KNIGHT PROTECTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-14.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-29.4% vs 2023
Employees
182
+26.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-18.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KNIGHT PROTECTION LIMITED 2022-10-19 → present
- KNIGHT SECURITY LIMITED 1998-06-19 → 2022-10-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,214,974 | £20,273,704 | |
| Operating profit | £1,385,132 | £1,128,146 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,372,388 | £1,123,704 | |
| Net profit | £1,008,493 | £807,209 | |
| Cash | £1,488,151 | £1,270,096 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,399,544 | £2,387,919 | |
| Net assets | £2,954,913 | £2,085,122 | |
| Equity | £2,954,913 | £2,085,122 | |
| Average employees | 144 | 182 | |
| Wages | £5,140,794 | £7,291,044 |
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 | 7.6% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.7% | 47.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.51x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 49.99x | 38.06x |
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
- Francis Maxwell LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- KNIGHT PROTECTION LIMITED · parent
- Knight Security Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Investments during 2023 and 2024 in improved premises, sustainable fleet, increased management team and advanced software to create foundations for further growth.”
- “In 2024, upgraded finance system from Sage 50 to Sage Intacct and further developed use of SalesForce to improve efficiency.”
- “In 2024, the company purchased 16 of its own Ordinary C shares for £300,000, which are held in treasury.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH, Andrew Dennis | Director | 2026-02-19 | Jan 1974 | British |
| KNIGHT, Timothy Matthew | Director | 2013-06-18 | Jun 1982 | British |
| TAYLOR, Charles Paul | Director | 2020-09-01 | Jun 1975 | British |
| WILSON, Ronnie | Director | 2025-05-27 | May 1954 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBBETT, John William | Secretary | 1998-06-19 | 2000-04-14 |
| KNIGHT, Jean Susan | Secretary | 2000-04-14 | 2011-11-03 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-19 | 1998-06-19 |
| COSEC SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-11-03 | 2014-12-31 |
| KNIGHT, Jeffrey | Director | 1998-06-19 | 2014-04-04 |
| MORGANS, Mark | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2011-07-01 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-19 | 1998-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy Matthew Knight | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-01-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-09-20 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+11.3%
£18,214,974 £20,273,704
-
Cash
-14.7%
£1,488,151 £1,270,096
-
Net assets
-29.4%
£2,954,913 £2,085,122
-
Employees
+26.4%
144 182
-
Operating profit
-18.6%
£1,385,132 £1,128,146
-
Profit before tax
-18.1%
£1,372,388 £1,123,704
-
Wages
+41.8%
£5,140,794 £7,291,044
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