OPSEC SECURITY GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£110M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £109,706,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £109,706,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £109,706,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,327,000 | £14,387,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,327,000 | £14,387,000 | |
| Equity | £9,327,000 | £14,387,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-03-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | 762.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.6% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.22x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- OPSEC SECURITY GROUP LIMITED 2016-01-11 → present
- OPSEC SECURITY GROUP PLC 2006-08-08 → 2016-01-11
- APPLIED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES P.L.C. 2000-01-19 → 2006-08-08
- APPLIED HOLOGRAPHICS PLC 1987-02-06 → 2000-01-19
- APPLIED HOLOGRAPHICS LIMITED 1983-03-07 → 1987-02-06
- ARCHLIGHT LIMITED 1982-12-23 → 1983-03-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As the Company is a holding company it does not generate operational cash flows or profits on a regular basis. The Company has access to financial resources through its parent company which the directors have considered when reviewing whether the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate: The Company have received a letter of support from Orca Bidco Limited confirming that it would provide support to the Company if required over the going concern period.”
Group structure
- OPSEC SECURITY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- OpSec Security Group Holdings (Europe) Ltd 1%
- OpSec Security Ltd 1%
- OpSec Security GmbH 1%
- OpSec Delta (HK) Ltd 1%
- OpSec Security Malta Limited 1%
- OpSec Security Vietnam Company Limited 1%
- Shanghai OpSec Security Information Technology Co Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 17 June 2024, the Company changed the financial year end date of the Company from 31 March to 31 December”
- “On 3 May 2024 the immediate parent company, Orca Bidco Limited and fellow subsidiaries were sold to CA-MC Acquisition UK Limited, a subsidiary of Crane NXT for a cash consideration of $270m.”
- “Following the sale, in May 2024 the Company sold its investment in OpSec Security Group Inc to Crane NXT for a consideration of £151,468,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIMBLE, Sandra Kate | Secretary | 2026-04-23 | — | — |
| CRISTIANO, Christina | Director | 2024-05-03 | Jun 1972 | American |
| KEAYES, Samuel George | Director | 2024-05-03 | Jun 1974 | British |
| SAAK, Aaron | Director | 2024-05-03 | Aug 1973 | American |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGUS, Michael William | Secretary | 1997-02-14 | 2020-04-17 |
| CLARK, Malcolm Graham | Secretary | — | 1993-09-27 |
| CURRIE, Michael John | Secretary | 2020-04-17 | 2026-04-23 |
| JONES, David Andrew | Secretary | 1993-09-28 | 1997-02-14 |
| ANGUS, Michael William | Director | 1997-02-14 | 2020-04-17 |
| BEN GACEM, Hazem | Director | 2014-05-21 | 2017-06-22 |
| BEN GACEM, Hazem | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2012-09-07 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Robin James | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1998-03-20 |
| CLARK, Malcolm Graham | Director | — | 1993-09-27 |
| CREMONA, Richard Stewart | Director | 2014-07-30 | 2017-06-22 |
| CURRIE, Michael John | Director | 2017-06-22 | 2024-05-03 |
| DEW, Beverley Edward John | Director | 2020-07-17 | 2024-05-03 |
| EMERSON, Peter Louis, Doctor | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2004-10-31 |
| ERLONG, David Andre Robert | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2015-12-18 |
| FULLER, Richard | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2017-06-22 |
| JONES, David Andrew | Director | 1993-09-28 | 1997-02-14 |
| LUK, Glenn John | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2014-05-21 |
| MAHONY, David Arthur | Director | — | 2014-09-30 |
| MINOLI, Federico | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2017-06-22 |
| POVEY, Richard Thomas | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2011-12-01 |
| RADHAKRISHNAN, Anand Ramaswamy | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2015-04-07 |
| SALOMONE, Richard Michael | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2004-11-24 |
| SBARDELLA, Anthony | Director | — | 1995-12-20 |
| SELVARATNAM, Selva, Dr | Director | 2020-04-17 | 2024-05-03 |
| SHEARER, James Alexander | Director | — | 1999-05-18 |
| TIDMARSH, David James, Doctor | Director | — | 2001-01-24 |
| TURNAGE, Mark Timothy | Director | 2000-01-19 | 2015-02-09 |
| VEZZOLI, Roberta | Director | 2016-01-15 | 2017-06-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orca Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 321 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-28 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2025-05-15 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-15 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-15 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-03-26 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.