2025 Annual Report and Accounts

SSP Group Annual Report 2025 - The best part of the journey

Our Annual Report and Accounts 2025 provides an update on the progress we are making on our strategy, a review of our financial performance and an overview of our governance.

Our 2025 highlights

 

 

£3.6bn

Group revenue

+8% vs. 2024

 

£223m

Operating profit

+13% vs. 2024

 

 

19%

reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity (per £m revenue), vs 2019

 

 

 

3.95/5.0

colleague engagement score

 

 

4.4/5.0

Global customer feedback score

vs. 4.4/5.0 in 2024

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Mike Clasper, Chair

"It has been my privilege to serve as Chair of SSP, and I leave knowing the business is on a clear path to deliver strengthened financial performance."

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Patrick Coveney, Group CEO

"We delivered a resilient financial performance in the year, especially against an unsettled macroenvironment... However, I recognise there is more to do."

Our strategy

We aim to drive revenue growth, through like-for-like and net new contract gains, which we seek to convert efficiently to drive profit, cash and strong financial returns. We do this by:

PRIORITISING HIGH GROWTH CHANNELS, MARKETS AND CONTRACTS

We are focusing our resource and investment proactively on high growth channels, markets and contracts

ENHANCING BUSINESS CAPABILITIES TO DRIVE PERFORMANCE

We are strengthening our capabilities to drive performance by investing in and enhancing our customer propositions, accelerating the use of digital, engaging our people and by transforming our approach to, and delivery of, sustainability.

DRIVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES

We are committed to operating an efficient business to ensure our sales are effectively maximised into profit and cash.

Annual Report and Accounts 2025

Sustainability Report 2025

Previous reports

Read our previous Annual Reports