Our dividend policy is to pay out around 50% of underlying earnings through an interim and final dividend, with the interim dividend reflecting around one-third of the total annual dividend.
Payment of 2025 Final Dividend
The Company paid the FY2025 Final Dividend of 43.3 US cents per ordinary share on 26 February 2026.
The announced Sterling equivalent of the interim dividend was 31.75 pence per ordinary share based on an exchange rate of US$1=£0.7333.
The US$: £ conversion rate was determined by the actual rates achieved by the Company buying forward contracts for Sterling currency, during the five working days preceding its announcement on 10 February 2026, for delivery ahead of the dividend payment date.
For details of past dividend payments or to calculate how much you have been paid, please click here.
Compass Group is committed to building a sustainable future and providing a safe, secure and environmentally friendly service to its shareholders.
Following payment of the 2025 final dividend, Compass cash dividends will only be paid by direct credit into a shareholder’s nominated bank or building society account. This is a faster, more secure and cost-effective method and avoids issues such as cheques being lost or stolen, remaining uncashed or becoming out of date. It also reduces our environmental impact of printing and posting.
What this means for you:
Dividends will not be paid by cheque, and dividend confirmations will only be available on the Registrar’s Share Portal, details below.
We strongly encourage you to act now.
If you have not already done so, please provide details of your nominated bank or building society account to our Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets. This will ensure that you continue to receive dividends. You can provide your account details in the following ways:
If you would like to receive notification by e-mail that your dividend has been paid into your bank account, and that your dividend confirmation is available on the Share Portal, please register for this service at www.signalshares.com. Following registration, you will be notified of the availability of shareholder documents by email only.
If you have not received your dividend or if your dividend cheque is out of date, please contact the Registrar using the contact details above.
You can elect to use your cash dividend to buy more Compass shares under the DRIP. On or about each dividend payment date, MUFG Corporate Markets will calculate the number of shares that can be bought with your dividend at current market prices (after deduction of costs and expenses) and then purchase this number of shares on your behalf. Any cash balance remaining after the purchase of shares will be retained, without interest, and added to your next dividend.
For more information and details of how to participate in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan please contact MUFG Corporate Markets:
Please note that you need to retain all Dividend Confirmations for a period of six years for the purpose of self-assessment.
For further information visit the HMRC website at: https://www.gov.uk/tax-on-dividends.
Tax legislation can change from time to time and if you are in any doubt as to your tax position, whether in relation to the receipt of a dividend or arising from your purchase of shares under the DRIP, you should contact a suitably qualified professional adviser.
If you lose your Dividend Confirmation, contact MUFG Corporate Markets, detailing which confirmation(s) have been lost. MUFG Corporate Markets will issue you with duplicates on payment of an administration charge. Other charges may also apply.