ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
Cash
£19M
+20.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£53M
-14.6% vs 2023
Employees
256
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-129.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED 2015-03-10 → present
- GROUPHOMESAFE LIMITED 2010-05-11 → 2015-03-10
- LSSD UK LIMITED 2005-04-15 → 2010-05-11
- EWS (H) LIMITED 1993-11-08 → 2005-04-15
- TYROLESE (272) LIMITED 1993-07-22 → 1993-11-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £86,463,000 | £79,262,000 | |
| Operating profit | £15,076,000 | -£4,473,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,086,000 | -£4,473,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,481,000 | -£6,442,000 | |
| Cash | £15,672,000 | £18,916,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,997,000 | £57,592,000 | |
| Net assets | £62,294,000 | £53,222,000 | |
| Equity | £62,294,000 | £53,222,000 | |
| Average employees | 258 | 256 | |
| Wages | £8,969,000 | £10,373,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.4% | -5.6% | |
| Net margin | 13.3% | -8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.5% | -7.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 1.71x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared their cash forecast and have a reasonable expectation that the liabilities will be paid as they fall due over the next twelve months. The Company is part of Quanex Group and hence it is important to consider the support of the Group. Quanex Building Producst Corporation has confirmed it will provide financial support for the period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. On the basis that the Group has provided support, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED · parent
- Balance UK Limited 100%
- Bilco Access Solutions Limited 100%
- Crompton Limited 100%
- ERA Products Limited 100%
- ERA Security Hardware Limited 100%
- Grouphomesafe Limited 100%
- Howe Green Limited 100%
- Profab Access Limited 100%
- Response Alarms Limited 100%
- Response Electronics Limited 100%
- 1687922 Limited (formerly Ventrolla Limited) 100%
- Window Fabrication & Fixing Supplies Limited 100%
- Zoo Hardware Limited 100%
- Y-Cam Solutions Limited 100%
- TSA Hardware (Ningbo) Co Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “After the balance sheet date Quanex Group started restructuring project whereby most of the dormant companies in which the Company has got an investment will be starting the process of voluntery strike off. This will result in disposal of those investments and offsetting current intercompany creditors with the distributions by those companies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERSTONE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2024-12-02 | — | — |
| CORNETT, Paul Boyd | Director | 2024-11-28 | Mar 1977 | American |
| DANIELS, JR., Robert Eugene | Director | 2024-11-28 | Jul 1962 | American |
| ZUEHLKE, Scott Michael | Director | 2024-11-28 | Aug 1976 | American |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALT, Duncan Masters | Secretary | 1994-01-05 | 1996-04-30 |
| GIBSON, Carolyn Ann | Secretary | 2017-12-01 | 2019-10-31 |
| HO, Peter Zhiwen | Secretary | 2024-05-01 | 2024-11-25 |
| JONES, Paul James | Secretary | 2005-06-16 | 2007-09-07 |
| PENMAN, Jeffrey James | Secretary | 1996-05-01 | 2005-06-16 |
| SWAN, John Richard | Secretary | 2007-09-06 | 2014-07-18 |
| TURNER, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2014-07-18 | 2017-12-01 |
| VAN DUUREN, Sinead | Secretary | 2022-10-10 | 2023-04-06 |
| WATSON, John Holbrook | Secretary | 1993-10-22 | 1994-01-05 |
| EBONSTONE CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-07-07 | 2024-05-01 |
| TYROLESE (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-07-22 | 1993-10-22 |
| BUTLER, William Michael Stokes | Director | 2014-07-18 | 2020-09-14 |
| CONROY, Vincent | Director | 2007-09-06 | 2009-02-13 |
| DOWNER, Helen Ann | Director | 2021-03-25 | 2024-11-28 |
| DRABBLE, Geoffrey | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2006-09-29 |
| FITTER, Timothy Andrew | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2021-11-02 |
| GARNETT, John Frederick Clayton | Director | 1994-01-05 | 2001-01-31 |
| GRAHAM, Robin George | Director | 2018-05-10 | 2020-07-29 |
| HILL, David Arthur | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2012-11-01 |
| HORNBY, Andrew Robert | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2007-09-07 |
| JONES, Paul James | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2007-09-07 |
| MAIN, David Robert | Director | 2022-08-18 | 2024-11-28 |
| MORGAN, Nigel Ralph | Director | 2007-09-06 | 2015-04-30 |
| MOSS, Nicholas Arthur | Director | 2013-05-16 | 2013-10-08 |
| NUGENT, Paul John | Director | 2009-02-27 | 2010-02-26 |
| O'HARA, Clare Louise | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2015-01-30 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Anthony | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2012-09-13 |
| OAKLEY, Clive Lyndon | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2018-04-09 |
| OOI, Sheener | Director | 2020-09-21 | 2021-08-20 |
| OSBORN, Michael Edward | Director | 1993-10-22 | 1994-01-05 |
| PAWSON, Ian Karl | Director | 2007-09-06 | 2011-10-03 |
| PENSON, Adam Benjamin James | Director | 2021-12-07 | 2024-11-28 |
| PUDNEY, Mark | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2005-04-14 |
| REID, Paul | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2019-03-25 |
| SILVER, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2005-08-10 | 2007-04-27 |
| SILVER, Jonathan Charles | Director | 1994-01-05 | 1996-09-17 |
| SWAN, John Richard | Director | 2007-09-06 | 2014-07-18 |
| TURNER, Mark Richard | Director | 2014-07-18 | 2020-09-15 |
| WATERS, Darren Andrew | Director | 2012-03-23 | 2021-03-24 |
| WATSON, John Holbrook | Director | 1993-10-22 | 1994-01-05 |
| WHITWELL, Nicholas Alan | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2007-09-07 |
| WILLIAMS, Huw Elwyn | Director | 2021-12-07 | 2024-03-01 |
| WORTHINGTON, Howard | Director | 1993-11-12 | 2005-02-02 |
| TYROLESE (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-07-22 | 1993-10-22 |
| TYROLESE (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-07-22 | 1993-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quanex Hardware Solutions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-01 | Active |
| Jasper Acquisition Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 231 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-8.3%
£86,463,000 £79,262,000
-
Cash
+20.7%
£15,672,000 £18,916,000
-
Net assets
-14.6%
£62,294,000 £53,222,000
-
Employees
-0.8%
258 256
-
Operating profit
-129.7%
£15,076,000 -£4,473,000
-
Profit before tax
-129.7%
£15,086,000 -£4,473,000
-
Wages
+15.7%
£8,969,000 £10,373,000
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