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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-17 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-03

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-32.4% vs 2024

Net assets

-£41M

-139% vs 2024

Employees

2,239

+3% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£22M

-314% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. CONTROL RISKS GROUP LIMITED 1999-10-01 → present
  2. CONTROL RISKS SPECIALIST SERVICES LIMITED 1989-05-25 → 1999-10-01
  3. CONTROL RISKS PREVENTION SERVICES LIMITED 1987-01-30 → 1989-05-25
  4. SETSALE LIMITED 1984-04-24 → 1987-01-30

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £161,838,000£172,619,000
Operating profit -£5,481,000-£22,123,000
Profit before tax -£5,340,000-£22,106,000
Net profit -£11,091,000-£23,783,000
Cash £5,439,000£3,675,000
Total assets less current liabilities -£10,301,000-£33,935,000
Net assets -£17,044,000-£40,728,000
Equity -£17,044,000-£40,728,000
Average employees 2,1742,239
Wages £60,369,000£60,683,000

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin -3.4%-12.8%
Net margin -6.9%-13.8%
Return on capital employed 53.2%65.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 117.4%145.0%
Current ratio 0.66x0.50x
Interest cover -1.18x-3.52x

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 LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis since the ultimate parent company, Control Risks International Limited ('CRIL'), has formally stated that it will provide the necessary financial support to the Company for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. CONTROL RISKS GROUP LIMITED · parent
    1. Control Risks do Brasil Ltda 100% · Brazil · provision of security services, security consultancy, international investigations and related information services
    2. Control Risks Services Limited 100% · UAE · provision of security services, security consultancy, international investigations and related information services
    3. Control Risks Servicios SA de CV 100% · Mexico · provision of security services, security consultancy, international investigations and related information services
    4. Control Risks Ventures Limited 100% · United Kingdom · provision of security services, security consultancy, international investigations and related information services

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 25 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MCNAIR SCOTT, Sally Kathleen Secretary 2017-04-01
ALLAN, Nicholas James Director 2019-04-01 Oct 1971 British
MCNAIR SCOTT, Sally Kathleen Director 2017-04-01 Nov 1972 British
PAPATHOMAS, Antonis Director 2026-01-01 Aug 1972 British
Show 25 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CONYNGHAM, John Stafford Secretary 2011-03-30 2017-03-31
CONYNGHAM, John Stafford Secretary 2005-05-25 2005-08-02
GRIBBON, Angus Secretary 2005-08-02 2011-03-30
PINTO, Janet Mary Secretary 1993-03-17
SYMONDS, Graham Leslie Secretary 1996-09-03 2005-05-25
WARD, Roger Brian Secretary 1993-03-17 1996-09-03
ADAMSDALE, Simon Ian Director 1999-11-05 2003-01-01
BRIDGES, Stuart John Director 2018-09-24 2019-09-06
CARPENTER, Gary Boyd Director 2007-01-01 2018-08-24
CHENEY, Peter Edward Director 1999-11-05 2003-01-01
CHURTON, David Nigel Vardon Director 2005-08-02
CONDON, Mark Director 2001-10-20 2002-03-04
CONYNGHAM, John Stafford Director 1999-11-05 2017-03-31
EDWARDS, John Cameron Director 1993-03-17 1999-11-05
FENNING, Richard John Director 2001-05-25 2019-04-01
FLEMING, Kathryn Elizabeth Director 2019-09-09 2025-12-31
GORDON WILSON, Christopher Neale Director 1994-02-08
GROSE, Christopher James Director 1999-11-05 2003-01-01
HAYTON, Reginald Frederick Director 1993-10-03
HOEK, Johannes Gysbertus Van Der Director 1992-08-01
MARTIN, Michael Richard Director 2006-12-31
MARTIN, Michael Richard Director 1993-03-17
NEWMAN, Kenneth Leslie, Sir Director 1992-08-01
WARD, Roger Brian Director 1996-09-03
WESTROPP, Eric Mountefort Director 1999-11-05 2007-03-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Control Risks Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 207 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-10-09 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-10-09 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-10-06 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-10-06 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-10-06 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-09-04 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-07-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-07-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-06-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-06-04 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-07-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-07-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

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.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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

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