GEM SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-04 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-20
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£99K
+125% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
6
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£73K
+687.3% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GEM SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED 1990-03-02 → present
- PLUSHOUR LIMITED 1990-01-29 → 1990-03-02
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £448,300 | £590,929 | £331,727 | £500,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£12,000 | £62,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£107,339 | £84,721 | -£12,429 | £73,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£106,404 | £74,292 | -£12,429 | £55,000 | |
| Cash | £37,499 | £109,397 | £122,620 | £148,869 | £22,401 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £81,277 | £132,731 | £16,327 | £56,452 | £44,023 | £99,000 | |
| Net assets | £81,277 | £88,564 | -£17,840 | — | £44,000 | £99,000 | |
| Equity | £81,277 | £88,564 | -£17,840 | £56,452 | £44,023 | £99,000 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -3.6% | 12.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -23.7% | 12.6% | -3.7% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -27.3% | 62.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 82.3% | 67.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.19x | 1.47x |
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
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- 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. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Roger John | Secretary | 1996-11-07 | 2000-11-28 |
| CARD, Douglas Arthur | Secretary | 2000-11-28 | 2014-04-23 |
| HOWE, Sandra Maria | Secretary | — | 1997-01-01 |
| CARD, Douglas Arthur | Director | 2000-06-05 | 2014-04-23 |
| DEACON, Barbara Ann | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2014-04-23 |
| DEACON, Brian Edward Lawrence | Director | — | 2008-12-25 |
| DIXON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2023-12-31 | 2025-04-04 |
| EARNSHAW, James Paul | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2024-07-24 |
| JONES, Richard Hilton | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2023-12-31 |
| LEK, Richard | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2023-03-01 |
| MOON, Simon Anthony | Director | 2014-04-23 | 2022-11-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew | Director | 2014-04-23 | 2022-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computerised & Digital Security Systems Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-05 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-03 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+50.7%
£331,727 £500,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+125%
£44,000 £99,000
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
0%
6 6
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Operating profit
+616.7%
-£12,000 £62,000
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Profit before tax
+687.3%
-£12,429 £73,000
first positive since 2023
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