Kainos: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Kainos Group PLC is owned by its shareholders: as a listed company it has no single person with significant control on the register. In the year to March 2026 it reported turnover of £431m.
- In the year to March 2026, Kainos had turnover of £431m, up 17.4% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £58m, keeping £13.48 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 2,947 people, with staff costs of £274m.
- Kainos Group PLC is listed on the stock market, so it is owned by its shareholders.
- These figures are from Kainos Group PLC's group accounts for the year to March 2026, filed at Companies House on 13 August 2026.
- Registered name
- KAINOS GROUP PLC
- Company number
- 09579188
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 7 May 2015
- Registered office area
- East-Central London
- Industry code on the register
- 62020: Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2026, filed 13 August 2026
What does Kainos do?
Kainos is a software and digital services company that builds digital services for governments and businesses and is one of the largest partners of the HR and finance software company Workday. It makes money from consulting and project fees and from selling its own Workday testing and monitoring software. It was founded in Belfast in 1986 and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. These figures are for KAINOS GROUP PLC (company 09579188).
In brief: digital services and Workday partner · public sector and businesses · Belfast · listed
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 11 November 2026. Official website: kainos.com.
Who owns Kainos?
Kainos Group PLC, company number 09579188, has no person with significant control on the register. That is normal for a company whose shares trade on a regulated market: ownership sits with the shareholders who hold the shares at any given time.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Kainos?
The Companies House register lists 6 current officers for Kainos Group PLC.
All 6 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Richard Henry McCann | 7 May 2015 |
| Grainne Burns | 7 July 2015 |
| Rosaleen Blair | 1 January 2021 |
| James Singer Kidd | 1 October 2023 |
| Dr Brendan Mooney | 11 December 2024 |
| Shruthi Chindalur | 24 September 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Kainos file?
Kainos Group PLC reported turnover of £431m in the year to March 2026. That was up 17.4% on £367m the year before.
It reported 2,947 employees. The year before it reported 2,953.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £58m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £49m the year before.
Staff costs came to £274m. That is an average of £93,000 a head. It ended the year with £83m at the bank and net assets of £100m. It paid dividends of £35m.
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £431m | £367m |
| Pre-tax profit | £58m (filed) | £49m (filed) |
| Employees | 2,947 | 2,953 |
| Staff costs | £274m | £259m |
| Average staff cost per head | £93,000 | £88,000 |
| Bank and cash | £83m | £128m |
| Net assets | £100m | £138m |
| Dividends paid | £35m | £36m |
| Interest paid | £0.4m | |
| Interest received | £4m | |
| Directors' pay | £1.3m |
Read the accounts to March 2026 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Kainos files as Kainos Group PLC, with turnover of £431m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Kainos
What does Kainos do?
Kainos is a software and digital services company that builds digital services for governments and businesses and is one of the largest partners of the HR and finance software company Workday. It makes money from consulting and project fees and from selling its own Workday testing and monitoring software. It was founded in Belfast in 1986 and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. These figures are for KAINOS GROUP PLC (company 09579188).
Who owns Kainos?
Kainos Group PLC is owned by its shareholders. As a listed company it is exempt from the register of people with significant control, so no single owner appears at Companies House.
How much does Kainos make?
Kainos Group PLC reported turnover of £431m in the year to March 2026. It filed a pre-tax profit of £58m.
How many people work at Kainos?
Kainos Group PLC reported 2,947 employees in the year to March 2026.
Who runs Kainos?
The Companies House register lists 6 current officers for Kainos Group PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Kainos Group PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 09579188, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Kainos: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 11 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/kainos/. Figures from Companies House filings for KAINOS GROUP PLC (09579188).
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