We're a leading UK-based financial services group with over 325 years' history and a unique family of household brands. Our purpose at Lloyds Banking Group is Helping Britain Prosper.

 

Latest news and insight

Lives empowered, a nation empowered: helping the nation make the most of its finances

11 May 2026 | Lloyds Banking Group

If the benefits of digitally-enabled financial empowerment were realised at scale across the UK population, what could be the total value to the nation over the next decade?

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What is financial empowerment, and why does it matter?

8 May 2026 | Jas Singh

When we talk about people’s financial lives, terms such as financial wellbeing and financial resilience are often front of mind. But there's another concept that is just as important to how people experience money in their everyday lives: financial empowerment.

 

Lloyds Banking Group named best bank to work for in the UK by LinkedIn

28 April 2026 | Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group has been ranked the number one bank to work for in the UK, in LinkedIn’s Top Companies 2026 list of the best large employers for career growth.

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2026 Q1 financial results

"In the first quarter of 2026, the Group delivered sustained strength in financial performance, growing our income, maintaining our cost discipline and delivering strong profitability. We are confident in our delivery for the year ahead and reiterate our guidance for 2026."  

 Charlie Nunn, Group Chief Executive

£4.8bn

Net income

(+9% YoY)

£2.5bn

Operating costs

(-3% YoY)

51.9%

Cost:income ratio

£1.6bn

Statutory profit after tax

(+37% YoY)

4% / 2%

YoY loan / deposit growth

17.0%

Return on tangible equity

Shaping finance as a force for good


We’re creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, shaping finance as a force for good.
 

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Purpose and strategy

Our purpose is Helping Britain Prosper – it’s what drives us, what makes us different and defines how we profitably grow.

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Sustainability

We have an important role to play in creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, by shaping finance as a force for good.

How we're Helping Britain Prosper

>£17bn
lending to more than 70,000 first time buyers in 2025

>£35bn
new finance will be made available for UK businesses in 2026

>£22bn
funding to support the social housing sector since 2018

70,000
charities supported through our charitable Foundations

Our brands

 

With over 325 years' heritage across our family of brands, we serve and support the evolving needs of our customers and clients across the UK.

People are the engine of our success

 

Our culture is more than just a statement. It's who we are, how we think, what we value and how we behave.

Achieving my career goals and personal happiness

Being based in our Bristol hub has enabled Sally to have the best of both worlds: a fast-paced career and a great lifestyle in the South West.

A life-long career in tech

Dan is a Lead Software Engineer in the Group's devices lab, with a lifelong career in app development and AI.

Inclusivity goes beyond ethnic diversity

Repi works as a solicitor for the Group and is also a one of our Ethnicity Network's role models as well as the chair of the Ethnicity Working Group for the Legal and Secretariat Division.