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Company No. 00014259 · Incorporated 1 Jul 1880

HSBC Bank PLC

Registered name: HSBC BANK PLC

Part of HSBC Holdings PLC group

HSBC Bank PLC made £6.9bn revenue and a £581m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

HSBC Bank PLC’s revenue fell 8% to £6.9bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £581m and 10,210 employees. The company is classified under “banks”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection K · Financial and insurance activitiesSIC 64191Banks
Status
Active
Location
London
Age
146 yrs · since 1880
Type
Public Limited Company

Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£6.9bn
Growth ▼8%
Profit
−£581m
Growth ▼145.3%
Profit margin
−8.5%
 
Employees
10,210
Change ▼10.9%
Profit / employee
−£56.9k
Revenue/employee £674k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£7.5bn£6.9bn
Operating profit£2bn−£180m
Profit before tax£2.1bn−£119m
Profit after tax£1.3bn−£581m
Profit (best available)£1.3bn−£581m
Employees (average)11,45610,210
Ratios
Profit margin17.2%−8.5%
Revenue per employee£652k£674k
Profit per employee£112k−£56.9k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼8%
Profit growth—▼145.3%
Headcount growth—▼10.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets——
SourceAccounts · bulk data May 2026Accounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−8.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£674k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£56.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼11%
Now 10,210
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. HSBC Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
  2. HSBC Bank PLCthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (34)

Sister companies (23)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£581m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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