Trading Update

Kainos Group plc

18 August 2026

 

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18 August 2026

Kainos Group plc

("Kainos" or the "Company")

Trading Update

Strong start to the year; FY27 guidance increased

Kainos Group plc (KNOS), a UK-headquartered IT provider with expertise across three divisions, Digital Services, Workday Services, and Workday Products, today issues a trading update for the period since 31 March 2026 to date.

During the year ended 31 March 2026, the Company achieved double-digit percentage revenue growth, a very strong sales performance and record backlog levels.  This strong momentum has continued in the first months of the current financial year. As a consequence, the Board now anticipates delivering revenue and adjusted PBT for the year ending 31 March 2027 comfortably ahead of current market expectations*.

Digital Services continues to grow very strongly, supported by several significant contracts secured in H2/FY26 and further contracts awarded since the start of this financial year.

Trading in both Workday Services and Workday Products has continued to perform well, with both divisions recording double-digit revenue increases over the same period in the previous financial year.

Looking forward, we remain confident in our outlook for the financial year and beyond.  This confidence is underpinned by a robust pipeline and a significant multi-year contracted backlog.  While the macroeconomic environment remains volatile, Kainos operates in markets driven by clear structural trends and remains well positioned to deliver on its strategy.

The announcement of our results for the six months ending 30 September 2026 will be made on Monday 9 November 2026.

* Note: Company compiled range is based on known sell side analyst estimates for the year ending 31 March 2027. The current ranges are: Revenue £498.0m - £514.0m and Adjusted PBT £75.0m - £84.0m. The respective consensus figures are £509.3m and £77.1m.

Kainos Group plc Legal Entity Identifier: 213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47

The person responsible for making this announcement is Richard McCann, Chief Financial Officer.

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For further information, please contact:

Kainos                                                                                              via FTI Consulting LLP

Brendan Mooney, Chief Executive Officer

Richard McCann, Chief Financial Officer

Investec Bank plc                                                                                  [phone]

Patrick Robb / Nick Prowting / Arnav Kapoor

FTI Consulting LLP                                                                                 [phone]

Dwight Burden / Kwaku Aning / Chloe Yorke

About Kainos

Kainos Group plc is a UK-headquartered provider of sophisticated IT services to major public sector, commercial and healthcare customers and a developer of software applications. Our shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: KNOS).

Our expertise spans three divisions: Digital Services, Workday Services, and Workday Products.

Digital Services

Our Digital Services customers face a range of business challenges, including the need to improve their customer service, reduce costs and increase productivity. We help them to solve these problems by developing and supporting custom digital service platforms. Our solutions enable customers and their users to work smarter, faster and better, while ensuring the platforms are secure, accessible and cost-effective.

Workday Services

We are a respected partner to Workday Inc., providing a comprehensive range of services to support customers deploying Workday's Finance, HR and Planning products. Our experience in complex deployments means we are trusted to launch, test, expand and support Workday systems. 

Workday Products

We have developed proprietary software products that complement Workday by enhancing our customers' system security and compliance and improving their document generation and storage. Over 600 global customers now use one or more of our products, with adoption growing rapidly.

Our people 

Our people are central to our success. We employ more than 3,475 people in 18 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Find out more 

You can discover more about us at www.kainos.com.

 

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