ADT FIRE AND SECURITY PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-04 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+20.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£335M
-61.9% vs 2024
Employees
2,325
-5.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£93M
+4.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- ADT FIRE AND SECURITY PLC 1997-12-19 → present
- ELECTRIC PROTECTION SERVICES PLC 1990-07-05 → 1997-12-19
- BRITANNIA SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED 1987-06-30 → 1990-07-05
- BRITANNIA SECURITY SYSTEMS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 1986-04-01 → 1987-06-30
- ACTIVE ALARMS LIMITED 1974-02-22 → 1986-04-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £395,008,000 | £401,826,000 | |
| Operating profit | £56,561,000 | £47,063,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £89,106,000 | £92,879,000 | |
| Net profit | £85,967,000 | £76,841,000 | |
| Cash | £1,657,000 | £2,002,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £907,022,000 | £365,489,000 | |
| Net assets | £878,752,000 | £334,848,000 | |
| Equity | £878,752,000 | £334,848,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,466 | 2,325 | |
| Wages | £107,877,000 | £111,825,000 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.3% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 21.8% | 19.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | 12.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.8% | 34.5% | |
| Current ratio | 5.44x | 2.62x | |
| Interest cover | 5.24x | 80.86x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and it has committed support from an appropriate entity within the Johnson Controls group for 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ADT FIRE AND SECURITY PLC · parent
- AsPro Crest Limited 100%
- New Tech Security Limited 100%
- Esotec Ltd 100%
- Sparkling Systems Limited 100%
- Nu-Form Fire UK Limited 100%
- Envision Intelligent Solutions Limited 100%
- Vindex Systems Limited 100%
- Computerised and Digital Security Systems Limited 100%
- RTLS Communications Limited 100%
- GEM Security Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 20 June 2025 the company received a dividend of £1.0 million from New Tech Security Limited. As at 30 September 2025, this investment was in the process of being wound up with an application for strike off being filed with the UK authorities in July 2025.”
- “In July 2025, the directors resolved to reduce the share capital of the company by cancelling and extinguishing 327,956,210 fully paid Ordinary Shares of £1 each, and 47,752 Ordinary Shares of £0.25 each.”
- “During August 2025 the directors agreed to release and discharge an intercompany loan agreement by way of a deed of release. Upon the release the loan was terminated and the loan release treated as an interim dividend distribution of £270.8 million.”
- “On 28 August 2025 the company purchased the entire share capital of Nu Form Fire Limited for a consideration of £12.7 million.”
- “During September 2025 the company received, a dividend in specie of £12.7 million from Sparkling Systems Limited. As at 30 September 2025, this investment was in the process of being wound up with an application to strike off being filed with the UK authorities during October 2025.”
- “On 11 September 2025 the directors agreed for the company to pay an interim dividend of £350.0 million to it's immediate parent company.”
- “In February 2026, the company purchased the entire business and assets of GEM Security Services Limited for a purchase consideration of £0.5 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHIESER, Peter | Secretary | 2023-08-18 | — | — |
| BENNETT, Michele | Director | 2025-07-25 | Sep 1975 | British |
| FLANAGAN, Craig | Director | 2024-07-24 | Oct 1971 | British |
| SCHIESER, Peter | Director | 2025-04-04 | Apr 1967 | German |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHONSUS, Anton Bernard | Secretary | 2002-02-28 | 2017-03-10 |
| AYRE, Mark | Secretary | 2017-03-10 | 2023-08-18 |
| GODFRAY, Terence William | Secretary | 1998-06-05 | 2002-02-28 |
| GODFRAY, Terence William | Secretary | — | 1997-12-31 |
| TANKARD, Christopher Richard | Secretary | 1997-12-31 | 1998-06-05 |
| ALPHONSUS, Anton Bernard | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2017-03-10 |
| ANDREU, Jordi | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2017-12-31 |
| BRAMALL, Janine | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2018-05-31 |
| BRAMALL, Janine | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2013-11-14 |
| BRIGLIA, Mark Roland | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2015-03-31 |
| CASEY, Adrian John | Director | 2005-09-14 | 2006-10-13 |
| COLEMAN, Paul James | Director | 1992-04-13 | 1994-10-31 |
| CROOKS, James Broumpton | Director | 1997-09-16 | 1998-05-22 |
| DIXON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2024-01-31 | 2025-04-04 |
| EARNSHAW, James Paul | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2024-07-24 |
| EDWARDS, Timothy Stephen | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2015-05-11 |
| ELLIS, Andrew John | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2025-10-15 |
| ELLIS, Andrew John | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2013-01-10 |
| GODFRAY, Terence William | Director | 1997-02-05 | 1997-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Anthony Gordon | Director | 2006-09-05 | 2008-09-09 |
| HODGSON, Ian Andrew | Director | 2011-07-27 | 2017-03-31 |
| HORTON, Ruth | Director | 2008-04-24 | 2009-01-30 |
| HUGHES, Sian Carolyn | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2015-08-19 |
| JONES, Richard Hilton | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2023-12-31 |
| KALOGEROU, Byron | Director | 1998-02-03 | 2000-04-03 |
| KASIBHATTA, Sreekant | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2012-10-11 |
| KAYE, David Leo | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2011-01-11 |
| LAKEY, Ronnie Gene | Director | — | 1997-07-31 |
| LEK, Richard | Director | 2022-11-09 | 2023-03-01 |
| MATHIESON, Joseph | Director | 1997-09-16 | 1999-04-01 |
| MCDONALD, Brian Louis | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2011-07-27 |
| MCKENDRY, Francis James | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2012-10-11 |
| MCNUTT, Alexander Samuel | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2005-10-25 |
| MEAH, Moosa Farook | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2022-11-09 |
| MYERS, David | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2014-09-09 |
| RADFORD, Jane | Director | 1997-08-27 | 1997-12-31 |
| ROBERTS, David Edward | Director | 1998-05-21 | 2010-05-01 |
| TAYLOR, Keith Andrew | Director | 2014-09-09 | 2017-09-30 |
| WATTERS, Kevin Pearse | Director | — | 1992-07-03 |
| WELLS, Nicholas Weston | Director | 1994-12-19 | 1997-08-27 |
| WELLS, Peter John | Director | — | 1994-12-19 |
| WILSON, David Andrew | Director | — | 1992-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyco Holdings (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 310 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-29 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-08-29 | CERT15 | capital | Certificate capital reduction issued capital | |
| 2025-08-29 | OC138 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-06 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+1.7%
£395,008,000 £401,826,000
-
Cash
+20.8%
£1,657,000 £2,002,000
-
Net assets
-61.9%
£878,752,000 £334,848,000
-
Employees
-5.7%
2,466 2,325
-
Operating profit
-16.8%
£56,561,000 £47,063,000
-
Profit before tax
+4.2%
£89,106,000 £92,879,000
-
Wages
+3.7%
£107,877,000 £111,825,000
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