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CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
Cash
£4K
+33.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£871K
+46.6% vs 2023
Employees
10,757
-6.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£324K
+312.8% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 02299747
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1988-09-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62020
Net assets
6-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
Accounts
6-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £62,800 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £50,400 | — | — | — | £78,400 | £323,600 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £48,600 | — | |
| Cash | £24,400 | — | — | — | £3,300 | £4,400 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £593,900 | £870,800 | |
| Equity | — | £622,900 | £792,100 | £803,800 | £593,900 | £870,800 | |
| Average employees | 12,988 | — | — | — | 11,547 | 10,757 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £507,400 | £458,600 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could nave cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern from the date of approval of the financial statements to 30 June 2026 ('the going concern period'). The Directors are confident the Company will continue to have adequate financial resources to continue in operation and discharge its liabilities as they fall due over the period to 30 June 2026. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- Capita HCH Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Capita Justice & Secure Services Holdings Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · In liquidation
- Fire Service College Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Daisy Updata Communications Limited · 50% held · Ireland · Active
- Electra-Net (UK) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- RE (Regional Enterprise) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Urban Vision Partnership Limited · 50.1% held · England and Wales · Active
- Smart DCC Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Tascor Services Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Entrust Support Services Limited · 51% held · England and Wales · Active
- Capita Business Support Services Ireland Limited · 100% held · Ireland · Active
- Capita Corporate Director Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Capita GMPS Trustees Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Capita Group Secretary Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- CPLAS Trustees Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Grosvenor Career Services Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Limited* · 100% held · England and Wales · In liquidation
- Capita Secure Information Solutions Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Capita Property and Infrastructure Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Capita Managed IT Solutions Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Tascor E&D Services Limited* · 100% held · England and Wales · In liquidation
- Retain International Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Capita Property and Infrastructure International Holdings Limited · England and Wales · Dormant
- Capita Property and Infrastructure International Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Woolf Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Symonds Travers Morgan (Malaysia) SDN. BHD-Philippine Branch · 100% held · Malaysia, Philippines · Dormant
- Capita Property and Infrastructure Consultants LLC · 49% held · United Arab Emirates · In liquidation
- Capita Property and Infrastructure (Structures) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Active
- Capita Symonds Limited (Libya Branch) · 100% held · Libya · Dormant
- Capita Symonds Saudi Arabia Limited · 50% held · Saudi Arabia · Dormant
- Retain International (Holdings) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Capita Norman + Dawbarn Limited · 97.3% held · Nigeria · In liquidation
Significant events
- “The Group implemented a multi-year cost reduction programme in November 2023 to deliver savings of £60rr by Q1 2024. The programme was extended in March 2024, to deliver further savings of £100m by mid-2025. In December 2024, the cost reduction target increased from £160m to £250m by the end of 2025.”
- “During the year the Company transferred assets and liabilities of the Capita One business to its subsidiary, Capita One Limited, which was subsequently sold, as a part of Group restructuring.”
- “The Company sold its investments in Capita One Limited and Fera Science Limited for £207.9m (refer to note 12) and £61.9m (refer to note 14) respectively during 2024.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
7 active · 62 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPITA GROUP SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-12-01 | — | — |
| GREGORY, Christopher James | Director | 2024-08-19 | Apr 1987 | British |
| HOLROYD, Richard Charles | Director | 2023-11-09 | Aug 1964 | British |
| LANSDOWN, Michael William | Director | 2022-01-12 | May 1966 | British |
| RIPOCHE VAN HECKE, Corinne | Director | 2023-04-13 | Sep 1969 | French |
| SMYTHE, Anthony | Director | 2026-02-11 | Jan 1965 | British |
| CAPITA CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-05-23 | — | — |
