Capita Business Services Ltd
Registered name: CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
Part of Capita PLC groupCapita Business Services Ltd made £98.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Capita Business Services Ltd reported £98.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 65% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 10,350 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The Company's immediate parent company is Capita Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £19.9k | £78.4k | £324k | £98.7k |
| Profit after tax | £20.4k | £48.6k | £285k | — |
| Profit (best available) | £20.4k | £48.6k | £285k | £98.7k |
| Staff costs | £597k | £582k | £532k | £546k |
| Employees (average) | 11,727 | 11,547 | 10,757 | 10,350 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £2 | £4 | £27 | £10 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲138.2% | ▲487.2% | ▼65.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▼6.8% | ▼3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £28k | £3.3k | £4.4k | £9.2k |
| Net assets | £804k | £594k | £871k | £933k |
| Debtors | £32k | £27.6k | £38.9k | £35.9k |
| Deferred income | £418k | £395k | £350k | £272k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £933k
- Cash at bank
- ▲109%
- Now £9.2k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 10,350
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £272k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Capita PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Capita Holdings Limited75–100%
- Capita Business Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (17)
- Entrust Support Services LimitedRev. £44.5m · Profit −£1.6m
- Capita Property and Infrastructure LimitedRev. £22.9m · Profit £710k
- Fire Service College LimitedRev. £21.1m · Profit −£1.4m
- Electra-Net (UK) LimitedRev. £14.5m · Profit −£2.1m
- Tascor Services LimitedRev. £11.7m · Profit £377k
- Capita HCH LimitedRev. £854k · Profit £319k
- Capita Corporate Director LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capita GMPS Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capita Group Secretary LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capita Justice & Secure Services Holdings LimitedLiquidationRev. — · Profit £42.1m
- Capita Managed IT Solutions LimitedRev. — · Profit £7.7k
- Capita Secure Information Solutions LimitedRev. — · Profit −£324k
- Cplas Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Grosvenor Career Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Re (Regional Enterprise) LimitedRev. — · Profit £232k
- Smart DCC LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban Vision Partnership LimitedRev. — · Profit £110k
Sister companies (4)
- Capita Health Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £399k
- Capita Insurance Services Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.2m
- Capita IT Services Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£384k
- Ventura (UK) India LimitedRev. — · Profit −£54.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £98.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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