Bank and Clients
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Church House Trust |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Defunct | 2021 |
| Headquarters | London (Registered Office) , England |
Key people | Lord Strathclyde (Non-executive Chairman) |
| Parent | Ocean Industries S.A. |
| Website | bankandclients |
Bank and Clients plc was a British private bank, which was formed by combining: Church House Trust, a retail bank founded in 1978 and Ocean Capital, a specialist corporate lender founded in 2002. B&C was based in London, England.
In January 2010 the former Church House Trust plc was acquired by Virgin Money as a way for the Virgin Group to gain a banking licence to begin a retail banking operation. The investments division was not included in the acquisition, and continues to operate independently as Church House Investments in Sherborne.
Virgin Money sold Church House to Ocean Industries S.A. in 2014, and it was merged with Ocean Capital to become Bank and Clients. Former HSBC Mexico Chief Executive Officer Sandy Flockhart was named chairman in December 2014, and was replaced in early 2016 by the Conservative peer, Lord Strathclyde.