Group financial highlights
Financial highlights for the year ended 31 July 2024
Adjusted1 operating profit
£170.6m
2023: £113.5m
Adjusted1 basic earnings per share
76.1p
2023: 55.1p
Return on opening equity2
6.9%
2023: 5.0%
Ordinary dividend per share3
-
2023: 67.5p
Loan book4
£10.1bn
2023: £9.5bn
Total client assets
£20.4bn
2023: £17.3bn
Group financial overview
Close Brothers operates through three divisions: Banking, Securities and Asset Management. Below is a summary of the group’s financial performance over the last three years including an overview of our divisions.
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted1 operating profit (£m) | 170.6 | 113.5 | 234.8 |
| Statutory Operating profit before tax (£m) | 142.0 | 112.0 | 232.8 |
| Basic EPS (p) | 59.7 | 54.3 | 110.4 |
| Adjusted1 basic EPS (p) | 76.1 | 55.1 | 111.5 |
| DPS (p) | - | 67.5 | 66.0 |
| Total equity (£bn) | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Total assets (£bn) | 14.1 | 13.6 | 12.7 |
| Common equity tier 1 capital ratio | 12.8% | 13.3% | 14.6% |
| Return on opening equity | 6.9% | 5.0% | 10.6% |
Close Brothers has a financial year end of 31 July.
Banking
Close Brothers’ Banking division provides specialist and secured lending and deposits for small businesses and individuals. It operates across three businesses: Commercial, Retail and Property.
| Financial overview | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating income (£m) | 724.9 | 713.8 | 693.1 |
| Adjusted1 operating profit (£m) | 178.0 | 120.1 | 227.2 |
| Closing loan book4 (£m) | 10,098.7 | 9,526.2 | 9,098.9 |
Asset Management
Close Brothers Asset Management provides investment management and financial planning services to private clients in the UK.
Following the announcement on 19 September 2024 and the receipt of the required regulatory approvals , Close Brothers Group completed the sale of Close Brothers Asset Management to funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., on 28 February 2025.
Close Brothers completes sale of CBAM to Oaktree
| Financial overview | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating income (£m) | 157.8 | 144.8 | 148.0 |
| Adjusted1 operating profit (£m) | 12.2 | 15.9 | 21.7 |
| Total client assets (£m) | 20,422 | 17,326 | 16,574 |
Securities
Our Securities offering includes Winterflood, which provides market making, investment trusts advisory and broking services, and institutional sales trading. It also includes Winterflood Business Services, which provides outsourced custody and dealing services.
| Financial overview | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating income (£m) | 73.0 | 75.3 | 95.2 |
| Operating profit (£m) | (1.7) | 3.5 | 14.1 |