AVIVA EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LIMITED

1. AVIVA EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2002-07-01 → present
2. CGNU EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2001-07-02 → 2002-07-01
3. NORWICH UNION SERVICES LIMITED 1997-05-13 → 2001-07-02
4. ADVERTDESIGN LIMITED 1996-11-19 → 1997-05-13

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

IFRS

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group as a whole have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements (at least to 25 June 2026). For this reason, they continue to adopt, and to consider appropriate, the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “During the year, £440 million (2023: £470 million) of remeasurements relating to a reduction in assets not fully matched by a reduction in liabilities were recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.”
• “During 2023, the UK government announced that the free-standing tax charge that applies to authorised surplus payments to sponsoring employers of a registered defined benefit pension scheme would reduce from 35% to 25%, from 6 April 2024. The provision was substantively enacted on 11 March 2024. Its implementation has reduced the deferred tax liabilities of the company by approximately £51m.”
• “The High Court ruling in June 2023, along with the subsequent appeal in July 2024, ruled that certain past amendments made to the rules of defined benefit schemes that contracted out of the state second pension are invalid without an actuarial confirmation under the Pension Schemes Act 1993. On 5 June 2025, the Government announced that it will introduce legislation to give pension schemes affected by the High Court ruling the ability to retrospectively validate amendments by obtaining written actuarial confirmation that historical benefit changes met the necessary standards.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +10.7%

  £1,247,000,000 → £1,380,000,000

• Cash

  +11.1%

  £36,000,000 → £40,000,000

• Net assets

  -31.8%

  £776,000,000 → £529,000,000

• Employees

  +9.7%

  15,711 → 17,238

• Profit before tax

  -56%

  £50,000,000 → £22,000,000

• Wages

  +11.6%

  £740,000,000 → £826,000,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers