Revenue and Guidance Outperformance
Quarterly revenue of £184.1M exceeded the upper end of the company's guidance; revenue was down 5.9% year‑over‑year but increased 3.3% sequentially from Q1 FY2026.
Strong Early Traction for Dava Flow (AI‑native Delivery)
Clients report faster delivery, tighter control and full traceability with Dava Flow; example: a 90‑minute signal session produced weeks of traditional output, and two live Dava Flow engagements are showing higher productivity and better quality.
Material AI Project Wins and Early Results
Advanced enterprise‑scale AI projects including a payments chargeback dispute system (six‑month project with promising mid‑project results) and an AI‑native insurer incubator (agent‑based delivery stood up in ~3 weeks with a backlog of 50+ improvement hypotheses).
Expanded Strategic Partnerships
Completed first year as an official OpenAI services partner with pipeline for Enterprise ChatGPT; accelerating demand across hyperscalers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure); new partnerships with Miro and Cognition to deepen agentic workflows and agentic coding.
Notable Client Wins and Deliveries
Selected by PayNetNets/NexSys to design a cloud‑native cross‑border payment switch on AWS; extended commitments with two largest payments customers; Accor Plus payments/loyalty overhaul yielded a 39% increase in product page conversion in first 30 days.
Product and GTM Investments
Launched two AWS Marketplace offerings (cloud application engineering accelerator and AWS Landing Zone) and rolled out Dava Rise venture acceleration program (inaugural cohort with Octopus Ventures) to convert start‑up innovation into enterprise solutions.
Cash Position and Share Repurchase Progress
Cash & cash equivalents increased to £68.5M (from £59.3M at 06/30/2025); repurchased ~8,000,000 ADSs for $121.9M under the buyback program (remaining $28.1M authorization).
Workforce Investments and Talent Upskilling
Continued hiring, training and upskilling for next‑gen AI talent and embedding AI capabilities across the organization to support AI‑native delivery despite a modest YoY headcount reduction.