CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4K
+33.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£871K
+46.6% vs 2023
Employees
10,757
-6.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£324K
+312.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 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 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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 61.3% | 49.5% |
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 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.”
Group structure
- CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD · parent
- Capita HCH Limited 100%
- Capita Justice & Secure Services Holdings Limited 100%
- Fire Service College Limited 100%
- Daisy Updata Communications Limited 50%
- Electra-Net (UK) Limited 100%
- RE (Regional Enterprise) Limited 100%
- Urban Vision Partnership Limited 50.1%
- Smart DCC Limited 100%
- Tascor Services Limited 100%
- Entrust Support Services Limited 51%
- Capita Business Support Services Ireland Limited 100%
- Capita Corporate Director Limited 100%
- Capita GMPS Trustees Limited 100%
- Capita Group Secretary Limited 100%
- CPLAS Trustees Limited 100%
- Grosvenor Career Services Limited 100%
- Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Limited* 100%
- Capita Secure Information Solutions Limited 100%
- Capita Property and Infrastructure Limited 100%
- Capita Managed IT Solutions Limited 100%
- Tascor E&D Services Limited* 100%
- Retain International Limited 100%
- Capita Property and Infrastructure International Holdings Limited
- Capita Property and Infrastructure International Limited 100%
- Woolf Limited 100%
- Symonds Travers Morgan (Malaysia) SDN. BHD-Philippine Branch 100%
- Capita Property and Infrastructure Consultants LLC 49%
- Capita Property and Infrastructure (Structures) Limited 100%
- Capita Symonds Limited (Libya Branch) 100%
- Capita Symonds Saudi Arabia Limited 50%
- Retain International (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Capita Norman + Dawbarn Limited 97.3%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+33.3%
£3,300 £4,400
-
Net assets
+46.6%
£593,900 £870,800
-
Employees
-6.8%
11,547 10,757
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+312.8%
£78,400 £323,600
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-9.6%
£507,400 £458,600
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