hey UK residents 👀
I need your help with something anyone can do legally, right now, from home.
Serco Group plc — the company running MOD contracts, asylum housing, probation, and NHS services — is legally required to disclose its full shareholder register to anyone who asks.
The law is s793 Companies Act 2006. You don’t need to be a lawyer. You don’t need to be a shareholder. You just need to send a letter.
I’ve written the letter for you. Instructions are below
Fill in your name and address, print it, post it recorded delivery. That’s it.
Every single letter they receive is a separate legal obligation they must respond to within 14 days. Non-response is a criminal offence.
Flood them. 📬
LETTER TEMPLATE
Notice Under Section 793, Companies Act 2006
STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
To: The Company Secretary Serco Group plc Serco House 16 Bartley Wood Business Park Bartley Way Hook Hampshire RG27 9UY
And by copy to: Equiniti Limited (Share Registrar) Highdown House Yeoman Way West Sussex BN99 3HH
Date: [DATE]
From: [YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS] [YOUR EMAIL] [YOUR TELEPHONE]
NOTICE UNDER SECTION 793, COMPANIES ACT 2006 — DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS IN SHARES
RE: SERCO GROUP PLC (Company Registration No. 02048608) (ISIN: GB0007973794)
I, [YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME], hereby give notice to Serco Group plc (the "Company") pursuant to section 793 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act").
1. Basis of Notice
Section 793(1) of the Act provides that a public company may give notice to any person whom the company knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be interested in the company's shares, or to have been so interested at any time during the three years immediately preceding the date on which the notice is issued.
This notice is served as a formal request for full disclosure, by persons specified below, of all interests in shares of Serco Group plc, pursuant to the Company's obligations and the recipients' obligations under Part 22 of the Act (sections 793–828).
2. Persons to Whom This Notice Is Directed
This notice is addressed to Serco Group plc directly, and I require the Company, pursuant to its powers under section 793, to serve notices on each of the following persons (identified by name in regulatory TR-1 filings on the London Stock Exchange) requiring them to disclose full particulars of their interests in the Company's shares:
(a) Nominee entities holding shares on behalf of Wellington Management International Ltd:
State Street Nominees Limited
ROY Nominees Limited
JP Morgan Chase Nominees Limited
BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited
BBH ISL Nominees Ltd
(b) Ultimate controlling entities:
Wellington Management Group LLP (ultimate controlling person per TR-1 filed 17 March 2025)
Wellington Group Holdings LLP
Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP
Wellington Management Global Holdings, Ltd.
(c) FIL chain of controlled undertakings (per TR-1 filed 9 January 2025):
FIL Limited (incorporated in Bermuda)
FIL Financial Services Holdings Limited
FIL Financial Services Holdings 2 Limited
FIL Holdings (UK) Limited
FIL Investments International
FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited
(d) JPMorgan chain of controlled undertakings (per TR-1 filed 17 January 2025):
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc. (incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware, USA)
JPMorgan Asset Management International Limited
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
JPMorgan Asset Management (China) Company Limited
JPMorgan Asset Management (Asia) Inc.
JPMorgan Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited
JPMorgan Asset Management (Asia Pacific) Limited
JPMorgan Asset Management (Japan) Limited
(e) Any other person holding 0.5% or more of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of this notice, whether as registered holder, beneficial owner, or through any derivative or financial instrument conferring an economic interest in the Company's shares.
3. Information Required
In respect of each person identified above, I require the Company to elicit and disclose to me, pursuant to section 793(3)–(5) of the Act, the following particulars:
(a) Confirmation that the person holds, or has held within the past three years, an interest in shares of the Company;
(b) The full legal name and registered address of each person interested in the shares;
(c) The number and class of shares in which each such person holds or held an interest;
(d) Whether each such person's interest is held:
as registered legal owner;
as beneficial owner behind a nominee;
through a derivative, equity swap, or other financial instrument;
through a trust, fund, or other arrangement;
(e) Where the interest is held through a nominee, the identity of the beneficial owner behind that nominee;
(f) The identity of all persons interested in the same shares simultaneously;
(g) Whether any persons interested in the same shares are or were parties to any agreement or arrangement under section 824 of the Act (concert party/share acquisition agreements) or any other agreement relating to the exercise of voting rights attached to those shares;
(h) In respect of any past interest: the identity of the person who held that interest immediately upon the relevant person ceasing to hold it.
