CITY GROUP SECURITY LIMITED

1. CITY GROUP SECURITY LIMITED 2023-06-19 → present
2. CITY SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED 1993-06-09 → 2023-06-19
3. CROPSEAL LIMITED 1993-05-04 → 1993-06-09

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

TC Group

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. CITY GROUP SECURITY LIMITED · parent
   1. Businesswatch Guarding Services Limited · England & Wales

Significant events

• “The acquisition of Business Watch Guarding has further cemented the strong local office network footprint, with an office in Peterborough, giving support to customers in the Midlands, Cambridgeshire and East Anglia regions.”
• “The strategy adopted in 2023 of directly employing more staff continues, as does the move to a sales mix of larger, less adhoc, longer term contracts.”
• “On the 01 November 2024 the directors undertook a strategic initiative wherein the trade and assets of group company Businesswatch Guarding Services Limited was successfully hived across to City Group Security Limited.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +26.9%

  £27,303,341 → £34,652,800

• Cash

  +14.7%

  £83,894 → £96,243

• Net assets

  +25.1%

  £2,032,961 → £2,542,470

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  +30%

  414 → 538

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +87.4%

  £635,786 → £1,191,739

• Profit before tax

  +100.7%

  £348,524 → £699,448

  highest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  +36.5%

  £12,423,046 → £16,958,993

  highest in 4 filed years

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