FCDO Services publishes Annual Report and Accounts 2025/26

FCDO Services has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2025/26. It was laid before the UK Parliament on 2 July. 

The report includes our financial records and governance arrangements as a Trading Fund, as well as a summary of our key activities and success stories throughout the year. The report covers the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. 

Key highlights 

• Upgrading our logistics capability, introducing a new parcel tracking system to increase transparency. We reengineered diplomatic bags to reduce manual handling and realised several significant milestones in our major investment in a new and modern logistics hub. 

• Drawing on our expertise in engineering, security, design, project management, and logistics, we are protecting people and keeping the UK’s diplomatic network operational through projects including those highlighted in Tokyo and Havana, Geneva and Nairobi.  

• Focusing on our internal management capability to improve staff engagement and retention and drive productivity has been complemented with growing new talent pipelines and providing high-quality development to all staff. 

“It is to the wider staff that I want to offer my most heartfelt thanks. Those at Hanslope Park, at sites across the UK, and those posted overseas – often far from family and friends, supporting British diplomatic missions in some of the world’s most challenging and sometimes dangerous environments. They are the beating heart of this organisation. Everything FCDO Services achieves is built on their expertise, their dedication, and their willingness to go well beyond what is asked of them. I hope they know how much that is valued, and how proud they should be.” – Sir Simon Gass, Chair, FCDO Services Board