Grosvenor House in the city centre was left damaged after protesters smashed windows and revolving doors, and threw red paint over the walls of the building.

Messages written in red paint read ‘free Palestine’ and ‘drop Elbit’, a criticism of the bank’s investment in Israeli military companies.

HSBC is reported to hold around £6 Million worth of shares in Elbit, an Israel-based company which specialises in military electronics, drones and multi-domain security solutions.

Eleven other HSBC chains have been targeted in UK cities by a group known as ‘People against Genocide’, who commonly smash windows, spray paint walls, and criticise the Bank’s ties to the Israeli military.

Clean up work is underway after protesters vandalised the offices, resulting in potentially hundreds of thousands in damages.

Those attacks took place at the end of 2025 into January 2026, and the group has remained relatively quiet since then.

A police statement confirmed it was a group of masked individuals who carried out the attack, who were seen leaving the area on foot in the direction of Pound’s Park.

HSBC staff refused to comment on the incident outside their offices this morning, and the bank is yet to make a statement to the press.

A large cleanup vehicle was parked outside the building today, and several workers were present cleaning the paint that had been flung over the walls.

Enquiries are still ongoing, and anyone with information about the incident should contact South Yorkshire Police on 101 or online, quoting incident number 51 on 2 March 2026.