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2022 Annual Report and Accounts

Robert East
The Group’s strategic approach has helped to guide it through the recent periods of turbulence and will continue to deliver positive results for our stakeholders into the future.

Robert East
Chair of the Board



Our strategic priorities

We focus on specialist customers and aim to deliver long-term sustainable growth and shareholder returns through a low risk and robust model. We have five strategic priorities that help us deliver our strategy:

Growth

Growth

Growing our lending in specialist segments of the market where customers are underserved by the large, high street banks

Diversification

Diversification

Developing our range of savings and specialist lending products in new and existing markets, organically and through acquisition

Digitalisation

Digitalisation

Implementing digitally enabled, cloud-based platforms to aid delivery of outstanding customer service, greater efficiency, enhanced decision making and to address new markets

Capital management

Capital management

Managing capital is a critical lever as we invest to grow our business and people while evolving our technology, risk, governance and enterprise frameworks

Sustainability

Sustainability

Reducing the impact our operations have on the environment and ensuring we have a positive effect on our stakeholders and communities


Operating highlights

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Specialist landlords generate over 98% of new buy-to-let business

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Commercial lending customer base now over 37,000 small and medium sized businesses

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Savings deposits pass £10 billion

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4.2/5 Feefo review score from savings customers

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95% of employees are proud to work at Paragon


Financial highlights

Underlying profit before tax £221.4 million 14.0% higher (2021: £194.2 million)

Dividend per share 28.6 pence 9.6% higher (2021: 26.1 pence)

Capital - CET1 ratio 16.3% strengthened in the year (2021: 15.4%)

Total loans to customers £14.2 billion 6.0% higher (2021: £13.4 billion)