CAPITA PLC
Company number 02081330 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Capita PLC is transitioning from a legacy UK outsourcing operator to a technology-driven consultancy, leveraging its deep public sector moats and evolving SIC classifications toward software publishing and advisory services. To unlock sustainable growth and higher margins, leadership must aggressively scale its proprietary software offerings while carefully managing the balance sheet and mitigating operational risks inherited from its historical BPO model.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-12-08
- Registered office
- First Floor, 2 Kingdom Street, Paddington, London, England, W2 6BD
- Postcode
- W2 6BD
- Capital
- 37 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58290 Other software publishing
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 9 current · 53 resigned
Group structure 13 subsidiaries
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CAPITA GWENT CONSULTANCY LIMITED Dissolved
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CAPITA LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
Showing 12 of 13.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 26
£10,025,239,061 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 26.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6930356 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
23.22%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2022/23
Contact details
- Website
- capita.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THE CAPITA GROUP PLC | 2012-01-03 |
| CAPITA HOLDINGS LIMITED | 1988-01-27 |
| CAPITA LIMITED | 1987-04-22 |
| KNOWN LIMIT LIMITED | 1987-03-05 |
Previous registered addresses 11
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 71 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, SW1H 0XA | 2018-06-15 |
| /71.VICTORIA STREET,, WESTMINSTER,, LONDON., SW1H 0XA | 2007-08-28 |
| 61/71.VICTORIA STREET,, WESTMINSTER,, LONDON., SW1H 0XA | 2007-08-28 |
| RK GATE,, 21,TOTHILL STREET,, LONDON., SW1H 9LL | 1992-09-17 |
| PARK GATE,, 21,TOTHILL STREET,, LONDON., SW1H 9LL | 1992-09-17 |
| RK GATE,, 21,TOTHILL STREET,, LONDON., SW1H 9LL | 1988-04-11 |
| PARK GATE,, 21,TOTHILL STREET,, LONDON., SW1H 9LL | 1988-04-11 |
| C/O BLACKSTONE FRANKS AND CO, 388/396 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W1N 9HE | 1988-03-30 |
| O BLACKSTONE FRANKS AND CO, 388/396 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W1N 9HE | 1988-03-30 |
| OLD STREET, LONDON, EC1V 9AQ | 1987-03-06 |
| 50 OLD STREET, LONDON, EC1V 9AQ | 1987-03-06 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 866 similar companies in W, trading since 1986
The class of 1986
50%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.