We are a UK specialist bank. Our lending products include mortgages for landlords and loans for business customers.

Find out how we use our expertise to help customers in a range of specialist markets.

Our strategy is to build a specialist bank for our customers, which delivers sustainable growth and shareholder returns through a low risk and robust model.

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Strong momentum, healthy new business pipelines and growing confidence as the UK emerges from the Covid crisis

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Sustainability is central to our long-term success and it influences every aspect of our business

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Homes in the Private Rented Sector are newer, larger, warmer and more energy efficient than they were 10 years ago.

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2021 Half year results

Strong momentum, healthy new business pipelines and growing confidence as the UK emerges from the Covid crisis

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for the six months ended 31 March 2021

£1.13 billion

New lending
+45.1% increase
(2020 H2: £776.4 million)

£82.9 million

Underlying profits*
+44.9% increase
(2020 H1: £57.2 million)

232 basis points

Net interest margin
(2020 H1: 229 basis points)

25.2 pence

Underlying EPS*
+43.2% increase
(2020 H1: 17.6 pence)

16.0%

CET 1
(2020 H1: 14.4%)

7.2 pence

Interim dividend
(2020 H1: nil**)

*For underlying basis, see Appendix A of Results announcement
**For more information, see April 2020 Covid-19 update here.

I am incredibly proud of these results. They reflect the hard work of our people during a challenging period as well as the success of our longstanding strategy to build a technology-enabled specialist banking group. We have delivered record half-year profits and go into the second half of 2021 with strong momentum, healthy new business pipelines and enhanced margins.

Nigel Terrington
Chief Executive Officer

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