Shared Services Connected Ltd
Registered name: SHARED SERVICES CONNECTED LTD
Part of Sopra Steria Holdings Ltd groupShared Services Connected Ltd made £334m revenue and £29.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Shared Services Connected Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £334m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £29.6m profit and 2,317 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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) | £327m | £334m |
| Cost of sales | £301m | £297m |
| Operating profit | £25.3m | £37.2m |
| Profit before tax | £30.1m | £39.5m |
| Profit after tax | £22.1m | £29.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £22.1m | £29.6m |
| Staff costs | £136m | £109m |
| Employees (average) | 3,040 | 2,317 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £12.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £81.8m | £77.6m |
| Net assets | £61.3m | £73.2m |
| Fixed assets | £9.9m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | £176m | £177m |
| Debtors | £27.3m | £9.2m |
| Deferred income | £17.9m | £16.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £73.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £77.6m
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 2,317
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £16.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £7.8m
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 Limited75–100%
- Shared Services Connected Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- 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
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 £29.6m), 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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