CAPITA PLC
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Cash
£191M
+182.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£84M
+163.2% vs 2023
Employees
38,508
-19.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£20M
+75% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-06-30.
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,814,600,000 | £2,421,600,000 | -14% | |
| Operating profit | -£52,000,000 | -£9,900,000 | +81% | |
| Profit before tax | -£80,300,000 | -£20,100,000 | +75% | |
| Net profit | -£186,000,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £67,800,000 | £191,400,000 | +182.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | |
| Equity | -£133,000,000 | £84,000,000 | +163.2% | |
| Average employees | 47,980 | 38,508 | -19.7% | |
| Wages | £1,491,700,000 | £1,316,900,000 | -11.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,003,836 | £2,912,204 | +45.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.8% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | -6.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | -1.41x | -0.54x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- CAPITA PLC 2012-01-03 → present
- THE CAPITA GROUP PLC 1988-01-27 → 2012-01-03
- CAPITA HOLDINGS LIMITED 1987-04-22 → 1988-01-27
- CAPITA LIMITED 1987-03-05 → 1987-04-22
- KNOWN LIMIT LIMITED 1986-12-08 → 1987-03-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider the Group to have the appropriate resources and liquidity to continue operations for the foreseeable future, a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CAPITA PLC · parent
- Capita Finance Plc 100%
- Capita Services Holdings Limited 100%
- Capita Life & Pensions Services Limited 100%
- Capita Information Limited 100%
- Contact Associates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2024, the Group enabled a material part of the Group’s cost reduction programme, to deliver between £150m to £200m by the end of 2025.”
- “Capita launched its first new customer service product - Capita Experience CXAI.”
- “During FY24, the Group completed its Portfolio Disposal Programme, with the sale of its interests in two business exits: Capita Public Service and Capita Experience.”
- “The Group generated a significant cash outflow in FY24, and the impact of the ongoing cost restructuring programme, to reduce costs and to make the Group more efficient.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENTON, Claire | Secretary | 2022-03-01 | — | — |
| ABULOKWE, Nneka Nancy, Dr | Director | 2022-02-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
| ANDRES MONTE, Pablo | Director | 2024-07-15 | Jul 1973 | British,Spanish |
| CLARKE, John James | Director | 2024-10-09 | Dec 1965 | British |
| DHAWAN, Neelam | Director | 2021-03-01 | Oct 1959 | Indian |
| HARVEY, Georgina | Director | 2019-10-01 | Aug 1964 | British |
| HERNANDEZ, Adolfo | Director | 2024-01-17 | Mar 1970 | British |
| LOWDEN, David Soutar | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1957 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AU, Kenneth | Secretary | 1996-06-06 | 1998-11-30 |
| HURST, Gordon Mark | Secretary | 1998-11-30 | 2014-11-12 |
| HURST, Gordon Mark | Secretary | — | 1996-03-22 |
| STOCK, Simon John | Secretary | 1996-03-22 | 1996-06-06 |
| SWAN, Richard, Mr. | Secretary | 2022-01-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| TODD, Francesca Anne | Secretary | 2014-11-12 | 2021-12-31 |
| ALCOCK, Robert Harding | Director | 1993-11-04 | 2005-02-24 |
| ALDRIDGE, Rodney Malcolm, Sir | Director | — | 2006-07-31 |
| BELL, Maggi | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| BENTON, Richard Michael | Director | — | 1998-01-01 |
| BOLLAND, Martin Keith | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| BOWTELL, John Paul Maurice | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2017-05-31 |
| BOYD, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2021-05-12 |
| BRAMELD, John Vernon | Director | — | 1996-03-01 |
| BROWNE, Lyndsay Margaret | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| BUTCHER, Simon Patrick | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-11-16 |
| CAWDRON, Peter Edward Blackburn | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2008-09-30 |
| CRESSWELL, John Harold | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2023-03-31 |
| DOYLE, Patrick Michael | Director | 1994-07-22 | 2012-03-31 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Carolyn Julie | Director | 2014-05-13 | 2015-10-27 |
| FOWLER, Derek | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| GOODCHILD, Janine Evelyn | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| GREATOREX, Anthony Nicholas | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| GRIMSEY, William | Director | 2006-10-09 | 2010-07-31 |
| GYSIN, Victor | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2017-12-18 |
| HURST, Gordon Mark | Director | 1995-02-24 | 2015-02-28 |
| JASPER, John Arthur | Director | — | 1994-02-09 |
| KING, Martina Ann | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2014-05-12 |
| LESTER, Matthew | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| LEWIS, Jonathan James Muschamp, Dr | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2024-01-17 |
| MARRIOTT-SIMS, Dawn | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-11-09 |
| MCARTHUR-MUSCROFT, Brian David | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-07-23 |
| MILES, Claire | Director | 2023-05-12 | 2023-12-31 |
| MURPHY, Joseph | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| NEVILLE-ROLFE, Lucy Jeanne, Baroness | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2021-12-14 |
| PARKER, Andrew George | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2017-09-15 |
| PILLING, Simon Christopher | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2011-01-10 |
| PINDAR, Paul Richard Martin | Director | — | 2014-02-28 |
| POWELL, Ian Clifford, Sir | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2022-05-10 |
| SELLERS, Christopher George | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-01-23 |
| SHELDON, Gillian Veronica | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| STOCK, Simon John | Director | 1995-08-01 | 1996-06-06 |
| THOMAS OF MACCLESFIELD, Terence James, Lord | Director | 1998-02-24 | 1999-02-10 |
| WALTERS, Eric | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2010-01-01 |
| WARD, Clive Richard | Director | — | 1994-04-12 |
| WELLER, Timothy Peter | Director | 2021-05-12 | 2024-08-09 |
| WELSH, Colin John | Director | 1995-02-24 | 1997-05-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew John | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2021-05-11 |
| WILSON, Nigel David, Dr | Director | 2010-05-12 | 2012-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 2701 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-13 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-06-13 | OC138 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-13 | CERT21 | capital | Certificate capital cancellation share premium account | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-06 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2025-05-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 9
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.