G4S CARE AND JUSTICE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

Active
Company number 00390328Private limited companyIncorporated 1944

Key figures

£219,586,000
Net assets 2025

† G4S CARE AND JUSTICE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 84230

Where the company stands among the 193 active companies whose first SIC code is 84230 (Justice and judicial activities).

Net assets£219,586,000
Higher than 97% · median £6,637
Total assets£299,996,000
Higher than 99% · median £46,742
Cash£4,260,000
Higher than 97% · median £64,255
Employees2,810
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age82.1 years
Older than 99% · median 6.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MARSTON RESOURCES LIMITED£224.9m
  2. G4S CARE AND JUSTICE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED£219.6m
  3. COURT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES LTD£6.2m
  4. INVERNESS BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU£3m
  5. STC (MILTON KEYNES) LIMITED£2.4m
  6. ENFORCEMENT GROUP LTD£2.1m
  7. REPRIEVE£1.8m
  8. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE LIMITED£1.4m
  9. ROPER JAMES LIMITED£1.2m
  10. THE COUNCIL OF THE INNS OF COURT£940.1k

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 193. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: G4S CARE AND JUSTICE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

G4S CARE AND JUSTICE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00390328. It was incorporated on 11 Oct 1944. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (SW1H). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is justice and judicial activities (84230).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £265,960,000. Net assets were £219,586,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £4,260,000. Total assets were £299,996,000 and total liabilities £80,410,000. The company had an average of 2,810 employees.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 193 active companies whose first SIC code is 84230: By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £6,637). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £46,742). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £64,255). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 6.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 24 public contract award notices from 8 public sector buyers since 2011. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £1.8bn. Its most frequent buyer is Ministry of Justice (17 contracts). 6 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a provider with 2 active locations, 1 of them rated good or outstanding. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 41 days to pay suppliers, and 24% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 2.8% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 15 of 20 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 6 May 2027.

Filed accounts2025
2025 †
Turnover265,960,000
Cash at bank and in hand4,260,000
Total assets299,996,000
Total liabilities80,410,000
Net assets / total equity219,586,000
Average number of employees2,810

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

24 contracts

G4S CARE AND JUSTICE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED is named as a supplier in 24 public contract award notices from 8 public sector buyers since 2011. The 17 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £1.8bn. 6 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers8
Ministry of Justice
17 contracts · £1.5bn
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
1 contract · £210.7m
South Wales Police
1 contract · £28m
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
1 contract
Home Office
1 contract
Contracts
  1. Prison Operator Services - HMP Oakwood‡Ministry of Justice · £502,000,000 · runs until Apr 2039
  2. Psychosocial Substance Misuse‡Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £1,938,343 in total · runs until Sep 2029
  3. Substance Use Recovery Interventions for Justice Services‡Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £6,258,725 in total · runs until Mar 2028
  4. Con_25523 Out of Hours Support Services within Approved Premises (Wales)Ministry of Justice · £325,235 · runs until Mar 2027
  5. Non-emergency Patient Transport Service for Kent & Medway‡NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · £210,674,927
Show 19 more
  1. Transportation and Travel Services for HealthNHS Shared Business Services Limited · shared by 28 suppliers, up to £1,437,500,000 in total · 8 lots
  2. Mental Health Treatment Requirements - Lot 4 GwentMinistry Of Justice · £189,434
  3. Mental Health Treatment Requirements in Wales Draft Call-Off Contract - Lot 1 South WalesMinistry of Justice · £563,792
  4. Mental Health Treatment Requirements - Lot 3 Dyfed PowysMinistry Of Justice · £281,896
  5. Mental Health Treatment Requirements in Wales Draft Call-Off Contract - Lot 3 Dyfed PowysMinistry of Justice · £81,896
  6. Mental Health Treatment Requirements - Lot 2 North WalesMinistry Of Justice · £188,171
  7. Mental Health Treatment Requirements in Wales Draft Call-Off Contract - Lot 4 GwentMinistry of Justice · £189,434
  8. Mental Health Treatment Requirements in Wales Draft Call-Off Contract - Lot 2 North WalesMinistry of Justice · £188,171
  9. HMPPS Prisoner, Family and Significant Other Support Services ContractsMinistry of Justice · shared by 9 suppliers, up to £43,579,712 in total · runs until Sep 2027
  10. Prison Operator Services Mini-Competition - HMP & YOI Parc‡Ministry of Justice · £386,000,000 · runs until Dec 2032
  11. Electronic Monitoring Service IT & Systems Managed Service‡Ministry of Justice · £22,000,000
  12. Prison Operator Services - HMP Five WellsMinistry of Justice. · £290,000,000 · runs until Jan 2032
  13. Substance Misuse Service for Adults, Children & Young People‡Pembrokeshire County Council · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £9,375,919 in total · runs until Apr 2027
  14. Framework Agreement for Prison Operator Services in England and WalesMinistry of Justice. · shared by 6 suppliers
  15. Contract for the Provision of Pre Departure Accommodation Welfare Services‡Home Office
  16. Contract for the Commissioning of a Justice Interventions Partnership Service‡South Wales Police · £28,000,000
  17. Delivery of Youth Detention Accommodation - Lot 3 Medway‡Ministry Of Justice · £44,815,338
  18. Mental Health Treatment Requirements - Lot 1 South WalesMinistry Of Justice · £563,792
  19. HMP Oakwood‡Ministry of Justice · £267,662,340 · runs until Apr 2027

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
41 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
24%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 39%
  • 31 to 60 days 48%
  • After 60 days 13%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
35
42%
10%
30 Jun 2025
40
35%
22%
31 Dec 2024
48
24%
49%
30 Jun 2024
38
41%
42%
31 Dec 2023
34
54%
25%
30 Jun 2023
28
67%
27%
31 Dec 2022
33
61%
31%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 2.8% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 4% lower
Median bonus pay
women 28.6% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter62% womenLower middle44.9% womenUpper middle45.2% womenUpper pay quarter45.3% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 5.1% lower
women 5.7% lower
2023/24
women 2.2% lower
women 5.9% lower
2022/23
women 4.5% lower
women 3.7% lower
2021/22
women 8.9% lower
women 6.9% lower
2020/21
women 4.6% lower
women 6.1% lower
2018/19
women 1.4% lower
women 2.7% lower
2017/18
women 2% lower
women 3.6% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (G4S LIMITED)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (G4S LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (G4S LIMITED)
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (G4S LIMITED)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (G4S LIMITED)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (G4S LIMITED)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (G4S LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Care Quality Commission2 locations
Rated good
1
  1. GoodG4S Patient Transport Services LordswoodChatham · Ambulance service · rated 24 Jul 2026
  2. Not yet ratedG4S Patient Transport Services ChelmsfordChelmsford · Ambulance service

Active registered locations in England with their latest overall rating. View the provider at the CQC

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £266m, net assets £219.6m, 2,810 employees
  2. G4s Regional Management (Uk&I) Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Name changed to G4S CARE AND JUSTICE SERVICES (UK) LIMITEDPreviously G4S JUSTICE SERVICES LIMITED
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.