Which Forex Brokers Publish Audited Financial Statements? How to Find and Read a Broker's Accounts

Short answer: listed broker groups publish audited annual reports on their investor websites; IG Group, for example, lists annual and interim reports for download. Most forex brokers are private, but their UK companies must file accounts at Companies House, and anyone can read them free. On 7 November 2026 the filing histories showed full accounts for Pepperstone Limited (to 30 June 2025), IG Markets Ltd (to 31 December 2025), XTB Limited (to 31 December 2025) and Vantage Global Prime LLP (to 30 June 2025). The same check works for any broker with a UK entity, and it takes about five minutes.

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Why a broker's accounts matter to a client

When you deposit with a CFD broker, the broker is your counterparty or your route to market, and it holds your money. Regulation requires client money to be kept apart from the firm's own funds; Pepperstone, for example, states that it holds client money "in segregated bank accounts with top-tier banks, completely separate from Pepperstone's own capital", and that in a liquidation funds in segregated accounts "would be returned to you, after any administrative costs are deducted". The accounts let you check the other side: is the business that holds your money profitable, adequately capitalised and audited without reservation?

In the UK, eligible investment claims against a failed firm can be covered by the FSCS: "We can pay up to £85,000 per person, per firm" (FSCS). Compensation is a backstop, not a plan; a broker's financial health is the first line.

Forex brokers whose UK accounts are on file

Each row below names the UK entity as the broker's own UK website states it, and the latest full accounts in that company's Companies House filing history, both read on 7 November 2026:

The UK disclosures were read on Pepperstone's UK site, IG's UK site, xtb.com and Vantage's UK site. IG Markets Ltd's filing history also shows accounts made up to 31 May 2025 before the December 2025 set, which fits a change of financial year-end; IG Group's own investor page lists both an "Annual report 31 December 2025" and an "Annual report 2025".

What the table does not say: these are the UK companies only. A brand's EU, Australian or offshore entities are separate companies, file in their own countries (or not publicly at all), and may be the one that would actually hold your money. If the broker's website for your country names a company outside the UK, this table does not describe your account.

Listed broker groups: the annual report

A broker group whose shares trade on a stock exchange publishes audited annual reports for its shareholders. These are the most complete documents you will find: revenue by region, client numbers, regulatory capital, risk management and the auditor's opinion on the group accounts. IG Group's results, reports and presentations page offers its annual and interim reports for download, and CMC Markets' investor pages link its annual report. A group report covers the whole group; the UK company's own accounts at Companies House cover the entity you would actually contract with in the UK.

How to find any broker's filed accounts in five minutes

• Find the legal entity. Scroll to the footer of the broker's website for your country. You want the company name and the company number, not the brand.
• Search the company registry. In the UK, search the name or number on the Companies House service. Check the status says "Active".
• Open the filing history. Filter for accounts. "Full accounts made up to [date]" is the latest set; download the PDF.
• Confirm the regulator. Search the same company on the regulator's register (the FCA register in the UK) and check that its name and number match the website. Our regulation check tutorial shows how.
• Note the date. Accounts describe the past. A set made up to June 2025 says nothing about events since.

Worked example: Pepperstone Limited in five minutes

Here is the check above done on one broker, with what each step showed on 7 November 2026:

• Entity. The footer of Pepperstone's UK site reads: "Pepperstone Limited is a limited company registered in England & Wales under Company Number 08965105 and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Registration Number 684312)."
• Registry. Company 08965105 on Companies House: status "Active", incorporated on 28 March 2014, last accounts made up to 30 June 2025, next accounts made up to 30 June 2026.
• Filing history. "Full accounts made up to 30 June 2025" (42 pages) was filed on 10 April 2026; the 2024 set (42 pages) on 7 April 2025; the 2023 set on 2 April 2024; the 2022 set (41 pages) on 23 March 2023. Earlier entries carry different labels ("Amended full accounts" and "Total exemption full accounts" for the year to 30 June 2021), which is exactly the kind of label worth opening the PDF for.
• What the dates tell you. Each set reached the public record roughly nine months after the year it describes ended. So in November 2026, the newest public picture of this company is the year to June 2025. Plan on that lag for any private broker.

The same five minutes on the other three companies in the table gave: IG Markets Ltd, incorporated 1 June 2000; XTB Limited, incorporated 19 April 2010, next accounts made up to 31 December 2026; Vantage Global Prime LLP, incorporated 2 July 2012. All three showed status "Active". An LLP files accounts at Companies House just as a limited company does, so the partnership form is not a reason to skip the check.

One limit of the method: you need the broker's own statement of which company you would contract with. A search for "Eightcap" on Companies House returns Eightcap Group Ltd (company 12448314, incorporated 7 February 2020, accounts made up to 30 June 2026), but Eightcap's UK site redirected us to its EU site from our location, so we could not confirm from Eightcap's own page which entity serves UK clients. Until the broker's own disclosure names the company, a registry hit with the right name is a lead, not a match.

What to look for when you open the accounts

You do not need to be an accountant to get value from a broker's accounts. Five things are worth a look:

• The auditor's report. Is there one, and is the opinion unqualified? A "qualified" opinion, an "emphasis of matter" or a "material uncertainty related to going concern" is worth understanding before you deposit.
• Whether an audit happened at all. Small UK companies can be exempt. GOV.UK explains that accounts using the exemption must carry a statement on the balance sheet that "the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006". If you see it, the accounts were not audited.
• Client money. Look for the note on client money or client assets held in segregated accounts, and how much.
• Profitability and capital. A broker that makes losses year after year, or whose capital is shrinking, has less room to absorb a bad day.
• Related parties. How much of the business depends on other group companies, including offshore ones?

What audited accounts do not tell you

An audit is a check of the accounts at a past date. It is not a rating of execution quality, it does not tell you whether withdrawals are paid promptly, and it does not cover the brand's offshore entities. Use the accounts alongside the other checks in how to choose a forex broker: the regulator's register, the entity's retail loss percentage, negative balance protection and a test of customer service, which our guide to comparing broker reviews and support covers.

Brokers on this site with UK accounts on file

Two brokers in the table above are held by this site (we earn a commission if you open an account): Pepperstone, whose UK company files full accounts at Companies House and which publishes a 73.6% retail loss rate on its UK site, and XTB, whose UK company XTB Limited does the same and whose English site showed a 78% retail loss rate on 7 November 2026. Neither fact makes either broker right for you; they make both checkable.

Risk warning

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Between 70% and 80% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with the providers named above, per their own published figures read on 7 November 2026. This article is general information, not financial or investment advice.