4. Particulars Regarding the Register of Members — Section 116
Pursuant to section 116 of the Companies Act 2006, I further request:
(a) Inspection of the full register of members of Serco Group plc as maintained by its registrar, Equiniti Limited; and
(b) A complete copy of the register of members, including all nominee account names, addresses, share quantities, date of registration, and class of shares for every registered holder.
I confirm that the purpose for which this information is to be used is journalistic research in the public interest, specifically the investigation of the ownership structure and beneficial interest holders of a major public company contracting extensively with the UK Government. I confirm that the information may be published in the course of that journalistic investigation.
5. Time for Compliance
Pursuant to section 793(7) of the Act, I require the information requested in paragraphs 3 and 4 above to be provided within 14 days of the date of this notice.
6. Consequences of Non-Compliance
I note that pursuant to section 795 of the Companies Act 2006, failure by any person to comply with a notice under section 793 without reasonable excuse is a criminal offence, punishable on summary conviction by a fine. I further note that pursuant to section 794, the Company may apply to the court for an order directing that the shares in respect of which a notice under section 793 has not been complied with be subject to restrictions.
7. Service
This notice is served by [post / email] on [DATE] and is addressed to the Company Secretary at the Company's registered office at Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9UY, and by copy to the Company's share registrar, Equiniti Limited, at Highdown House, Yeoman Way, West Sussex, BN99 3HH.
Signed:
[YOUR SIGNATURE]
[YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME]
[DATE]
Statutory authority: Companies Act 2006, Part 22 (ss.793–828); s.116; s.795; s.794. *Legislation.gov.uk: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/793* *Legislation.gov.uk: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/116*
Step 1 — Fill in the Blanks
Open the draft. Replace every bracketed field: • [YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME] — your legal name as it appears on ID • [YOUR ADDRESS] — your full address • [YOUR EMAIL] — your email address • [YOUR TELEPHONE] — your phone number • [DATE] — today’s date: 12 June 2026 • [post / email] in paragraph 7 — choose post (recorded delivery is legally stronger than email for formal notices)
Step 2 — Print Two Copies
Print two physical copies. Sign both in ink. Keep one. Send one.
Step 3 — Send by Recorded Delivery (Royal Mail)
Send to both addresses in the same envelope or separately: Primary recipient (the Company): The Company Secretary Serco Group plc Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9UY
Copy recipient (the Registrar): Equiniti Limited Highdown House, Yeoman Way West Sussex, BN99 3HH
Use Royal Mail Tracked 24 or Signed For for both. Keep the tracking receipts and proof of postage. The 14-day response window starts on the date of delivery, not the date you post it.
Step 4 — Log It
Note the delivery confirmation date in this thead. Count 14 calendar days forward. That is the legal deadline for Serco’s response.
Step 5 — If They Don’t Respond
If no response arrives within 14 days:
Non-compliance is a criminal offence under s795 Companies Act 2006
Report non-compliance to Companies House (reportinganoffence@companieshouse.gov.uk)
File a complaint with the Financial Conduct Authority (companies on a regulated market have additional disclosure obligations under DTR 5)
Document the non-response as part of our published investigation
Step 6 — If They Refuse
They can only lawfully refuse by applying to a court. If they apply to court, you will be notified and can contest it by demonstrating journalistic public interest purpose — which is a recognised exemption under s116(4) CA2006.
Why does it matter?
Because if the people profiting from government contracts are criminals, foreign states, or people who shouldn’t be holding those contracts — that is your business.
They are counting on nobody asking.
Ask.
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