KINGS SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£509K
-12.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
-6.6% vs 2023
Employees
798
+16.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£877K
+59% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- KINGS SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED 1998-11-05 → present
- KING SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED 1995-04-11 → 1998-11-05
- J.KING(ELECTRONICS)LIMITED 1971-04-15 → 1995-04-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,241,000 | £68,829,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,188,000 | £345,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,139,000 | -£877,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,139,000 | -£974,000 | |
| Cash | £579,000 | £509,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,432,000 | £17,068,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,274,000 | £10,531,000 | |
| Equity | -£576,000 | -£1,619,000 | |
| Average employees | 686 | 798 | |
| Wages | £22,778,000 | £27,876,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.1% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | -3.7% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.8% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.2% | 70.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | -1.25x | 0.28x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements which show the Company being able to operate within its agreed facilities. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- KINGS SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
- Silver (UK) Ltd 100%
- Cougar Monitoring Ltd 100%
- Quidvis Ltd 90%
- Kings Guarding Solutions Ltd 100%
- East Fire Extinguishers & Alarms Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Exceptional expenses for the year of £0.2m have been incurred in respect of legal and professional fees relating to two separate sets of legal proceedings.”
- “On 29 November 2024 the Group secured a £4m increase in its invoice discounting facilities to £7.5m to support a major new contract win in the Guarding business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEHOE, Gaynor Amanda | Secretary | 2005-12-23 | — | British |
| FISHER, Kelly | Director | 2014-07-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
| FISHER, Robin Charles | Director | 2013-12-20 | Nov 1951 | English |
| FORSYTH, Carrie | Director | 2022-01-26 | Aug 1982 | British |
| FORSYTH, Robert David | Director | 2017-05-25 | Aug 1969 | British |
| FOSTER, David Eric | Director | 2020-02-24 | May 1967 | British |
| GAMAGE, Darren Scott | Director | 2018-02-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| GOODE, Christopher | Director | 2022-01-26 | Nov 1968 | British |
| LLEWELLYN, Rhyddian Marc | Director | 2024-01-25 | Oct 1985 | Welsh |
| OTTLEY, Paul Alfred | Director | 2022-01-26 | Jul 1969 | British |
| ZEIDLER, Geoffrey Peter Louis | Director | 2015-09-29 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Susan May | Secretary | — | 2004-03-31 |
| TOPHAM, Nigel John | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2005-12-22 |
| ATHERTON, Paul John | Director | 2018-02-27 | 2018-08-23 |
| BLAKEY, Matthew William | Director | 2024-10-30 | 2026-04-30 |
| COSSEY, Neil James | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2019-10-19 |
| CRONLY, Kerrell Amy | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2019-03-25 |
| EARNSHAW, Bernard Albert | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2012-11-30 |
| EVANS, Stephen John James | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2017-06-29 |
| GOODWILL, Tim | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2021-11-01 |
| HUNTLEY, Arran | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2009-05-15 |
| HUTCHINSON, Gary | Director | 2004-01-06 | 2012-11-30 |
| KING, Anthony Douglas | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2017-09-20 |
| KING, Clifford | Director | 1999-10-07 | 2012-11-30 |
| KING, James Patrick | Director | — | 2011-11-09 |
| KING, Susan May | Director | — | 2010-03-26 |
| OLIVER, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2014-08-15 |
| OWEN, John | Director | 2022-07-26 | 2025-11-30 |
| POWNALL, Mark Victor | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-10-03 |
| SHAW, Emma Jane | Director | 2016-05-24 | 2021-11-17 |
| STIEFEL, Barry Abraham | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2021-03-04 |
| STOTT, Norman | Director | — | 1991-12-19 |
| SWAIN, Peter John | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2014-04-23 |
| TOPHAM, Nigel John | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2005-12-22 |
| VOLPE, Rocco Antonio | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| PRIME INTERACTION LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2016-09-19 | 2022-02-24 |
| PRIMEKINGS HOLDING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2016-09-19 | 2022-02-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Solutions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+20.2%
£57,241,000 £68,829,000
-
Cash
-12.1%
£579,000 £509,000
-
Net assets
-6.6%
£11,274,000 £10,531,000
-
Employees
+16.3%
686 798
-
Operating profit
+129%
-£1,188,000 £345,000
-
Profit before tax
+59%
-£2,139,000 -£877,000
-
Wages
+22.4%
£22,778,000 £27,876,000
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