NHS Shared Business Services Limited
Registered name: NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Sopra Steria Holdings Ltd groupNHS Shared Business Services Limited made £124m revenue and £12.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
NHS Shared Business Services Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £124m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.6m profit and 1,227 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £111m | £115m | £124m |
| Cost of sales | £94.8m | £97.1m | — |
| Operating profit | £16.1m | £17.4m | £14.1m |
| Profit before tax | £18.7m | £20.9m | £17.5m |
| Profit after tax | £14.6m | £15m | £12.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £14.6m | £15m | £12.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,162 | 1,227 | 1,227 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 13.2% | 13.1% | 10.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £95.4k | £93.3k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | £12.6k | £12.2k | £10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼15.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | 0% |
| 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
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1,227
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sopra Steria Holdings Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sopra Steria Services Limited75–100%
- Sopra Steria Limited50–75%
- NHS Shared Business Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- 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 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
Minority corporate shareholders
- Nhs Business Services Authority (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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