Show 62 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HURST, Gordon Mark | Secretary | — | 2005-11-01 |
| CAPITA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2008-12-01 |
| ALDRIDGE, Rodney Malcolm, Sir | Director | — | 2006-07-31 |
| AMLA, Ismail | Director | 2019-07-17 | 2021-07-30 |
| BAKER, Christopher Francis Henry | Director | 2016-11-14 | 2021-05-28 |
| BANNERMAN, Erika | Director | 2018-06-20 | 2019-08-07 |
| BARNARD, Michael David | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2019-05-09 |
| BATE-WILLIAMS, Gemma Rebecca | Director | 2023-03-28 | 2024-10-17 |
| BATTY, Malcolm Child | Director | 1995-09-06 | 1995-12-31 |
| BELL, Maggi | Director | 2001-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
| BENTON, Richard Michael | Director | 1994-03-15 | 1998-01-01 |
| BILLINGHAM, Mark | Director | 2022-10-17 | 2023-03-31 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Philip Charles | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2012-10-18 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Philip Charles | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| BROWNELL, Elizabeth Helen | Director | 2021-12-06 | 2023-03-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Penelope Claire | Director | 2020-03-19 | 2021-09-30 |
| CHAPPLE, Aimie Nicole | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-10-17 |
| CHILDS, Richard | Director | 1994-03-15 | 1994-08-26 |
| COOK, Mark | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| CRAWFORD, David William | Director | 2013-06-24 | 2013-12-06 |
| DADY, Kevin Peter | Director | 2007-02-02 | 2013-12-31 |
| DOYLE, Patrick Michael | Director | 1992-11-20 | 2010-02-28 |
| DYE, William Ellsworth | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2005-03-04 |
| FISHER, Rory Mcculloch | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2016-10-31 |
| FORESTER, Terence | Director | — | 1993-04-10 |
| FREE, Chantal | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2023-07-04 |
| GREATOREX, Anthony Nicholas | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2018-09-30 |
| GYSIN, Victor | Director | 2009-05-19 | 2017-12-18 |
| HANDS, Peter Edward | Director | 2013-07-29 | 2016-04-30 |
| HAWKINS, John Stuart | Director | 1992-05-14 | 1993-04-10 |
| HEMMING, John James | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2019-11-12 |
| HEPWORTH, Peter Hamby, Mr. | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2018-05-21 |
| HURST, Gordon Mark | Director | 1994-03-15 | 2015-02-28 |
| JASPER, John Arthur | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| JOYCE, Dermot James | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2007-05-31 |
| KELLY, Peter John | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2008-04-04 |
| KERSLAKE, Brian John | Director | 1992-06-18 | 1993-04-10 |
| MANUEL, David Colin | Director | 2016-11-17 | 2021-12-31 |
| MARCHANT, Richard Melvyn | Director | 2015-02-10 | 2016-03-31 |
| MARRIOTT-SIMS, Dawn | Director | 2013-07-25 | 2016-11-09 |
| MARTIN, Robert John | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2006-11-10 |
| MURRAY, Alistair David | Director | 2022-05-13 | 2024-01-31 |
| NEWMAN, James Henry | Director | 1998-01-20 | 1998-06-30 |
| PALMER, Linda | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2023-06-23 |
| PARKER, Andrew George | Director | 2007-10-30 | 2017-09-15 |
| PARKHOUSE, James | Director | 2014-02-11 | 2015-07-30 |
| PEEL, John William | Director | 1994-03-15 | 2007-03-31 |
| PILLING, Simon Christopher | Director | 2001-12-31 | 2011-01-10 |
| PINDAR, Paul Richard Martin | Director | — | 2014-02-28 |
| RIGBY, David | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2011-06-06 |
| RODGERSON, Craig Hilton | Director | 2014-01-08 | 2017-06-30 |
| RYLETT, Alan Michael | Director | — | 1994-12-12 |
| SELLERS, Christopher George | Director | 2016-11-14 | 2018-01-30 |
| SHARP, Stephen | Director | 2013-10-07 | 2018-11-07 |
| SHEARER, Richard John | Director | 2007-06-28 | 2016-12-31 |
| START, Andrew Philip | Director | 2019-08-05 | 2022-05-19 |
| TOLFTS, Robert David | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2021-06-30 |
| VINCENT, James D'Arcy | Director | 2015-02-10 | 2021-07-30 |
| WATERS, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2011-09-28 | 2016-11-30 |
| WELSH, Colin John | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1997-05-31 |
| WILSON, Brian Joseph | Director | 1996-01-02 | 1998-01-05 |
| WYLLIE, Mark Richard John | Director | 2011-07-06 | 2012-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capita Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 372 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-01-04 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with old address new address |
| 2024-12-04 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-11-22 | CH02 | officers | change corporate director company with change date |
| 2024-11-22 | CH04 | officers | change corporate secretary company with change date |
| 2024-11-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-11-18 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-09-30 | AAMD | accounts | accounts amended with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-02-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-11-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-06-26 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
Credit score
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