THORN SECURITY LIMITED

1. THORN SECURITY LIMITED 1987-04-01 → present
2. THORN EMI PROTECH LIMITED 1986-04-25 → 1987-04-01
3. THORN EMI FIRE APPLIANCES LIMITED 1984-03-29 → 1986-04-25
4. UNIQUE FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED 1962-06-28 → 1984-03-29

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have considered the financial position, cash flow and liquidity position of the company and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. The directors have received confirmation that the appropriate entity within the Johnson Controls group intends to support the company for at least one year after the financial statements are signed. The directors are therefore of the opinion that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate.”

Group structure

1. THORN SECURITY LIMITED · parent
   1. Johnson Controls UK Trustees Ltd 1% · United Kingdom · Non - Trading

Significant events

• “Cybersecurity incident in September 2023 impacting the parent entity's IT infrastructure and applications, which the directors are satisfied the company has been largely unaffected by.”
• “The directors do not foresee any substantial impact on business operations from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict in Israel.”
• “The directors declared a dividend for £35.7 million being the distribution of the company's rights, title and interest in the whole of a loan plus accrued, unpaid interest due and owing to the company by Johnson Controls EMEALA Holdings Limited.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -16.7%

  £22,982,000 → £19,139,000

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -72%

  £46,226,000 → £12,942,000

• Employees

  -18.8%

  208 → 169

• Operating profit

  -43.8%

  £1,918,000 → £1,078,000

• Profit before tax

  -19.8%

  £3,061,000 → £2,454,000

• Wages

  -21.7%

  £14,324,000 → £11,212,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers