Dividends despite losses — paying shareholders through the red
Loss-making companies that still paid a substantial dividend — shareholders paid out of reserves, not profit · 485 qualifying · snapshot 2026-06-01
| # | Company | Industry | Dividends paid | Pre-tax loss | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ANNINGTON PROPERTY LIMITED Ministry of Defence residential landlord | Real Estate | £5.38B | £-673,294,000 | £272M |
| 02 | HSBC BANK PLC | Financials | £1.95B | £-119,000,000 | £NaN |
| 03 | CREDIT SUISSE INTERNATIONAL | Financials | £1.81B | £-116,173,808 | £2.27B |
| 04 | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD UK LTD Video game publisher UK subsidiary | Technology | £1.51B | £-261,666,415 | £1.98B |
| 05 | SIX CONTINENTS LIMITED InterContinental Hotels Group subsidiary | Industrials | £1.50B | £-238,000,000 | £2.10B |
| 06 | LAND SECURITIES P L C | Real Estate | £900M | £-108,893,000 | £NaN |
| 07 | ANGLO AMERICAN INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED Holding company for mining group | Industrials | £800M | £-3,830,065,631 | £11.23B |
| 08 | ANGLO AMERICAN PLC Multinational mining group | Basic Materials | £774M | £-1,421,997,586 | £21.52B |
| 09 | WESTERN DIGITAL (UK) LIMITED | Consumer Discretionary | £744M | £-92,146,198 | £509M |
| 10 | ITHACA MA LIMITED Oil and gas extraction subsidiary | Energy | £713M | £-17,037,568 | £69M |
| 11 | EMR GROUP LIMITED Multinational metal recycling group | Industrials | £632M | £-2,000,000 | £255M |
| 12 | BRIGHTON STM GROUP HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED Real estate holding company | Real Estate | £547M | £-64,300,000 | £152M |
| 13 | SAINSBURY'S BANK PLC | Financials | £400M | £-24,000,000 | £231M |
| 14 | TRAVIS PERKINS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED | Consumer Discretionary | £384M | £-50,400,000 | £355M |
| 15 | KYOWA KIRIN INTERNATIONAL PLC | Industrials | £360M | £-38,800,000 | £783M |
| 16 | ENTERPRISE OIL MIDDLE EAST LIMITED Shell oil extraction subsidiary | Energy | £360M | £-24,560,000 | £130M |
| 17 | CEDAR ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Utilities | £328M | £-14,739,000 | £712M |
| 18 | BARRATT REDROW PLC London-listed UK housebuilder | Industrials | £249M | £-114,100,000 | £3.88B |
| 19 | GREENCOAT UK WIND PLC | Industrials | £227M | £-192,617,000 | £2.88B |
| 20 | SMURFIT WESTROCK CONSUMER PACKAGING LIMITED | Basic Materials | £214M | £-11,687,655 | £356M |
| 21 | RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS LIMITED Independent renewable energy developer | Industrials | £176M | £-45,484,000 | £371M |
| 22 | BLUEFIELD RENEWABLES 2 LIMITED | Utilities | £175M | £-3,747,420 | £160M |
| 23 | WEYBRIGHT FSL LIMITED | Industrials | £167M | £-88,261,919 | £5.32B |
| 24 | ATLANTICA SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLC | Utilities | £136M | £-9,226,011 | £1.00B |
| 25 | PULLMAFLEX U.K. LIMITED | Industrials | £117M | £-102,275,705 | £778M |
All figures from each company's latest filed Companies House accounts; detailed filers only, with implausible outliers and scale artifacts excluded. Filed accounts lag the present by roughly 12–24 months, and group-vs-parent scope changes can move a figure between filings. Banks and insurers that don't report a turnover line are under-represented on the turnover-based boards.