British Business Investments Annual Report 2018

Key highlights for 2017-18 include:

• A gross annual income of £76.2m generated, delivering a pre-tax profit of £67.9m – an increase of 23% on 2016/17
• A gross return on average capital employed for the year of 7.0%, or 6.2% net of costs, both ahead of benchmarks of 5.6% and 5.0% respectively
• Supporting nearly 27,000 business across the UK as at 31 March 2018, an increase of 51% on 31 March 2017
• British Business Investments currently has £1.2bn invested, alongside £9.1bn of private sector capital, across 58 investment partners