The Bank of Ceylon is a fully state-owned, Domestic Systemically Important Bank in Sri Lanka which offers commercial banking, investment banking and other financial services. It operates through three integrated solutions: Retail Banking, Corporate and Offshore Banking, and International, Treasury, Investment and Overseas. The Retail Banking segment involves investment, lending and transactional products to individuals, SME and micro-enterprises. The Corporate and Offshore provides investment, lending and transactional solutions to corporates, projects, the Government, and state-owned enterprises. Its third segment offers fund management, financial foreign-currency related investment transactions, correspondent banking and overseas operations. It was founded by Ernest De Silva in 1939 and is headquartered at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Bank of Ceylon

Type
State Owned Enterprise
Industry
Banking and Finance
ROA
1
Governance
83.3
Profits/Losses
LKR 16,307,406
Governance Indicators
A systematic measure of how well this SOE is managed.
2020
Year of the most recent Annual Report available online
1
Have Annual Reports for the last five years been tabled in Parliament?
2
Does the Annual Report include the mandatory provisions set out in the PED guidelines?
0
Is the Audit Clean / Qualified / Disclaimer?
1
Is the information pertaining to the RTI officer available on the website?
0
Does the SOE respond to an RTI within the timeframe specified in the Act?
1
Does the SOE have a website?
2
Does the SOE website contain sufficient organtisational details?
1
Does the SOE website contain tender and procurement details?
Annual Report
Auditing Standards
Rights to Information
Accessibility of Information
Interpretation of the indicators
Good
2
Average
1
Bad
0
Financials
Available Financial data for the last few years.
Year | Turnover (LKR) | Total Assets | Profit/Loss | Total Debt | Total Liabilities | Total Equity | Operational Profits | ROA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020
|
252,756,030
|
3,024,773,775
|
16,307,406 | Data Not Available |
2,855,816,961
|
168,956,814
|
27,626,847
|
0.6
|
2019
|
248,692,003
|
2,329,599,553
|
23,747,335 | Data Not Available |
2,307,487,963
|
154,995,649
|
41,477,931
|
1
|
2018
|
229,461,622
|
2,312,922,875
|
19,515,153 | Data Not Available |
2,180,782,229
|
132,140,646
|
42,245,921
|
0.9
|
2017
|
197,012,961
|
1,999,410,183
|
21,486,645 | Data Not Available |
1,877,083,683
|
122,326,500
|
38,195,041
|
1.2
|
2016
|
159,701,225
|
1,716,556,701
|
23,835,927 | Data Not Available |
1,613,201,965
|
103,354,736
|
36,430,759
|
1.4
|
2015
|
139,397,982
|
1,610,199,320
|
17,387,387 | Data Not Available |
1,517,125,107
|
93,074,213
|
30,256,022
|
1.2
|