Financial Services • Investment holding company
Bharat Nidhi Limited is a New Delhi based company, incorporated in 1942, with its registered office at Asaf Ali Road. It is often searched by its brand name, Bharat Bank. Today it works as an investment holding company. Its annual report says it invests surplus funds in debt mutual funds, bank and financial institution fixed deposits and other safe avenues, and that its net profit comes mainly from interest, dividend and gains on sale or switch of investments. Until August 2023 the company also distributed newspapers and publications of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL). That dealership agreement was terminated and the distribution business was discontinued from 1 September 2023. As a result, income from operations was nil in FY25, against ₹1,437.29 lakh in FY24. FY25 total income of ₹2,777.55 lakh was entirely other income. The real earnings driver is its set of associate companies. It holds 7,00,41,600 equity shares of BCCL, and its other associates include Matrix Merchandise Limited, Vasuki Properties Limited, Bennett Property Holdings Co. Limited, Mahavir Finance Limited and Times Zenith Private Limited. On a consolidated basis, its share of associates' profit was ₹43,455.30 lakh in FY25, which is 96.06% of the total profit. Consolidated profit after tax was ₹45,235.85 lakh in FY25 and ₹50,450.35 lakh in FY24. In FY23 it was a loss of ₹4,019.42 lakh because associates reported a net loss share. These figures are consolidated and in the annual report's own lakh units. The company has no borrowings shown on its consolidated balance sheet. Total consolidated assets were ₹457,746.67 lakh at 31 March 2025, mostly non-current investments of ₹448,505.33 lakh. It had 28,69,703 equity shares of ₹10 each issued as at 31 March 2025, after buy-backs offered as an exit to public shareholders under a SEBI settlement order. The board has four directors, and the company secretary is Amita Gola. The board recommended a dividend of ₹0.60 per share for FY25. Bharat Bank Limited shares are not listed on a stock exchange. Dealers trade them off-market, and the indicative price on IPO Guru is ₹13,800 per share for a lot of 10 shares as of 11 October 2026. This is only an indicative price, not an offer. The company has no IPO filing linked on our site.
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