Metro Bank: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Metro Bank PLC's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Metro Bank Holdings Plc. In the year to December 2025 Metro Bank PLC reported turnover of £864m.
- In the year to December 2025, Metro Bank had turnover of £864m, down 10.7% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £91m.
- For a bank, the turnover shown here is gross income: interest received plus fees and other income, before the interest it pays out to savers and lenders. Its total income after that interest was £694m (accounts to 31 December 2025, p. 109).
- It employed an average of 2,859 people, with staff costs of £198m.
- Metro Bank PLC is controlled by Metro Bank Holdings Plc, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Metro Bank PLC's group accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 13 August 2026.
- Registered name
- METRO BANK PLC
- Company number
- 06419578
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 6 November 2007
- Registered office area
- West-Central London
- Industry code on the register
- 64191: Financial service activities (excl insurance and pension)
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 13 August 2026
What does Metro Bank do?
Metro Bank is a British bank serving personal and business customers through its stores in England and Wales, by phone and online, with a focus on lending to small, medium-sized and commercial businesses and on specialist mortgages. It earns most of its income from interest. These figures are for Metro Bank PLC, the bank itself, whose parent company is Metro Bank Holdings PLC.
In brief: bank with high street stores · business and specialist mortgage lending · the whole bank · owned by Metro Bank Holdings
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 6 November 2026. Official website: metrobankonline.co.uk.
Who owns Metro Bank?
The Companies House register records Metro Bank Holdings Plc as the person with significant control of Metro Bank PLC, company number 06419578. Metro Bank Holdings Plc is itself company number 14387040.
That places Metro Bank PLC inside a larger group. Its accounts are group accounts, covering the companies it owns as well.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Metro Bank?
The Companies House register lists 13 current officers for Metro Bank PLC.
All 13 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Catherine Ann Brown | 1 October 2018 |
| Pavandeep Paul Thandi | 1 January 2019 |
| Michael Gerard Torpey | 1 September 2019 |
| Daniel Sweeney Frumkin | 1 January 2020 |
| Dorita Gilinski | 26 September 2022 |
| Clare Gilligan | 31 July 2023 |
| Cristina Alba Ochoa | 10 June 2024 |
| Jaime Gilinski Bacal | 2 September 2024 |
| Marc Stephen Page | 12 November 2024 |
| Paul Jonathan Coby | 30 December 2024 |
| Catherine Martina Doran | 1 January 2026 |
| Ivan Duque Marquez | 1 July 2026 |
| Jacobo Domecq Gomez | 1 July 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Metro Bank file?
Metro Bank PLC reported turnover of £864m in the year to December 2025. That was down 10.7% on £968m the year before.
It reported 2,859 employees. The year before it reported 3,455.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £91m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £208m the year before.
Staff costs came to £198m. That is an average of £69,000 a head. It ended the year with £2,184m at the bank and net assets of £1,516m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £864m | £968m |
| Pre-tax profit | £91m (filed) | -£208m (filed) |
| Employees | 2,859 | 3,455 |
| Staff costs | £198m | £210m |
| Average staff cost per head | £69,000 | £61,000 |
| Bank and cash | £2,184m | £2,811m |
| Net assets | £1,516m | £1,205m |
What these figures cover: For a bank, the turnover shown here is gross income: interest received plus fees and other income, before the interest it pays out to savers and lenders. Its total income after that interest was £694m (accounts to 31 December 2025, p. 109).
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against Metro Bank?
Metro Bank PLC has registered 5 charges at Companies House, of which 3 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
All 3 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| The Governor and Company of the Bank of England (As Security Trustee for the Security Beneficiary) | 22 January 2020 |
| The Governor and Company of the Bank of England as Security Trustee | 13 March 2019 |
| Barclays Bank PLC | 25 June 2010 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Metro Bank compares
Of the 7 high street banks, Metro Bank is 7th on turnover, 7th on profit margin and 7th on growth. HSBC UK keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £34.11.
| Rank | High street banks | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lloyds Bank | £34,528m | £15.85 |
| 7th | Metro Bank | £864m | £10.52 |
| + 5 more high street banks ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Metro Bank files as Metro Bank PLC, whose person with significant control is Metro Bank Holdings Plc, with turnover of £864m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Metro Bank
What does Metro Bank do?
Metro Bank is a British bank serving personal and business customers through its stores in England and Wales, by phone and online, with a focus on lending to small, medium-sized and commercial businesses and on specialist mortgages. It earns most of its income from interest. These figures are for Metro Bank PLC, the bank itself, whose parent company is Metro Bank Holdings PLC.
How does Metro Bank compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Metro Bank is 7th of the 7 companies in our battle of the high street banks, behind Lloyds Bank. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the high street banks →
Who owns Metro Bank?
The Companies House register records Metro Bank Holdings Plc as the person with significant control of Metro Bank PLC.
How much does Metro Bank make?
Metro Bank PLC reported turnover of £864m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £91m.
How many people work at Metro Bank?
Metro Bank PLC reported 2,859 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Metro Bank?
The Companies House register lists 13 current officers for Metro Bank PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Metro Bank PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 06419578, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Metro Bank: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/metro-bank/. Figures from Companies House filings for METRO BANK PLC (06419578).
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