KAINOS GROUP PLC
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Cash
£40m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£100m
Equity attributable
Employees
2,947
Average over period
Profit before tax
£58m
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £367,246,000 | £431,098,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £42,533,000 | £54,772,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £48,640,000 | £58,111,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £35,560,000 | £42,500,000 | — | |
| Cash | £22,673,000 | £39,530,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £137,985,000 | £100,459,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £137,985,000 | £100,459,000 | — | |
| Equity | £137,985,000 | £100,459,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 2,953 | 2,947 | — | |
| Wages | £222,692,000 | £232,098,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £281,000 | £276,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,000 | £25,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £205,000 | £204,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.8% | 54.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.3% | 63.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.67x | 1.17x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- KAINOS GROUP PLC 2015-07-07 → present
- KAINOS GROUP LIMITED 2015-05-07 → 2015-07-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG
- 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 Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group and the Company's business plan, by comparing them to historical performance and challenging the achievability of budgeted growth, supports the Group and the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of the approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- KAINOS GROUP PLC · parent
- Kainos Software Limited 100%
- Kainos Software Poland Spółka z.o.o 100%
- Kainos WorkSmart Inc. 100%
- Formulate Solutions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company bought back, for cancellation, 1,437,024 ordinary shares at a cost of £11.6 million between 1 April 2026 and 15 May 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, Grainne | Secretary | 2015-07-07 | — | British |
| BLAIR, Rosaleen | Director | 2021-01-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| CHINDALUR, Shruthi | Director | 2025-09-24 | Oct 1978 | Indian |
| DAVIS, Mary Catherine | Director | 2019-11-28 | Aug 1964 | British |
| KIDD, James Singer | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
| MCCANN, Richard Henry | Director | 2015-05-07 | Sep 1964 | British |
| MOONEY, Brendan, Dr | Director | 2024-12-11 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNET, Thomas James Wardlaw | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2024-09-24 |
| COWAN, Christopher Martin | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2021-09-23 |
| GANNON, Paul | Director | 2015-06-18 | 2021-09-23 |
| LILLYWHITE, John George, Dr | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2019-09-26 |
| MALPASS, Andrew | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2024-09-24 |
| MOONEY, Brendan | Director | 2015-05-07 | 2023-09-21 |
| O'KANE, James Patrick Jude | Director | 2015-07-03 | 2015-07-06 |
| SLOAN, Russell | Director | 2023-09-21 | 2024-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 333 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-06-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-06-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-06-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-06-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 17
- 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.