Sopra Steria Limited
Registered name: SOPRA STERIA LIMITED
Part of Sopra Steria Holdings Ltd groupSopra Steria Limited made £436m revenue and £40.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sopra Steria Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £436m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £40.7m profit and 2,981 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £463m | £436m |
| Operating profit | £21.8m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £70.7m | £35.8m |
| Profit after tax | £53.9m | £40.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £53.9m | £40.7m |
| Employees (average) | 2,483 | 2,981 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £21.7k | £13.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £135m | £144m |
| Net assets | £383m | £391m |
| Fixed assets | £263m | £269m |
| Current assets | £332m | £368m |
| Debtors | £23.2m | £33m |
| Deferred income | £36m | £36.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 61.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £391m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £144m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 2,981
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £36.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £269m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sopra Steria Holdings Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sopra Steria Services Limited75–100%
- Sopra Steria Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (10)
- Shared Services Connected LtdRev. £334m · Profit £29.6m
- Sopra Steria Financial Services LimitedRev. £7m · Profit −£61k
- Cxpartners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Graffica LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NHS Shared Business Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NHS Shared Employee Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sopra Steria (Retirement Benefits Scheme) Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sopra Steria Abc Pensions LimitedRev. — · Profit £100
- Steria (Pooled Investments) Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Steria BSP LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Steria Electricity Supply Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £40.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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