HSBC INNOVATION BANK LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.6B
+3.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
749
+1.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£283M
+28.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net interest income | — | £404,860,000 | £402,372,000 | -0.6% | |
| Fee & commission income | — | £45,405,000 | £51,283,000 | +12.9% | |
| Operating income | — | £451,671,000 | £456,993,000 | +1.2% | |
| Impairment losses | — | £39,186,000 | £772,000 | -98% | |
| Profit before tax | £36,833,000 | £219,943,000 | £283,220,000 | +28.8% | |
| Net profit | -£17,345,000 | £148,025,000 | £215,425,000 | +45.5% | |
| Loans & advances to customers | — | £6,615,509,000 | £6,922,886,000 | +4.6% | |
| Customer deposits | — | £5,067,197,000 | £5,937,852,000 | +17.2% | |
| Total assets | £8,930,698,000 | £9,635,345,000 | £10,609,052,000 | +10.1% | |
| Total liabilities | — | £8,098,503,000 | £9,013,829,000 | +11.3% | |
| Equity | £1,356,461,000 | £1,536,842,000 | £1,595,223,000 | +3.8% | |
| Average employees | 638 | 740 | 749 | +1.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.8% | 84.0% | 85.0% | |
| Interest cover | 0.21x | 1.02x | — |
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
- HSBC INNOVATION BANK LIMITED 2023-06-02 → present
- SILICON VALLEY BANK UK LIMITED 2022-07-18 → 2023-06-02
- SVBUK LTD 2020-04-03 → 2022-07-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board, having made appropriate enquiries, is satisfied that there are adequate resources to continue operations for a period of at least 12 months from the date of this report and it, therefore, continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In May 2023, First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company ('First Citizens') brought a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against HSBC UK and HSBC Innovation Bank Limited, certain other HSBC companies and seven US-based HSBC employees who had previously worked for Silicon Valley Bank ('SVB').”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSBORNE, Anushka Eroshini Herath | Secretary | 2026-01-01 | — | — |
| COWLES, James Charles | Director | 2025-07-25 | May 1955 | American |
| HEGDE, Mridul | Director | 2023-06-22 | Mar 1967 | British |
| HESLOP, Helen Louise | Director | 2021-02-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| LEWIS LA TORRE, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2025-02-19 | Sep 1965 | British |
| TAIT, Stuart George | Director | 2023-06-06 | Dec 1962 | British |
| TURNER, Emily Elsas | Director | 2025-06-01 | Jul 1981 | American |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATTS, James Bradley | Secretary | 2020-04-03 | 2025-12-31 |
| FLYNN, Patrick John | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2024-02-27 |
| GREY, Astrid Cecile Helene | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| HEWITT, Gavin Paul | Director | 2020-04-03 | 2023-01-25 |
| HINSHAW, John Mark | Director | 2023-06-06 | 2024-10-01 |
| MURRIA, Vinodka | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2023-05-16 |
| PLATTS, Erin Marie | Director | 2020-04-03 | 2024-11-04 |
| POPE, Darren Scott | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2024-04-22 |
| WOLFENDEN, Thomas Geoffrey | Director | 2023-08-07 | 2026-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsbc Uk Bank Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-03-13 | Active |
| Svb Financial Group | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2020-04-03 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.