Capita - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Capita M&A Summary

Capita has acquired 61 companies. A total of 12 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 20 assets.

Capita’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired avocis AG for $237M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2020, when it sold Education Software Solutions to Montagu for $616M. Capita has acquired in 2 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include software (17%) and business services (17%).

Capita Business Overview

Where is Capita headquartered?

Capita is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Capita’s revenue?

Capita disclosed revenue of 2,815M GBP for 2023 and 3,015M GBP for 2022.

How many employees does Capita have?

Capita has 43,000 employees.

What sector is Capita in?

Capita is a business services company.

When was Capita founded?

Capita was founded in 1984.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity81
    • M&A Buy Activity61
    • M&A Sell Activity20
  • Total Sectors Invested 15
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 30
  • M&A Advisors 8

Capita

Capita Plc

65 Gresham Street,
London, EC2V 7NQ
United Kingdom,
+44 20 7799 1525
www.capita.com

Capita is a provider of business process services, driven by data, technology, and people. The Company delivers innovative, digitally enabled solutions to transform and simplify the connections between government and citizens, businesses and customers. Capita operates across two divisions – Capita Public Service and Capita Experience – in the UK, Europe, India, and South Africa. Capita was formed in 1984 and is based in London, England.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 61 - - - - - 61
vol $1.7B $1.7B
Sell (2.2/yr) # 9 3 4 4 - - 20
vol $752M $585M $231M $128M $1.7B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Fera Science Ltd. 2023-12-04 95M GBP Divestiture
York, United Kingdom · www.fera.co.uk
Evolvi Rail Systems 2023-11-15 - Divestiture
Reading, United Kingdom · www.evolvi.co.uk
Agiito Ltd. 2023-11-15 - Divestiture
Derby, United Kingdom · www.agiito.com
Capita Resourcing Ltd. 2023-03-06 32M GBP Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Pay360 Ltd. 2022-09-16 231M GBP Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · https://www.pay360.com
Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure Ltd. 2022-08-02 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.capitaproperty.co.uk
GL Hearn Ltd. 2022-08-02 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.glhearn.com
Trustmarque Solutions Ltd. 2022-01-28 - Divestiture
York, United Kingdom · www.trustmarque.com
Atlas Master Trust Trustee Ltd. 2021-11-22 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.atlasmastertrust.co.uk
Capita Commercial Insurance Services Ltd. 2021-11-02 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.capitainsuranceservices.co.uk
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 10 (16%) 359M (21%) 5 (25%) 585M (34%)
Software 10 (16%) 324M (19%) 2 (10%) 703M (41%)
Consumer Services 10 (16%) 412M (24%) - -
Information Technology 7 (11%) 447M (26%) 2 (10%) 231M (14%)
Insurance 4 (7%) 49M (3%) 3 (15%) 50M (3%)
Healthcare Services 5 (8%) 57M (3%) 1 (5%) -
Internet Software and Services 4 (7%) 36M (2%) 2 (10%) -
Staffing 2 (3%) - 2 (10%) 32M (2%)
Education 3 (5%) 37M (2%) - -
Real Estate - - 2 (10%) -
Engineering 1 (2%) - - -
Financial Services 1 (2%) - - -
Leisure 1 (2%) - - -
Marketing 1 (2%) - - -
Publishing 1 (2%) - - -
Safety/Security 1 (2%) - - -
Life Science - - 1 (5%) 95M (6%)
Total 61 $1.7B 20 $1.7B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 53 1.3B 19 1.7B
United States 3 186M - -
  California 1 12M - -
Ireland 1 39M 1 -
1 - - -
Australia 1 - - -
Germany 1 - - -
Switzerland 1 237M - -
Domestic 53 (87%) 1.3B (73%) 19 (95%) 1.7B (100%)
Cross-border 8 (13%) 462M (27%) 1 (5%) -
Total 61 $1.7B 20 $1.7B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Deloitte
3
Rothschild Global Advisory
1
Grant Thornton Transaction Advisory
1
Legal Deals
Noerr
1
Roxburgh Milkins
1
DLA Piper
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 7 $934M
< $100M 19 $788M
TOTAL $1.7B
Largest avocis AG
$237M (2015-02-05)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.4B
< $100M 4 $264M
TOTAL $1.7B
Largest Education Software Solutions Ltd.
$616M (2020-12-14)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
12 (20%)
Strategic(s)
5%
3 (5%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
35%
7 (35%)
Strategic(s)
60%
12 (60%)

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