Bank of Scotland PLC
Registered name: BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Part of Lloyds Banking Group PLC groupBank of Scotland PLC made £5.7bn revenue and £1.3bn profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Bank of Scotland PLC’s revenue grew 25% to £5.7bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3bn profit. The company is classified under “banks”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.4bn | £4.5bn | £5.7bn |
| Operating profit | £351m | £738m | £1.8bn |
| Profit before tax | £351m | £1bn | £1.8bn |
| Profit after tax | £335m | £811m | £1.3bn |
| Profit (best available) | £335m | £811m | £1.3bn |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.9% | 18% | 23.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.1% | ▲25.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲142.1% | ▲64.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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.
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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lloyds Banking Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Lloyds Bank PLC75–100%
- Hbos PLC75–100%
- Bank of Scotland PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (40)
- 3 Ed Glasgow LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Automobile Association Personal Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bank of Scotland (B G S) Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bank of Scotland Edinburgh Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bank of Scotland Structured Asset Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bank of Scotland Transport Finance 1 LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Bank of Wales LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages (Scotland) NO.2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages (Scotland) NO.3) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages (Scotland)) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 1 PLCFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 2 PLCFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 3 PLCFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 4 PLCFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 5 PLCFigures not disclosed
- Bos (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 6 PLCFigures not disclosed
- Bos Personal Lending LimitedFigures not disclosed
- British Linen Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capital Bank Leasing 12 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capital Bank Leasing 3 LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Capital Bank Leasing 5 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capital Bank Property Investments (3) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Capital Personal Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cawley (Chester) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Education 4 Ayrshire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- First Retail Finance (Chester) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Forthright Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Halifax Loans LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Halifax Vehicle Leasing (1998) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Home Shopping Personal Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyds Secretaries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mbna LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Membership Services Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NWS Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Standard Property Investment (1987) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sussex County Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The British Linen Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Mortgage Business Public Limited CompanyFigures not disclosed
- The Renfrewshire Schools Partnership LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Waymark Asset Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Hbos UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3bn), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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