HBOS PLC
Company number SC218813 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
HBOS PLC functions as a critical structural holding entity within the Lloyds Banking Group, leveraging its parent's dominant UK market share and systemic scale rather than relying on standalone operational metrics. Its strategic value is anchored in high-caliber governance and its utility for group-level capital optimization, though it remains inherently exposed to the macroeconomic cycles impacting UK retail banking. Ultimately, the company's forward trajectory is entirely tethered to Lloyds' strategic pivots toward digital transformation, wealth management, and sustainable finance.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-05-03
- Registered office
- The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ
- Postcode
- EH1 1YZ
- Capital
- 3 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-06
- Next due by
- 2027-05-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64205 Activities of financial services holding companies
Officers 17 current · 74 resigned
Group structure 6 subsidiaries
Controlled by LLOYDS BANK PLC — since 2016-04-06
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HALIFAX GROUP LIMITED Dissolved
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HALIFAX LIMITED Dissolved
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HBOS FINAL SALARY TRUST LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 2
£30,000,000 total awarded value where published.
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC group statement — 5 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5573515 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
30.6%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom 10% for parity
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 101 similar companies in EH, trading since 2001
The class of 2001
40%
of the 80,160 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.