A1 SECURITY PRINT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-17 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£164K
+118.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+32.1% vs 2023
Employees
67
-1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-17.4% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £12,494,000 | £10,657,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,563,000 | £1,298,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,479,000 | £1,222,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,447,000 | £961,000 | |
| Cash | — | £75,000 | £164,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,106,000 | £5,734,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,905,000 | £5,160,000 | |
| Equity | £3,916,000 | £3,905,000 | £5,160,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 68 | 67 | |
| Wages | — | £2,432,000 | £2,652,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 12.5% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.6% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 38.1% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.86x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | 18.61x | 17.08x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared detailed forecasts and based on these forecasts have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future and for a period of at least one year from the date of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- A1 SECURITY PRINT LIMITED · parent
- Denote Print Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 12 January 2024, the Group acquired Denote Print Limited as part of this strategy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Robert John | Secretary | 2023-04-06 | — | — |
| BURGESS, Robert John | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| CORNFORD, Mark Edward | Director | 2011-12-16 | Apr 1965 | British |
| RICHARDSON, James Edward | Director | 2016-01-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYRES, Arthur John | Secretary | 2011-12-16 | 2023-04-06 |
| JONES, Anthony Hamilton | Secretary | — | 2008-01-17 |
| JONES, Elizabeth Sarah | Secretary | 2008-01-17 | 2011-12-16 |
| AYRES, Arthur John | Director | 2011-12-16 | 2023-04-06 |
| FORSHAW, Harry Wayne | Director | 1997-01-06 | 2001-01-10 |
| JONES, Mark Hemming | Director | — | 2011-12-16 |
| PAYNE, Robert Charles | Director | 2011-12-16 | 2015-07-31 |
| RICHARDSON, James Edward | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2005-01-01 |
| RICHARDSON, James Edward | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2011-12-16 |
| WALKER, Jacquelene Frances | Director | — | 1995-11-02 |
| WHEAT, Michael John | Director | — | 2008-01-17 |
| WOOD, Robert Thomas | Director | — | 1998-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrity Communications Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-14.7%
£12,494,000 £10,657,000
-
Cash
+118.7%
£75,000 £164,000
-
Net assets
+32.1%
£3,905,000 £5,160,000
-
Employees
-1.5%
68 67
-
Operating profit
-17%
£1,563,000 £1,298,000
-
Profit before tax
-17.4%
£1,479,000 £1,222,000
-
Wages
+9%
£2,432,000 £2,652,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers