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Development Bank Of Wales Public Limited Company

Flexible business finance for companies based in Wales from £1,000 up to £6million. Loans and equity. Secured and unsecured - Development Bank of Wales The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 26 years old · 1,757th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 2000s

Company number04055414
StatusActive
Incorporated18/08/2000
Accounts last made up to31/03/2025
Next accounts due30/09/2026
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier9845002A599A4MC94369

Registered office

UNIT J YALE BUSINESS VILLAGE, ELLICE WAY, WREXHAM, LL13 7YL

Online

Website developmentbank.wales

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts X, Facebook, YouTube

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Group structure

It is the immediate parent of one entity:

  • DBW INVESTMENTS (6) LIMITED

Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.

Filing history

This company has 152 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 26/09/2025. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 24/08/2026.

Filings: officer changes49
Filings: accounts18
Filings: confirmation statements11
Filings: annual returns9
Filings: charges4
Filings: address changes4

The most recent filings

Confirmation statement 24/08/2026
Director resigned 03/11/2025
Group accounts 26/09/2025
Director resigned 11/09/2025
Director resigned 01/09/2025
Confirmation statement 18/08/2025
Director appointed 30/07/2025
Director appointed 17/07/2025
Director appointed 09/07/2025
Memorandum articles 13/05/2025

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Who runs it

The register lists 10 current officers and 36 who have resigned.

Elizabeth Anne Hitchings Secretaryappointed 01/12/2022
Sally Bridgeland Directorappointed 25/09/2024
Iestyn David Evans Directorappointed 01/03/2022
Daniel Rhys Jones Directorappointed 01/03/2020
Kate Ann Methuen-Ley Directorappointed 06/04/2021
Paul Oldham Directorappointed 17/07/2025
Annie Ropar Directorappointed 01/07/2025
David James Staziker Directorappointed 01/04/2018
Giles Alexander Thorley Directorappointed 04/04/2016
Dianne Gillian Davies Walker Directorappointed 01/03/2022

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Welsh Ministers
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares
since 06/04/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 2 registered charges, of which 0 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Legal charge over loan agreement
European Investment Bank
Fully satisfied, created 08/04/2009
Charge over securities
European Investment Bank
Fully satisfied, created 08/04/2009

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 1,757th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 2000s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)