AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-25 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£48M
-17.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£116M
+81% vs 2024
Employees
668
+0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£13M
+2.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING LIMITED 1986-06-27 → present
- ADP NETWORK SERVICES LIMITED 1985-07-01 → 1986-06-27
- AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1985-07-01
- SHARE TIME SERVICES LIMITED 1969-03-11 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £97,656,000 | £105,274,000 | |
| Operating profit | £14,178,000 | £13,071,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,040,000 | £13,315,000 | |
| Net profit | £15,708,000 | £15,382,000 | |
| Cash | £58,424,000 | £48,427,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100,961,000 | £153,454,000 | |
| Net assets | £64,271,000 | £116,305,000 | |
| Equity | £64,271,000 | £116,305,000 | |
| Average employees | 662 | 668 | |
| Wages | £40,690,000 | £40,630,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 12.4% | |
| Net margin | 16.1% | 14.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | 8.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | 7.09x | 17.62x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. ADP, Inc, the ultimate parent company, has committed to provide financial support, if required, to enable the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a minimum period of 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING LIMITED · parent
- ADP HR and Payroll Services Ireland Limited 100%
- ADP South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- ADP Chessington Pension Trustees Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALE-GOUGH, Benjamin | Director | 2024-04-10 | Oct 1975 | British |
| MAGLIULO, Virginia | Director | 2024-04-10 | Oct 1968 | Italian |
| PHIPPS, Jeffrey | Director | 2025-08-29 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WAKE, Lorna | Director | 2016-07-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEY, Michael Devis | Secretary | 1999-01-28 | 2000-03-01 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-11-11 | 2010-04-05 |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-04-05 | 2018-12-05 |
| BENSON, James Bracken | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2009-03-10 |
| BLACK, Maria Charlotta | Director | 2013-05-29 | 2014-11-03 |
| BONARTI, Michael Anthony | Director | 2009-03-10 | 2013-11-01 |
| BRENNAN, Alan John | Director | 1999-12-22 | 2007-08-31 |
| FINNEGAN, Sheona Dzintra | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| FOSKETT, David | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2016-04-05 |
| GRIFFITHS, Philip John | Director | — | 1999-12-22 |
| HADLEY, Peter | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2019-10-14 |
| HALDAR, Sirsha | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-29 |
| HAVILAND, Richard | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2001-06-30 |
| ITURRIOZ, Jose Antonio | Director | 1999-12-22 | 2003-03-10 |
| JOHNSON, David | Director | 2019-11-11 | 2023-08-31 |
| LAFER, Fred Seymour | Director | — | 1996-08-12 |
| LESUEUR, Philippe | Director | 2003-03-10 | 2007-05-23 |
| LIBIOULLE, Yves | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2002-02-04 |
| MCGUIRE, Donald Edward | Director | 2019-11-11 | 2024-04-15 |
| MCGUIRE, Donald Edward | Director | 2007-08-29 | 2013-11-01 |
| OVEREINDER, Ties | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2002-02-04 |
| PHIPPS, Jeffrey Lewis | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2022-09-01 |
| WESTON, Josh Saul | Director | — | 1996-08-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | Corporate entity | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2023-12-01 | Active |
| Adp Network Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-12-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-19 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+7.8%
£97,656,000 £105,274,000
-
Cash
-17.1%
£58,424,000 £48,427,000
-
Net assets
+81%
£64,271,000 £116,305,000
-
Employees
+0.9%
662 668
-
Operating profit
-7.8%
£14,178,000 £13,071,000
-
Profit before tax
+2.1%
£13,040,000 £13,315,000
-
Wages
-0.1%
£40,690,000 £40,630,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers