Report and publications
British Business Investments – Annual Report 2019
Key highlights include:
- A gross annual income of £82m generated, delivering a pre-tax profit of £71m– an increase of 4.4% on 2017/18
- A gross return on average capital employed for the year of 6.5%, or 5.6% net of costs, ahead of benchmarks of 5.6% and 5.0% respectively
- Supporting over 34,000 small and medium sized business (SMEs) across the UK as at 31 March 2019, an increase of 28% on 31 March 2018
- At 31 March 2019, British Business Investments had invested £1.1bn through 46 portfolio investments.

Download the Annual Reports and Accounts 2019 report
Our Annual Report and Accounts reports on the performance of the Bank during the 2019 financial year.