SPY ALARMS LIMITED
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Cash
£170K
-63.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.2M
-2,343.7% vs 2024
Employees
216
+16.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.8M
-75.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,343,898 | £19,429,482 | +12% | |
| Operating profit | -£994,813 | -£1,747,668 | -75.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£998,518 | -£1,750,955 | -75.4% | |
| Net profit | -£1,252,662 | -£2,087,609 | -66.7% | |
| Cash | £471,500 | £170,179 | -63.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £305,092 | -£1,991,424 | -752.7% | |
| Net assets | -£89,075 | -£2,176,684 | -2,343.7% | |
| Equity | -£89,075 | -£2,176,684 | -2,343.7% | |
| Average employees | 185 | 216 | +16.8% | |
| Wages | £6,415,834 | £7,594,615 | +18.4% | |
| 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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.7% | -9.0% | |
| Net margin | -7.2% | -10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -326.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.33x | 0.25x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In undertaking this assessment, the directors have given due consideration to the Company and Group's banking facilities, historical and current trading, together with the forward-looking projections. These forecasts have been prepared based on the current economic conditions and show that the Group will continue to be cash generative. These forecasts also show that their will continue to be sufficient headroom available on all current banking facility financial covenants. The Company remains reliant on the support of the wider Group and has obtained a support letters from Spyder Holdco Limited, the ultimate parent company that this support will continue for at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- SPY ALARMS LIMITED · parent
- A.D.L Security Services Limited 100%
- Harris and Sandford Security Limited 100%
- Crozet Alarms Limited 100%
- Master Alarms Limited 100%
- APT Security Limited 100%
- Impulse Security Systems Limited 100%
- Impulse Maintenance Systems Limited 100%
- Impulse Fire & Security Limited 100%
- AM Security Limited 100%
- AM Fire & Security Limited 100%
- Octagon Limited 100%
- Red Alert Limited 100%
- Guardian Alarms Limited 100%
- Brook Security Limited 100%
- Hunter Security Limited 100%
- Eurotech Security Systems Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In total two acquisitions were completed in the current financial year.”
- “On 30 April 2025 the Company acquired the entire share capital of Hunter Security Limited.”
- “On 12 May 2025 the Company acquired the entire share capital of Eurotech Security Systems Limited.”
- “On 13 October 2025 the trade and assets of two fellow group companies; Fire Action Limited and Firelec Controls Limited were transferred into this Company at Net Book Value. Since this date they have operated as trading brands with the Company.”
- “On the same day a parcel of contracts that did not match the core focus of the Company were disposed for gross proceeds of £770,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Darren | Director | 2012-09-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| HOWARD, Thomas Henry Greville | Director | 2014-02-13 | Aug 1983 | British |
| THOMAS, Simon Gareth | Director | 2020-08-28 | Jul 1986 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITKEN, Susan Lesley | Secretary | 2014-02-13 | 2014-09-16 |
| FOSTER, Penelope Ann | Secretary | 2007-04-10 | 2014-02-13 |
| WARREN, Peter | Secretary | — | 2007-04-10 |
| BEART, Simon Delaval | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2020-08-28 |
| DE BEER, Hugo Neville | Director | 2020-08-28 | 2024-03-31 |
| FOSTER, Martin | Director | — | 2014-02-13 |
| FOSTER, Penelope Ann | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2014-02-13 |
| WARREN, Peter | Director | — | 2007-04-10 |
| WEST, Richard Mark | Director | 2023-07-25 | 2026-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beart Howard Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Simon Delaval Beart | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-31 |
| Mr Thomas Henry Greville Howard | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.