METRO BANK PLC
Company number 06419578 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Metro Bank PLC occupies a defensible niche in UK retail and commercial banking through its customer-service-driven, omnichannel model, but faces persistent capital constraints and margin compression risks. Growth will hinge on disciplined SME and mortgage expansion, digital efficiency gains, and maintaining regulatory trust. To succeed, the bank must balance its physical differentiation with cost control and avoid over-reliance on a single lending segment.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2007-11-06
- Registered office
- One, Southampton Row, London, England, WC1B 5HA
- Postcode
- WC1B 5HA
- Capital
- 674 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-06-09
- Next due by
- 2027-06-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64191 Banks
Officers 15 current · 29 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
Controlled by METRO BANK HOLDINGS PLC — since 2023-05-19
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RETAIL MONEY MARKET LTD Dissolved
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SECURITY TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
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VEHICLE CREDIT LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2023-12-31) as part of the METRO BANK HOLDINGS PLC group statement — 3 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.
Gender pay gap
13.96%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.metrobank.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| METRO BANK LIMITED | 2009-09-29 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 3 TOLPUDDLE STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 0XT | 2020-07-25 |
| 5TH FLOOR VERNON HOUSE 23 SICILIAN AVENUE, LONDON, GREATER LONDON, WC1A 2QR | 2010-02-12 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 17 similar companies in WC, trading since 2007
The class of 2007
28%
of the 228,173 companies incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 70% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 111 titles
- Freehold
- 30
- Leasehold
- 81
- Most recent registration
- 2026-05-29
- Price paid, where recorded
- £216,714,224
- Where
- Greater London (48), West Midlands (5), Kent (5)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGL194913 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2026-05-29 | £24,900,000 |
| MM213193 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2025-09-29 | £2,719,500 |
| GM940903 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2024-10-11 | £800,000 |
| MAN133802 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2024-10-11 | — |
| AGL446521 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-10-07 | £28,839,349 |
| CH410872 | Cheshire West And Chester | Freehold | 2023-10-06 | — |
| ON379644 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2023-03-14 | £8,580,000 |
| AA66662 | Essex | Freehold | 2023-03-01 | £5,250,000 |
| ON172189 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2023-02-01 | £4,104,000 |
| MAN413998 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-01-06 | — |
| YY173457 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-10-10 | — |
| CYM852094 | Cardiff | Leasehold | 2022-08-30 | — |
| AGL370989 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2022-04-25 | — |
| AGL560527 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2022-03-17 | — |
| LT163123 | Leicester | Freehold | 2021-11-17 | £6,720,000 |
| AA34076 | Essex | Leasehold | 2021-10-28 | £3,300,000 |
| AGL547438 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2021-10-18 | — |
| TT136080 | Kent | Freehold | 2021-09-14 | £8,300,000 |
| NN382019 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2021-09-09 | £4,200,000 |
| AGL46984 | Greater London | Freehold | 2021-07-09 | £7,000,000 |
Showing 20 of 111.
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This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.