COMPASS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
The company acts as a holding and trademark management subsidiary for the FTSE 100-listed multinational contract foodservice business Compass Group PLC.
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Cash
£1M
-98.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.7B
+3.9% vs 2024
Employees
348
+0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£919M
+32.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £528,600,000 | £522,000,000 | -1.2% | |
| Operating profit | £275,100,000 | £324,900,000 | +18.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £694,900,000 | £918,500,000 | +32.2% | |
| Net profit | £641,400,000 | £829,800,000 | +29.4% | |
| Cash | £80,400,000 | £1,000,000 | -98.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,561,900,000 | £4,713,300,000 | +3.3% | |
| Net assets | £4,523,000,000 | £4,697,700,000 | +3.9% | |
| Equity | £4,523,000,000 | £4,697,700,000 | +3.9% | |
| Average employees | 347 | 348 | +0.3% | |
| Wages | £72,200,000 | £87,700,000 | +21.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £22,500,000 | £18,100,000 | -19.6% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 52.0% | 62.2% | |
| Net margin | 121.3% | 159.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.0% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.1% | 46.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 0.84x | 1.11x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- COMPASS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2000-11-30 → present
- COMPASS GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1987-08-03 → 2000-11-30
- CHIEFRULE LIMITED 1987-01-16 → 1987-08-03
Audit & accounting basis
- 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
- COMPASS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Compass Group (Australia) Pty Limited
- Applejack Hospitality Management Services Pty Ltd 70%
- Compass Group Belgium NV
- Compass Group France Holdings SAS
- Compass Group Deutschland GmbH
- Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited
- ESS Thalanyji PTY Ltd 60%
- Amik Catering LP 49%
- Komplete Modular Solutions Ltd. 51%
- Unica Oy 49%
- Geria SA 25%
- Forpleiningstjenester AS 33.33%
- Compass Catering Services WLL 20%
- Edgbaston Experience Limited 25%
- FC Sportswear and Retail Services Limited 45%
- Two Tree Management, LLC 30%
- Convention Hospitality Partners 75%
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
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YAPP, Alison Rebecca | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | — | — |
| BLAKEMORE, Dominic William | Director | 2012-03-30 | Jun 1969 | British |
| PARRAS, Petros | Director | 2023-12-01 | Oct 1980 | Greek |
| YAPP, Alison Rebecca | Director | 2018-09-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERHAM, Andrew Vincent | Secretary | 2002-05-27 | 2009-02-28 |
| MORLEY, Ronald Martin | Secretary | — | 2002-05-27 |
| WHITE, Mark Jonathan | Secretary | 2009-02-28 | 2018-08-31 |
| BAILEY, Michael John | Director | 1995-09-25 | 2006-05-31 |
| BOYLE, Anthony Mark | Director | 2002-07-16 | 2002-09-05 |
| BROWN, Charles Palmer | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| BROWN, Charles Palmer | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2019-03-27 |
| BUCKNALL, Christopher David | Director | — | 1997-03-14 |
| CASSIDY, Denis Patrick | Director | 1994-06-21 | 2001-06-25 |
| CAWDRON, Peter Edward Blackburn | Director | 1993-11-03 | 2001-06-25 |
| COUSINS, Richard John | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| DU MONCEAU DE BERGENDAL, John Maurice Gabriel | Director | 1995-09-25 | 2000-06-12 |
| DUPUIS, Alain Francois | Director | 1995-09-25 | 2005-09-30 |
| GOODING, Valerie Frances | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2001-06-25 |
| GREENWOOD, John Robert | Director | — | 1996-07-19 |
| LENTON, Aylmer Ingram | Director | — | 1994-01-05 |
| LYNCH, Andrew Patrick | Director | 1997-01-21 | 2005-09-23 |
| MACKAY, Francis Henry, Sir | Director | — | 2006-06-30 |
| MARTIN, Andrew David | Director | 2005-09-23 | 2015-12-01 |
| MASON, Timothy Charles | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2007-06-01 |
| MATTHEWS, Roger John | Director | — | 1999-07-01 |
| MORLEY, Ronald Martin | Director | 2001-05-29 | 2005-09-30 |
| PELISSON, Gerard, Mr. | Director | 1995-09-25 | 1999-02-25 |
| TERNOFSKY, Friedrich Ludwig Rudolf | Director | — | 1999-02-25 |
| THOMSON, John Murray | Director | 1994-03-10 | 2000-02-23 |
| THOMSON, Jonathan David | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| WHITE, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| WITTS, Karen | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2021-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 391 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.