S4 CAPITALPLC financials
S4 CAPITALPLC
Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-12-31
LEI:
21380068SP9V65KPQN68 ISIN: GB00BFZZM640 Financial statements
(GBP, as reported — unscaled; 94 line items across 2 annual periods)
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||
| Revenue | £754.8M | £848.2M |
| Operating expenses | £670.3M | £1.06B |
| Employee benefits expense | £503.9M | £581.5M |
| Depreciation & amortisation | £67.3M | £373.5M |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | £2.7M | -£302.8M |
| Net finance income / (cost) | -£25.7M | -£26.4M |
| Finance costs | £28.6M | £31.7M |
| Profit before tax | -£23.8M | -£330.9M |
| Income tax expense | £1.0M | -£24.0M |
| Profit for the year | -£24.8M | -£306.9M |
| — attributable to owners | -£24.8M | -£306.9M |
| — attributable to NCI | £0 | £0 |
| Total comprehensive income | -£71.4M | -£323.7M |
| Per share | ||
| Basic EPS | £-0.04 | £-0.46 |
| Diluted EPS | £-0.04 | £-0.46 |
| Free cash flow / share | £0.18 | £0.12 |
| Cash flow statement | ||
| Cash generated from operations | £127.6M | £93.1M |
| Net cash from operating activities | £124.1M | £84.1M |
| Net cash from investing activities | -£3.0M | -£12.3M |
| Purchase of PP&E (capex) | £2.3M | £4.0M |
| Purchase of intangibles | £2.4M | £4.2M |
| Net cash from financing activities | -£43.4M | -£44.5M |
| Dividends paid | £6.1M | £0 |
| Repayments of borrowings | £200.0K | £200.0K |
| Lease liability payments | £13.0M | £12.7M |
| Net change in cash | £77.7M | £27.3M |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Total assets | £1.35B | £1.45B |
| Non-current assets | £728.6M | £816.5M |
| Property, plant & equipment | £9.9M | £16.4M |
| Right-of-use assets | £27.3M | £34.7M |
| Intangible assets & goodwill | £381.0M | £391.2M |
| Current assets | £619.0M | £628.8M |
| Trade & other receivables | £374.2M | £450.8M |
| Cash & equivalents | £240.8M | £168.4M |
| Total equity | £506.0M | £577.5M |
| — attributable to owners | £505.9M | £577.4M |
| Non-controlling interests | £100.0K | £100.0K |
| Non-current liabilities | £358.9M | £363.8M |
| Long-term borrowings | £324.4M | £307.2M |
| Lease liabilities (non-current) | £19.3M | £29.7M |
| Current liabilities | £482.7M | £504.0M |
| Short-term borrowings | £100.0K | £200.0K |
| Lease liabilities (current) | £12.0M | £12.8M |
| Trade & other payables | £452.9M | £482.0M |
| Deferred tax liabilities | £12.9M | £18.6M |
| Derived metrics | ||
| Free cash flow | £121.8M | £80.1M |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | -35.7% |
| Net margin | -3.3% | -36.2% |
| Return on equity | -4.9% | -53.1% |
| Cash conversion ratio | -5.00× | -0.27× |
| Capex coverage | 53.96× | 21.02× |
| Other reported items | ||
| Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Trade Account Receivable | £66.1M | -£44.4M |
| Adjustments For Depreciation and Amortisation Expense and Impairment Loss Reversal of Impairment Loss Recognised In Profit Or Loss | £67.3M | £373.5M |
| Adjustments For Finance Income Cost | -£25.7M | -£26.4M |
| Adjustments For Increase Decrease In Trade Account Payable | -£9.4M | £58.3M |
| Adjustments For Sharebased Payments | £4.0M | £6.8M |
| Adjustments For Undistributed Profits of Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method | £0 | £100.0K |
| Cash Flows Used In Obtaining Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities | £300.0K | £7.0M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests | £0 | £0 |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent | -£71.4M | -£323.7M |
| Current Provisions | £8.5M | £800.0K |
| Current Tax Assets Current | £4.0M | £9.6M |
| Current Tax Liabilities | £3.0M | £3.5M |
| Deferred Tax Assets | £46.7M | £49.0M |
| Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners | £7.4M | — |
| Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners Per Share | £0.01 | — |
| Dividends Received Classified As Investing Activities | £0 | £200.0K |
| Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents | -£5.3M | -£4.6M |
| Expense From Sharebased Payment Transactions In Which Goods Or Services Received Did Not Qualify For Recognition As Assets | £4.0M | £6.5M |
| Finance Income | £2.9M | £5.3M |
| Gains Losses On Net Monetary Position | -£800.0K | -£1.7M |
| Impairment Loss Recognised In Profit Or Loss Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill | — | £301.2M |
| Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities | £3.5M | £9.0M |
| Increase Decrease Through Changes In Ownership Interests In Subsidiaries That Do Not Result In Loss of Control | -£200.0K | £400.0K |
| Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions | £4.0M | £6.9M |
| Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill | £258.4M | £315.2M |
| Interest Paid Classified As Financing Activities | £23.6M | £29.1M |
| Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities | £2.2M | £2.1M |
| Issued Capital | £167.5M | £154.9M |
| Liabilities | £841.6M | £867.8M |
| Net Assets Liabilities | £506.0M | £577.5M |
| Noncurrent Provisions | £2.3M | £3.5M |
| Other Adjustments For Noncash Items | -£1.6M | £2.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income | -£46.6M | -£16.8M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Exchange Differences On Translation | -£46.6M | -£16.8M |
| Other Expense By Nature | £80.1M | £78.7M |
| Other Noncurrent Receivables | £4.5M | £9.2M |
| Other Reserves | £19.5M | £70.7M |
| Payments To Acquire Or Redeem Entitys Shares | £0 | £2.5M |
| Proceeds From Disposals of Property Plant and Equipment Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill Investment Property and Other Noncurrent Assets | £100.0K | £100.0K |
| Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation | -£69.5M | -£22.9M |
| Retained Earnings | £183.2M | £209.8M |
| Share of Profit Loss of Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method | £0 | £100.0K |
| Share Premium | £205.2M | £164.9M |
Methodology
Every line item above is a fact tagged in S4 CAPITALPLC's annual report
filed in the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) under the IFRS
taxonomy (ifrs-full) — the income statement, balance sheet
and cash-flow statement as the filer reported them. Values are shown
as-is, in the reporting currency (GBP), without
rescaling; the row labels map to the underlying concept name (e.g.
Revenue → ifrs-full:Revenue, Operating profit →
ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities, Diluted EPS →
ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare), and any concept
without a curated label is shown under “Other reported items” with its
de-camel-cased tag name. Only consolidated, default-member facts are
shown (segment / dimensional breakdowns are excluded).
“Derived metrics” (free cash flow, margins, ROE, …) are computed from those facts by the same model the U.S. financials pages use — not tagged by the filer.
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