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Company description
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 1 January 1959; registered for 67 years; registered office reported in LONDON. Its primary declared activity is 70100 · Activities of head offices.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 20 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
- Company number
- 00617987
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
30 April 2026Next statement due
14 May 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 28 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- Fair Payment Code
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £480,029,354
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,413,288
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £63,769
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £5,469,806
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 2.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 42 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
Precedents used in a very small proportion of supplier agreements entered into during the qualifying period contained HSBC’s old payment terms of 42 days. These have now been updated.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard terms are 30 days
- Dispute resolution process
Suppliers are asked to place their issue in writing to their HSBC main contact point. Business contact and Accounts Payable work with the supplier to resolve payment issue/dispute in accordance with internal investigation and escalation procedures.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 16.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 17.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 13.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 13.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 12.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 15.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 13.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 15.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 16.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
04 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
LEI MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 1 January 1959
- Initial LEI registration
- 6 June 2012
- LEI last updated
- 1 April 2026
- Next renewal
- 30 April 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- 8 CANADA SQUARE, LONDON, GB-LND, E14 5HQ, GB
- Headquarters address
- 8 CANADA SQUARE, LONDON, GB-LND, E14 5HQ, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020
- Approved
- 18 February 2021
- Sectors
- Financial, insurance and real estate activities
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 29 March 2021
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
HSBC Holdings PLC
Registration Z5909330
- Registered from
- 19 October 2001
- Current end date
- 18 October 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
HSBC PROPERTY PANEL
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 36,42
- Filed / designated
- 1 September 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 September 2016
One8Two1
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 9,16,36
- Filed / designated
- 22 April 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 April 2014
smart internet banking
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 28 November 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 November 2012
HSBC REPUBLIC
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2012
LITTLE FELLA
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 16,36
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2010
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 16,36
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2010
FIRST DIRECT OCTOPUS
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 1 September 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 September 2008
ASSETVANTAGE
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 22 November 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 November 2000
ASSETVANTAGE
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 22 November 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 November 2010
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 23 April 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 April 2009
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 38
- Filed / designated
- 23 April 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 April 2009
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 23 April 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 April 2009
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 14
- Filed / designated
- 14 September 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 September 1996
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 18
- Filed / designated
- 14 September 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 September 1996
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 14 September 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 September 1996
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 26
- Filed / designated
- 14 September 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 September 1996
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 14 September 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 September 1996
PINSAFE
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 23 October 1985
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 October 2006
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 2 December 1981
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 December 2002
Figurative mark
Owner HSBC Holdings plc · classes 34
- Filed / designated
- 2 December 1981
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 December 2002
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No PSC entry for this company was present in the imported snapshot.
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.