PROFILE SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
Cash
£498K
+91.9% vs 2022
Net assets
£2M
+31.8% vs 2022
Employees
1,462
-11.1% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£1M
+43.4% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As a result, the Directors consider that it is not applicable to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PROFILE SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED 1996-11-15 → present
- PROFILE SECURITY SERVICES (SOUTH) LTD. 1989-04-13 → 1996-11-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,739,999 | £58,505,505 | |
| Operating profit | £1,141,849 | £1,259,126 | |
| Profit before tax | £701,682 | £1,005,933 | |
| Net profit | £522,048 | £663,117 | |
| Cash | £259,627 | £498,287 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,294,394 | £3,400,338 | |
| Net assets | £1,448,676 | £1,909,949 | |
| Equity | £1,448,676 | £1,909,949 | |
| Average employees | 1,645 | 1,462 | |
| Wages | £40,530,734 | £39,212,813 |
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 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.7% | 37.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 2.59x | 4.92x |
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
- Meadows & Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As a result, the Directors consider that it is not applicable to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PROFILE SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- OCS Security Limited 100%
- Atalian Servest International Limited 100%
- OCS Food Co Limited 100%
- OCS Managed Services Limited 100%
- OCS M&E Services Limited 100%
- Thermotech Solutions Limited 100%
- Ensco 1194 Limited 100%
- Fire and Air Services Limited 100%
- Thermotech Mechanical Services Limited 100%
- Thermotech Fire Protection Limited 100%
- Oakwood Technology Group Limited 100%
- Oakwood Air Conditioning Limited 100%
- OCS Pest Control Limited 100%
- OCS Integrated Solutions Limited 100%
- Incentive FM Group Limited 100%
- Incentive QAS Limited 100%
- Specialist Window Cleaning Limited 100%
- Incentive Facilities Management Limited 100%
- Incentive Consultancy Limited 100%
- Wes (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Incentive TEC Limited 100%
- Air Conditioning Economics (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Incentive TEC Fire & Security Systems Limited 100%
- Ace Environmental Engineering Limited 100%
- Incentive Lynx Security Limited 100%
- Profile Security Group Limited 100%
- Profile Security Services Limited 100%
- Profile Consultants Limited 100%
- Atlas (UK) Security Services Limited 100%
- Facilities Resource Management Limited 100%
- Control Room Services Limited 100%
- Trigon Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Board of the ultimate parent company has resolved to combine the business and assets of the trading entities in the OCS UK&I Group (or which the company and group forms part) and any acquired entities into fewer companies, consolidating trading for ease of administration and for efficiency. As such, the Directors of the company have made a decision post year end that they intend to liquidate the company as soon as practicable. As a result, the Directors consider that it is not applicable to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
- “As a result of this decision, effective 1 September 2024, the trade and assets of this company were sold to OCS Group UK Limited for consideration equal to net book value.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN, Laura Clare | Secretary | 2023-12-05 | — | — |
| EVANS, Thomas Edward | Director | 2023-12-05 | Sep 1987 | British |
| FISHER, Sean Paul | Director | 2023-12-05 | Sep 1978 | British |
| MOORE, Steven Scott | Director | 2023-12-05 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEATH, Richard Martin | Secretary | 1999-05-10 | 2006-03-01 |
| HEATH, Richard Martin | Secretary | 1995-08-09 | 1996-04-13 |
| PAREKH, Dharmesh | Secretary | 2006-08-01 | 2023-12-05 |
| PRENDERGAST, Andrew | Secretary | — | 1999-05-10 |
| CALLAN, James Bernard Francis | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1994-01-01 |
| FORBES, Jonathan Andrew, Hon | Director | — | 2023-12-05 |
| HEATH, Richard Martin | Director | 1998-03-17 | 2006-03-01 |
| MCGOWAN SCANLON, Martin | Director | 2006-03-07 | 2024-05-08 |
| MORLEY, Sebastian Jake Finch | Director | 1995-12-01 | 2001-08-31 |
| PAREKH, Dharmesh | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2024-05-08 |
| PARKER BOWLES, Andrew, Brigadier | Director | 2006-09-30 | 2023-12-05 |
| PARKER BOWLES, Andrew, Brigadier | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2006-03-15 |
| PRENDERGAST, Andrew | Director | 2018-03-26 | 2023-12-05 |
| PRENDERGAST, Andrew | Director | — | 2018-03-01 |
| PRICHARD, David Stephens | Director | — | 1995-12-01 |
| TROUGHTON, Alistair Anthony James Lionel | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2023-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Prendergast | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-26 | Ceased 2023-12-05 |
| Hon Jonathan Andrew Forbes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2023-12-05 |
| Mr Martin Mcgowan Scanlon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2023-12-05 |
| Mr Dharmesh Parekh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2023-12-05 |
| Mr Alistair Anthony James Lionel Troughton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2018-04-26 |
| Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2018-04-26 |
| Mr Andrew Prendergast | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2018-03-01 |
| Profile Security Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-22 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-22 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-15 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-05-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-09-30 vs 2022-09-30
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Turnover
-0.4%
£58,739,999 £58,505,505
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Cash
+91.9%
£259,627 £498,287
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Net assets
+31.8%
£1,448,676 £1,909,949
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Employees
-11.1%
1,645 1,462
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Operating profit
+10.3%
£1,141,849 £1,259,126
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Profit before tax
+43.4%
£701,682 £1,005,933
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Wages
-3.3%
£40,530,734 £39,212,813
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