Capita PLC
Registered name: CAPITA PLC
Capita PLC made £2.3bn revenue and a £166m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Capita PLC’s revenue fell 5% to £2.3bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £166m. The company is classified under “other software publishing” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.8bn | £2.4bn | £2.3bn |
| Cost of sales | −£2.2bn | −£1.9bn | −£1.8bn |
| Gross profit | £592m | £517m | £468m |
| Operating profit | −£52m | −£9.9m | −£130m |
| Profit before tax | −£107m | £117m | −£171m |
| Profit after tax | −£181m | £80.4m | −£166m |
| Profit (best available) | −£181m | £80.4m | −£166m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −6.4% | 3.3% | −7.2% |
| Gross margin | 21% | 21.3% | 20.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼306% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Capita Shared Services LimitedRev. £297m · Profit −£2.7m
- Capita Pension Solutions LimitedRev. £192m · Profit £17.1m
- Capita Life & Pensions Regulated Services LimitedRev. £107m · Profit −£71.2m
- Capita Employee Benefits Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Capita Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£466k
- Capita International LimitedRev. — · Profit −£10m
- Capita International Retirement Benefit Scheme Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capita Life & Pensions Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £556k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£166m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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