COMPASS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

1. COMPASS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2000-11-30 → present
2. COMPASS GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1987-08-03 → 2000-11-30
3. CHIEFRULE LIMITED 1987-01-16 → 1987-08-03

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries and receiving a letter of support from the ultimate parent company, Compass Group PLC, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company, as part of the Compass Group, has adequate resources to continue in existence for the 12 months from the date of approval of this Report. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”

Group structure

1. COMPASS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
   1. Compass Group (Australia) Pty Limited · Australia · Food and support services
   2. Applejack Hospitality Management Services Pty Ltd 0.7% · Australia
   3. Compass Group Belgium NV · Belgium · Food services
   4. Compass Group France Holdings SAS · France · Holding company
   5. Compass Group Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Holding company
   6. Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited · UK · Food and support services
   7. ESS Thalanyji PTY Ltd 0.6% · Australia
   8. Amik Catering LP 0.49% · Canada
   9. Komplete Modular Solutions Ltd. 0.51% · Canada
   10. Unica Oy 0.49% · Finland
   11. Geria SA 0.25% · Luxembourg
   12. Forpleiningstjenester AS 0.3333% · Norway
   13. Compass Catering Services WLL 0.2% · Qatar
   14. Edgbaston Experience Limited 0.25% · UK
   15. FC Sportswear and Retail Services Limited 0.45% · UK
   16. Two Tree Management, LLC 0.3% · USA
   17. Convention Hospitality Partners 0.75% · USA

Significant events

• “On 29th August 2025 the Company paid an interim dividend to the parent companies of £700,000,000 (2024: £1,205,954,000).”
• “Additions in the year include the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of DR Holding (trading as Dupont Restauration), a provider of contract catering services in France, for consideration of €91,100,000 (£76,900,000).”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.2%

  £528,600,000 → £522,000,000

• Cash

  -98.8%

  £80,400,000 → £1,000,000

• Net assets

  +3.9%

  £4,523,000,000 → £4,697,700,000

• Employees

  +0.3%

  347 → 348

• Operating profit

  +18.1%

  £275,100,000 → £324,900,000

• Profit before tax

  +32.2%

  £694,900,000 → £918,500,000

• Wages

  +21.5%

  £72,200,000 → £87,700,000

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