%
£487,892,000 £421,832,000
-
Wages
-1.1%
£219,694,000 £217,295,000
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 51.8% | 47.6% | |
| Net margin | 38.1% | 34.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.5% | 91.8% | |
| Interest cover | 0.49x | 0.53x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The consolidated financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis as the directors are satisfied that Handelsbanken plc and its subsidiaries have the resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future, which has been taken as at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HANDELSBANKEN PLC · parent
- Svenska Fastighets Nominnes Limited 100%
- Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management 100%
- Handelsbanken Healthcare CT Limited 100%
- Handelsbanken Investment Management 100%
- Handelsbanken UK Nominees Limited 100%
- Handelsbanken Second Nominees 100%
- Handelsbanken Asset Finance 100%
- Handelsbanken Capital 100%
- Handelsbanken Aid Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 March 2026, the Directors recommended a dividend for 2025 of £49.00 per ordinary share. The total dividend will subsequently be paid, subject to approval at the AGM on 18 March 2026. The dividend is equivalent to £247 million (2024: £486 million) and has not been classified as a non-adjusting event and is therefore recognised in the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Kevin Rohan | Secretary | 2019-08-13 | — | — |
| BJORNBERG, Sven Martin | Director | 2022-03-21 | Aug 1968 | Swedish |
| ELLACOTT, John | Director | 2018-09-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| ERICSON, Mikael | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jun 1960 | Swedish |
| HALLAKER, Mikael Lars | Director | 2018-09-01 | Jan 1959 | Swedish |
| IMAN-SORENSEN, Mikael Resen | Director | 2018-04-11 | Dec 1966 | Danish |
| JACKSON, Patricia Doreen | Director | 2021-10-01 | Dec 1952 | British |
| LAURIE, Maureen | Director | 2018-09-01 | Jul 1953 | British |
| LILJA, Therese Agneta Kristina | Director | 2019-04-01 | Aug 1961 | Swedish |
| TRUJILLO BUENO, Margaret | Director | 2021-08-01 | Nov 1961 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-04-11 | 2019-08-13 |
| BJORNBERG, Sven Martin | Director | 2018-04-11 | 2021-11-30 |
| CASTELL, Tanya | Director | 2018-08-09 | 2021-08-08 |
| KIRKEGAARD, Ulrica Stolt | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| OLANDER, Nils Jorgen | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2022-03-21 |
| TAAVENIKU, Arja Susanna | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2024-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-04-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-10 | MORT MISC | mortgage | Mortgage miscellaneous | |
| 2025-07-10 | MORT MISC | mortgage | Mortgage miscellaneous | |
| 2025-07-10 | MORT MISC | mortgage | Mortgage miscellaneous | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.